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Goings On

The Powerful Films of the L.A. Rebellion

Also: Adam Gopnik on where to eat near the Frick; Sondheim and Chekhov, Marisa Tomei and Lucas Hedges onstage; the kinetic Afro-pop of Youssou N’Dour; and more.
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What We’re Reading

Book Currents

Renzo Piano’s Light Touch

The architect behind London’s Shard, New York’s Whitney Museum, and Paris’s Centre Pompidou discusses the beauty of weightlessness.
Under Review

What America Means to Latin Americans

In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.
Under Review

The Best Books We Read This Week

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Book Currents

Clare Carlisle and the Genre-Bender

The philosopher and biographer analyzes works of life-writing that straddle fact and fiction, and what makes them art.
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What We’re Eating

On and Off the Menu

The Quest to Build a Perfect Protein Bar

A great number of Americans wish to optimize their diets—and their lives.
The Food Scene

Bradley Cooper Makes an Awfully Good Cheesesteak

At Danny & Coop’s, the actor and director partners with a Philadelphia restaurateur to bring that city’s beloved sandwich to New Yorkers.
The Food Scene

Gjelina Imports the Fantasy of L.A.

The famous Venice Beach restaurant finally has an outpost in New York, but something is inevitably lost in the migration.
The Food Scene

Crevette Makes Great Seafood Look Easy

A new restaurant from the team behind Dame and Lord’s doesn’t so much enter the seafood conversation as elegantly commandeer it.

What We’re Watching

The Front Row

“Drop Dead City” Spotlights a Lost Era of Liberal Government

This documentary examines the economic changes and managerial missteps that brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy in 1975 and the political creativity and enduring cost of the rescue.
On Television

Can “The Last of Us” Outlive Its Antihero?

The series’ most exhilarating episode yet ended with the brutal murder of a beloved character. Where does the show go from here?
The Front Row

“Invention” Probes the American Mind in the Post-Truth Era

In Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez’s dizzying docu-fiction, an Edenic landscape becomes a backdrop for duplicity and paranoia.
The Theatre

London Theatre Shimmers with Mirrors and Memory

New productions of Shakespeare’s “Richard II,” Annie Ernaux’s “The Years,” Robert Icke’s “Manhunt,” Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie,” and more.

What We’re Listening To

Musical Events

Kurt Weill Kept Reinventing Himself

Fresh New York stagings of “The Threepenny Opera” and “Love Life” show off the composer’s daring and range.
Pop Music

The Evolution of a Folk-Punk Hero

Nine years after retiring his alter ego, Pat the Bunny, Patrick Schneeweis is ready to sing again.
Musical Events

Two Young Pianists Test Their Limits

Yunchan Lim tackles Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and Seong-Jin Cho presents a Ravel marathon.
Podcast

The Show That Finds the Intrigue Lurking in the Everyday

“The Curious History of Your Home” delves into the origins of the humdrum.

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The Pop Heartthrob Nick Jonas on Broadway

Also: Whitney White in “Macbeth in Stride,” Ani DiFranco’s dramatic return, Takeshi Kitano’s inventive new film, and more.
Book Currents

Merve Emre Ventures Into the Age Gap

The scholar and literary critic examines a relationship dynamic that has inspired some of the most significant, and provocative, novels of the past three centuries.
Goings On

The Evolution of Dance Theatre of Harlem

Also: Rachel Syme on the latest in charms, the Chicago rapper Saba, turtle races in Bed-Stuy, Caspar David Friedrich paired with Schumann, and more.
Book Currents

Fredrik Backman on the Art of Scandinavian Storytelling

The best-selling author of “A Man Called Ove,” “Anxious People,” and the “Beartown” trilogy highlights four novels from his native Sweden that are making their English débuts this year.
Goings On

Richard Brody’s New Directors/New Films Picks

Also: The hundred-year-old jazz saxophonist Marshall Allen, Baz Luhrmann’s dramatic new East Village bar, Alice Childress’s “Wine in the Wilderness,” and more.
Book Currents

Women Who Made Amanda Seyfried Feel Less Alone

The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress discusses four books that examine some of the struggles that come with being a daughter, wife, and mother.
The Food Scene

Helen, Help Me: Should I Be Cooking with Ostrich Eggs?

Our food critic answers a reader’s question about alternatives to the beleaguered chicken egg.
Goings On

What to Watch That Isn’t “The White Lotus”

Also: the audacious Andy Kaufman; Richard Learoyd’s haunting new photography; and the Wooster Group gets wistful.