The Magazine
September 12, 2016
Goings On
Dance
Raiding Balanchine’s Attic
The choreographer’s last great ballerina, Suzanne Farrell, remounts the 1958 work “Gounod Symphony” with her own troupe.
The Theatre
The Legacy of the “Topless Cellist”
An exhibition shows the influence of Charlotte Moorman, an avant-garde performance artist who married her instrument to her body.
Goings On About Town
Isabelle Huppert’s Vast Spectrum
In “Phaedra(s),” the actress plays the tormented queen of Greek mythology as a figure of pornography, aristocracy, and the bourgeoisie.
Bar Tab
A Haven for Lower-Manhattan Locals
After 9/11, O’Hara’s became a gathering place for Ground Zero workers. Today, it’s still the liveliest place around.
Tables for Two
Picking Favorites at Pisillo Italian Panini
It’s hard to choose when almost every one of the ginormous sandwiches at the FiDi hole in the wall attains perfection.
The Talk of the Town
Mistaken Identity Dept.
The Poughkeepsie Retiree with Trump’s Phone Number
Thanks to a listing mix-up, Richard Rhoades gets two or three calls every week from people with ideas for the candidate.
The Women’s Pages
A Guide to Womanhood
The comedians Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone review the phases of a lady’s life covered in their Web series.
Dept. of Curation
Saving Treasures from the Trash
A Sanitation worker shows off the notable items he has rescued from curbs and bins over the course of thirty years.
Up Life’s Ladder
Two Generations of South Bronx Artists
The making of the mutually beneficial friendship between Devon Rodriguez, a twenty-year-old painter, and the sixty-five-year-old sculptor John Ahearn.
Comment
Obama the Conservationist
Despite Congress’s opposition, he has put more acreage under protection than any other President.
Reporting & Essays
Personal History
Where Germans Make Peace with Their Dead
Through a practice that is part therapy and part séance, children of war come to terms with their history.
Dept. of Psychopharmacology
The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
How ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogenic brew, became the latest trend in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley.
Letter from Alaska
Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic
Few Americans are as affected by climate change as Alaska’s Inupiat, or as dependent on the fossil-fuel economy.
Profiles
Pete Wells Has His Knives Out
How the New York Times critic writes the reviews that make and break restaurants.
Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs
How to Put Your Sëlf Together
Fiction
Fiction
“Invasion of the Martians”
“He explained to them, politely, that there were certain obligatory regulations, and they shot him.”
The Critics
Books
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“The Huntress,” “Chasing the Last Laugh,” “Here Comes the Sun,” and “SoHo Sins.”
Pop Music
M.I.A.’s Provocative Pop
In recent years, her controversies have been more vital than her music.
Books
The Teen Killers of the Drug War
Child soldiers in foreign conflicts are treated as victims. What about the adolescents on the U.S.-Mexico border?
Books
Alice Oswald’s Natural Terrors
“Falling Awake” is the poet’s odd, brilliant ode to the English countryside.
The Current Cinema
“The Light Between Oceans” and “Max Rose” Reviews
Derek Cianfrance’s movie, with Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, and Daniel Noah’s film, starring Jerry Lewis.
Poems
Cartoons
1/14
“Why don’t you just stay and work on being a better fish?”
Cartoon Caption Contest
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