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Arts and Entertainment
Watching Our Class at the Classic Stage Company was a visceral, haunting experience, as its intimate staging and raw performances forced me to confront the brutal realities of the 1941 Jedwabne pogrom and the enduring weight of historical memory.
Issue 5, Volume 115
A Hanes white T-shirt and a two-shaded canvas. At the MoMA, they’re on display. But with only a message and without aesthetic appeal, can they be considered art?
Issue 3, Volume 115
With whimsical sweets like salt-coated licorice, pacifier candies, and passionfruit banana gummies, BonBon has amassed social media stardom while staying loyal to its Swedish roots and clientele.
Issue 16, Volume 114
With its flavorful appetizers and standout entrees like koobideh and fesenjan, Persepolis offers a taste of authentic Iranian cuisine.
Issue 14, Volume 114
At the Santa Cecilia Hall in Rome, Lang Lang delivered a memorable performance that captured both his effortless skill and his performative flair.
Issue 13, Volume 114
Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are, is ambitious but hollow and without nuance.
Issue 8, Volume 114
Reunited with a familiar cast and crew, Martin Scorsese brings the history of the Osage Indian murders to life in epic form.
Issue 7, Volume 114
At The New Yorker Festival, cartoonists engaged in an hour of lively, competitive, and time-constrained cartooning as comedians spurred jokes at the audience.
Issue 4, Volume 114
Home to Klimt’s Woman in Gold, the Neue Galerie offers New Yorkers a taste of Vienna and shines a spotlight on the culture and art of 20th-century Austria and Germany.
Issue 3, Volume 114
Director of The New Yorker Festival Katherine Stirling discussed the mission, making, and content of the annual cultural celebration in an interview with The Spectator.
Issue 2, Volume 114
At the Tanglewood Music Festival, music lovers basked in the beauty of the Berkshire countryside as they listened to Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major.
Issue 1, Volume 114
The recent influx of AI-generated songs brings implications for the future of copyright in the music industry and has started a conversation on what makes a song truly human.
Issue 16, Volume 113
