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The Real Message of “The Real Housewives”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story They gathered twenty miles outside our nation’s capital. Many of the attendees were dressed in the traditional fashions of India: gauzy lehengas and bright saris. Other guests wore clothes that represented…

The Replacements Are Still a Puzzle

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The year was 1985, Ronald Reagan’s Morning in America was in full swing, and the Minneapolis-based Replacements were making moves. Following a string of critically beloved and commercially overlooked releases on…

Something Unusual Is Happening at Foxface Natural

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. New York is a phenomenal restaurant city, but…

Diana Ejaita’s “Lines of Beauty”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The cover of this year’s Fall Style & Design issue showcases the work of Diana Ejaita, an artist who has herself dabbled in the world of fashion. When we published her…

Lost in the Mountains

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1967, during the summer of “Sgt. Pepper,” I spent a month at a camp near Florissant, Colorado. When I arrived, from Kansas City, I sent my parents a brief postcard,…

What to Stream: Sam Peckinpah’s Obscure Mini-Masterpiece

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Modern-day Westerns—that is, films that use the genre’s tropes and traditions but are set in the present—have a noble history. Classics include Edgar G. Ulmer’s “The Naked Dawn,” Allan Dwan’s “The…

Friendship and Gender Rebellion in Nineties San Francisco

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In “Renegades,” a new collection by the photographer Chloe Sherman, even a largely unpopulated image evokes a rich social atmosphere. The book, published by Hatje Cantz, draws from Sherman’s archive of…

Theatre Kids Find Their Place in “Theater Camp”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Theatre kids are a strange breed. I know, because I was one. For a good chunk of my teen-age years, I spent Saturday nights listening to a radio program called “A…