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Adam Friedland’s Comedy of Discomforts

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When CBS announced the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” in July, a long-theorized concern came true: the late-night talk show was dead—for real this time!—its embalmed corpse receiving…

The Musician Bringing the Bagpipes Into the Avant-Garde

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One night this past spring, the audience members at a bagpipe concert in Red Hook, Brooklyn, could be organized into two neat categories: people who knew little to nothing about bagpipes—the…

The Ambitious Film Deconstructions of Stan Douglas

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. Stan Douglas is a powerful, one-of-a-kind…

The Enduring Power of “The Rules of the Game”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Even if Mozart’s name and a quote from Beaumarchais’s play “The Marriage of Figaro” didn’t feature in the credits of “The Rules of the Game,” this 1939 film by Jean Renoir…

Worlds in Rooms

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I think that sometimes, when we look at art, we’re hoping to recapture a piece of our past—a golden time when we had a deep and unforgettable experience with a painting,…

How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Satire, George S. Kaufman famously said, is what closes on Saturday night. Meaning, of course, that it has a limited run because of its intrinsically circumscribed interest. To this, one might…

A Young Parisian Chef’s Nouvelle Stodginess

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 inbox. One of the most compelling things about Le…