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Why New Jersey?

A groundbreaking photographer's lost project.

Onward and Upward With the Arts - The First Composer

The cosmic musical visions of Hildegard of Bingen.

Annals of Entertainment: Ballad of the Oscar Streaker

What happened to the man who ran across the screen naked in 1974?

THE CURRENT CINEMA: AT LARGE

\"Knock at the Cabin\" and \"Godland.\"

TIME FRAME

A new production of Samuel Beckett's \"Endgame.\"

NOSTALGIA CYCLES

Why contemporary artists love the teen-age angst of early Paramore.

DESPERATELY NORMAL

Daughters outgrow their parents in Gwendoline Riley's unsparing novels.

THE MARRYING KIND

The afterlives of Chaucer's Wife of Bath.

FICTION: MARIANA ENRIQUEZ MY SAD DEAD

First, I think I should describe the neighborhood.

PROFILES: DEFIANCE

Despite a near-fatal stabbing and decades of death threats-Salman Rushdie won't stop telling stories.

LETTER FROM TEXAS: NO CITY LIMITS

My town, Austin, known for laid-back weirdness, is transforming into a turbocharged tech capital.

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS: THE MERRY WIDOW

The ninety-year-old aristocrat known for her cheeky accounts of the British élite.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Amy Davidson Sorkin on the debt-limit showdown; Pussy Riot's orthodoxy; night and day at the museum; awkward arrangements; remembering Tom Verlaine.

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

Hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx, in 1973, when DJ Kool Herc used two turntables to make the first breakbeat.

NICOLE KIDMAN COMES TO MORE PLACES

The Oscar-winning actor and pandemic-era AMC spokesperson is pressed into further service.

Our Local Correspondents – Friend of the Mayor

Why did Eric Adams take a fraudster Brooklyn church leader under his wing?

ON TELEVISION THRILLS AND RED PILLS

“Poker Face” and Paul T: Goldman,” on Peacock.

THE THEATRE: SOLITARY CREATURES

Colin Quinn, Anthony Rapp, and Evan Silver take the mike.

MUSICAL EVENTS: FAREWELL SYMPHONY

Michael Tilson Thomas remains exuberant in the final phase of his career.

A CRITIC AT LARGE - MAKING THE NEWS

The press, the state, and the state of the press.

THE MIDDLE VOICE

The woman brings her hands together in front of her chest. Frowns, and looks up at the blackboard.

LETTER FROM UKRAINE: THE COLLABORATORS

Taking sides during the Russian occupation of Izyum.

A REPORTER AT LARGE - STOPPING THE VIOLENCE

Amid a murder crisis, law enforcement isn't enough. What else works?

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

COMMENT: HISTORIC BATTLES

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

Madison Square Park hosts the acclaimed Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander's first public project, \"Havah... to breathe, air, life,\" a striking pair of female figures, on view through June 4. One sculpture appears on the rooftop of the neighboring Courthouse of the Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (pictured above, mid-installation). The second monument graces the park itself, where an augmented-reality component helps visitors locate her soaring companion.

A Reporter at Large – Trust Issues

A disgruntled wealth manager exposes her clients' tax secrets.

A reporter at large- Lula's Restoration

After prison, a fraught election, and a near-coup, Brazil's President wants to remake the country again.

Life is Too Short

Life is short. Why not spend it mired in regret? Why not spend your evenings sitting side by side at the dining room table with your spouse, trying to determine whether your downstairs neighbors’ ceiling fan is making the floor tremble?

THE CURRENT CINEMA- GROWING PAINS

\"When You Finish Saving the World\" and \"Close.\"

PRO CHOICE

\"The Appointment\" skewers the hypocrisy of the abortion debate.