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‘I Exited the Crowded Theater and Headed for the Curb’
A helping hand on Broadway, sneakers hanging on a wire and more reader tales of New York City in this…
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The History That New York City Takes for Granted
New York City has an image problem. The nightly news typically has a Big Apple spot about unprovoked street violence,…
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Why ‘The Jinx’ Owes Its Existence to a Bizarre Movie About Robert Durst
Film can be influential in strange ways. The HBO series and follow-up wouldn’t have been made if a killer hadn’t…
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Jean Smart Is Having a Third Act for the Ages
Calling someone a “hack” is a particularly vicious insult. It implies that they have no talent or, worse, that they…
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It’s Mother’s Day, and I’ll Sleep, Dance, Camp (or Cry) if I Want To
Some women prefer to spend Mother’s Day without the very people who made them one.
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You Can’t Live in the Past, Even in a Period-Accurate Frock
In 2012, not long after he decided to dedicate his professional life to 18th-century wares, Casey Samson spent a weekend…
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Is Everything A.S.M.R. Now?
Videos that tickle what is known as the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response used to belong to a specific corner of…
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Sudden Resignations. A Leaked Letter. What’s Happening Inside Miss USA?
Noelia Voigt’s announcement this week that she was stepping down as Miss USA set off a string of departures and…
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Is It an Art Show? A Dinner Party? A Fashion Extravaganza?
Roze Traore, a multitalented New York chef served up dinner inside a New York art gallery to show off paintings…
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Adultery Gets Weird in Miranda July’s New Novel
An anxious artist’s road trip stops short for a torrid affair at a tired motel. In “All Fours,” the desire…