CULTURE, POLITICS, FOOD, FASHION: A NEW YORK POINT OF VIEW. With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.
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Getting Around: Nolan Hicks • What Made Kathy Hochul Flip? Inside the governor’s sudden U-turn on congestion pricing.
Neighborhood News: A Threat in Brooklyn Heights • Protests escalate into antisemitic vandalism.
65 MINUTES WITH … Nadège Vanhée • The intentionally little-known designer has figured out the most important part of her job: how to cater to the Hermès customer.
Self: Katy Schneider • My Spotless Mind The existential divide between Rememberers and Forgetters.
THE SURPRISING EVOLUTION OF THE REPUBLICAN WOMAN. • “Can you provide a definition for the word woman?”
HOW THE LOSER WON • SMILING DIDN’T FEEL QUITE RIGHT. MICHAEL COHEN WONDERED: WAS IT SAFE TO SMILE NOW?
Aaron Bushnell’s Agonies • Burning himself to death outside the Israeli Embassy turned him into an antiwar martyr. What upbringing could have led to such an extreme act?
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The Comfy, Versatile Heels I’ve Worn to Seven Weddings
I Finally Upgraded My Unsightly Kitchen Carts
What Are the Best Non-Denim Pants for Summer? • IN HIS LATEST column, Chris Black responded to a reader in search of seasonally appropriate bottoms that aren’t shorts.
Fermented Oil Is Everywhere
This Three-Step Routine Soothes My Parched Skin • I’M ALWAYS trying out moisturizing serums, lotions, bodywashes - anything that’ll get me to my goal of being an anthropomorphic glazed doughnut. I recently reached new heights of nongreasy glowiness with this ritual.
A Child’s Park Birthday Party • HOW TRICKY COULD IT BE to gather 25 kindergartners and their caregivers in Prospect Park on a Saturday afternoon? Actually quite. Laura Fenton spoke to parents, entertainers, and Parks employees for advice.
The Governors Ball • Between sets by the Killers, Sabrina Carpenter, and Sexyy Red, we mingled with amped-up festivalgoers and a few performers.
In the Pink • After Anne Hanavan found her 350-square-foot “freedom pad,” her friends helped her get the vibe right.
One of Everything, To Go • 72 onion-soaked smashburgers, crispy-cutlet subs, cold noodles, and sizzling spicy skewers to eat on the street this summer.
Is This Your King? • On House of the Dragon’s second season, Tom Glynn-Carney is so good at playing pathetically bad you almost forget you’re supposed to hate him.
Return of the Mic • How chat podcasts have taken over the medium and dominated the cultural discourse (again).
The Most Influential Podcasters (RIGHT NOW)
Annie Baker Goes to Hollywood • The renowned playwright switches mediums with her sneakily expansive debut film about a possessive mother-daughter relationship.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Fantasies of Control • The director’s latest, Kinds of Kindness, which premiered at Cannes, is a return to his primary interest - what makes people submit.
CRITICS • Kathryn VanArendonk on Bridgerton’s third season … Jerry Saltz on “Jenny Holzer: Light Line” at the Guggenheim … Alison Willmore on The Watchers.
To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.JUNE 19 - JULY 3
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