Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I call ahead. A recording announces that the reservation book is closed but doesn’t mention walk-ins. After putting on some makeup, a silk shirt, and heels, I begin my nearly two-hour…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A comedy routine often benefits from a straight man. When Carl Reiner died, in 2020, the Times noted that, as the foil to the likes of Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the annals of American time, the November 22nd that happened sixty years ago today still casts a very long shadow. It is a cliché, but true nonetheless, that certain events…
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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I first met Carla Williams a few years ago at Material Life, a shop that she owned in New Orleans specializing in Black art and cultural artifacts. I was enamored by…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last week, André Benjamin, best known as André 3000, one-half of the hip-hop duo OutKast, finally released his début solo album. Over the past decade, Benjamin, who is forty-eight, has chosen…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The joy of eating in France has long been that one can do so superbly at a reasonable price. Isaac Babel’s 1934 short story “Rue Dante” records: We ate lunch at…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Rachel SymeStaff writer You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. The actress…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Baroque Neapolitan CrècheThe city of Naples is synonymous with the crèche, or Nativity scene, an art form that reached its apogee there in the eighteenth century. Every year, families and churches…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The enduring appeal of “The Morning Show” has become one of the great mysteries of modern television. The Apple TV+ series, which stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon as onetime hosts…
