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Arrested for Singing While Female, in “My Orange Garden”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “My Orange Garden.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. One thing is immediately clear in Anna-Sophia Richard’s short film “My Orange Garden,” and that…

Hilton Als on the Visionary World of Alva Rogers

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’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 inbox. I met Alva Rogers years ago,…

Barry Blitt’s “Soft Landing”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the May 26, 2025, issue, the artist Barry Blitt chose to depict President Donald J. Trump’s enthusiasm for any way that he and his family can profit…

In Defense of Despair

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The Joke I tell that no one laughs at goes like this: I picked a pretty rough time to actually want to be alive; in retrospect, back when I wanted to…

Dolly Parton’s Quietly Inspiring Defense of Marriage

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Abelard and Heloise, Vladimir and Véra, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria: to these historic his and hers, I would add Carl and Dolly. That’s Dean and Parton, the Tennessee couple whose…

When a Writer Takes to the Stage

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Writers who contemplate going onstage tend to fall into two camps: those who know better and those who should but don’t. Of the second kind, The New Yorker has, over its…

Richard Kind Is the Perfect Second Banana

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard Kind is the Platonic ideal of a character actor. When he shows up in something—as Larry David’s cousin in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” as Rudy Giuliani in “Bombshell”—you’re in for an…