The Magazine
May 20, 2024
Goings On
Goings On
Summer Culture Preview
What’s happening this season in art, theatre, music, dance, and movies.
The Talk of the Town
David Remnick on the press in Israel; Slick Rick’s crown jewels; coaching Zendaya; the art of party crashing; fame games.
Comment
An Israeli Newspaper Presents Truths Readers May Prefer to Avoid
Haaretz consistently attempts to wrestle with the realities of what is going on in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.
At the Museum Dept.
Slick Rick, Museum Consultant
“Ice Cold,” the American Museum of Natural History’s hip-hop jewelry show (featuring treasures from artists like Run-DMC and Tyler, the Creator), outdazzles the Met Gala.
The Pictures
Zendaya’s “Challengers” Tennis Whisperer
With the help of Jolly Ranchers, Brad Gilbert has coached everyone from Agassi to Robin Williams to Coco Gauff. His latest pupils: the cast of Luca Guadagnino’s new movie.
Fomo Dept.
The World’s Greatest Party Crasher Strikes Again!
Fred Karger, a retiree who has written a memoir about sneaking into sanctums like the Oscars and the Met Gala, tries to finagle his way into the Time 100 Gala.
Fame Game
A (Semi-Famous) Fame Scholar Takes In the Knicks’ Courtside Celebs
The legal scholar Cass Sunstein, whose new book is titled “How to Become Famous,” heads to the Garden, where Seth Meyers and Anya Taylor-Joy roam the V.I.P. section.
Reporting & Essays
American Chronicles
Do Children Have a “Right to Hug” Their Parents?
Hundreds of counties around the country have ended in-person jail visits, replacing them with video calls and earning a cut of the profits.
A Reporter at Large
A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?
Colleagues reportedly called Lucy Letby an “angel of death,” and the Prime Minister condemned her. But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.
Profiles
Miranda July Turns the Lights On
A few years ago, July began writing a novel, “All Fours,” about how middle age changes sex, marriage, and ambition. Then the novel changed her.
Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs
Neighborly Cannibals
I asked Kayleigh if she’s ever experimented with nontraditional Lunchables, and she just rolled her eyes and said, “Geez, Mom. Get a life. Or an ear that hasn’t been treated with pesticides.”
Fiction
Fiction
“Consolation”
He had promised to love her until they were in their nineties and fit only for lying in each other’s arms, staring happily at the moon and listening to the kiskadees.
The Critics
A Critic at Large
The Wacky and Wonderful World of the Westminster Dog Show
A canine campaign can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention all the brushing, trimming, blow-drying, and styling products. Did you think it was easy being top dog?
Books
Class Consciousness for Billionaires
We used to think the rich had a social function. What are they good for now?
Books
Can Forgetting Help You Remember?
A neuropsychologist says that we’re thinking about memory all wrong.
Musical Events
Revisiting Composers Suppressed by the Nazis
The Musica Non Grata series, in Prague, explores the glittering, elusive world of Alexander Zemlinsky.
On Television
“Baby Reindeer” and “Under the Bridge” Are Stranger than Fiction
The two streaming series grapple with horrific real-life crimes—and with the complexity of the relationship between perpetrators and victims.
Poems
Cartoons
1/16
“Don’t worry, honey, it’s very grown up to make plans with friends and then hope to hell the other person cancels them.”
Cartoon by Kendra Allenby
Cartoon Caption Contest
Puzzles & Games
The Mail
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