The Magazine
The Travel Issue
April 29, 2019
Goings On
Tables for Two
Wayan’s Uneven Spin on Indonesian Cuisine
The restaurateur Cédric Vongerichten and his wife, Ochi, offer a muted fusion menu in a space that evokes an upscale, foreign-owned Balinese resort.
By Hannah Goldfield
Art
Spin Through Outer Space on the Roof of the Met
A new installation from the sculptor Alicja Kwade, inspired by time and space and solar systems, suspends big polished spheres atop the museum.
The Talk of the Town
The Bench
The Lehman Judges Judge “The Lehman Trilogy”
A play about the bankruptcy that triggered the 2008 financial meltdown brings two jurists near tears.
By Alexandra Schwartz
Dept. of Shoe Leather
A Hideous-Men Walking Tour
The advice columnist E. Jean Carroll leads a brave group through the haunts of Donald Trump, Bill Cosby, and other gropers and grabbers.
By Lisa Birnbach
Legacy Dept.
More Pelvis, Everybody!
The daughter of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon attends dance class—black derby and gloves not required.
By Brian Schaefer
Brave New World
Instagram Bootcamp for Festival Season
Puzzling out the eternal Coachella question: to tag or to hashtag?
By Sheila Yasmin Marikar
Comment
Donald Trump’s Brush with Accountability
Mueller’s prosecutorial demurral doesn’t mean that the President is above the law.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin
Reporting & Essays
A Reporter at Large
The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona
In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence.
By Rebecca Mead
Letter from Austria
The Wild Carnival at the Heart of Skiing’s Most Dangerous Race
The punishing Hahnenkamm downhill brings street-party revelry to a medieval town in the Tyrolean Alps.
By Nick Paumgarten
Annals of Gastronomy
The Culinary Muse of the Caucasus
As Americans look to Georgia for inspiration, Georgians are looking to Barbare Jorjadze.
By Lauren Collins
Our Far-Flung Correspondents
Chasing the Aurora Borealis
Hordes of tourists are flocking to the Arctic in search of the elusive glow—which often looks more spectacular on Instagram than in reality.
By James Lasdun
Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs
When You’re Looking for the Very Best
You’d be wise to go with one of our competitors. They are all better than us.
By Evan Waite
Fiction
The Critics
Books
Briefly Noted
“The Old Drift,” “Midnight in Chernobyl,” “Sea Monsters,” and “The Book of Delights.”
Books
John Hersey and the Art of Fact
Hersey pioneered a radically new form of journalism. But he grew convinced that his higher calling was fiction, and nobody could persuade him otherwise.
By Nicholas Lemann
Books
What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away
Rather than establishing a set of rigorous habits, we may need to rethink our approach to life in general.
By Jia Tolentino
Books
The Man Who Built the Bauhaus
Walter Gropius founded the German design school a century ago, but his work, now antique, still feels ahead of its time.
By Dan Chiasson
On Television
Chick Magnets on “Gentleman Jack” and “Killing Eve”
In a world dumb enough to see women as helpless little girls, two series examine the masks they wear in public.
By Emily Nussbaum
Pop Music
Sublime Frequencies’ Vision of What World Music Means Today
Releases from the label have encouraged listeners to rethink dusty, academic notions of the genre.
By Hua Hsu
Cartoons
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“Remember, son, it’s not whether you win or lose. It’s whether you call the other guy a snowflake before he calls you a snowflake.”
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“Support the head.”
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“And another interesting fact is that they’re not actually fish—they’re mammals.”
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“That escalated and de-escalated quickly.”
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“The left side is for genuine, loving support for the couple. Right side for ‘Meh.’ ”
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“Don’t do anything I would’ve liked to do but was never asked.”
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“Let me go get my manager and see if she cares.”
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“Why do you insult me like this, Joey? Need I remind you that Boardwalk is my territory? Did I not allow you, out of the goodness of my heart, to build your hotel there so that you could provide for your family and send your children to good schools? Now you’re talking to me about rent? Rent, Joey? Ask me again for rent, Joey. Seriously, ask me again. I want to be sure I wasn’t just hearing things.”
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“Who invited Cinnamon-Raisin again?”
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“Just let me finish this drink and then we’ll switch.”
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