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Dances of the Georgian Court and Countryside
Goings On

Dances of the Georgian Court and Countryside

Also: Bang on a Can and St. Vincent in Richard Foreman’s “What to Wear,” the celestial folk of Cassandra Jenkins, Jennifer Wilson and Richard Brody on comfort in the cold weather, and more.
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What We’re Reading

Reading for the New Year: Part Three
Book Currents

Reading for the New Year: Part Three

Reading for the New Year: Part Three
Recommendations from New Yorker writers.
The Best Books of 2025
Under Review

The Best Books of 2025

The Best Books of 2025
The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
Reading for the New Year: Part Two
Book Currents

Reading for the New Year: Part Two

Reading for the New Year: Part Two
Recommendations from New Yorker writers.
The Perils of Killing the Already Dead
Under Review

The Perils of Killing the Already Dead

The Perils of Killing the Already Dead
Fear of what the dead might do to us didn’t start with Dracula, and it didn’t end with him, either.
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What We’re Eating

Flynn McGarry’s Artful, Ambitious Next Act
The Food Scene

Flynn McGarry’s Artful, Ambitious Next Act

Flynn McGarry’s Artful, Ambitious Next Act
With Cove, his fourth restaurant, in Hudson Square, the twenty-seven-year-old wunderkind chef cooks with a new expansiveness.
All Hail the Jamaican Patty
The Food Scene

All Hail the Jamaican Patty

All Hail the Jamaican Patty
A pastry as ubiquitous in New York City as pizza or bagels is getting its turn on the higher end.
The Best Things I Ate in 2025
2025 in Review

The Best Things I Ate in 2025

The Best Things I Ate in 2025
Our restaurant critic rounds up her favorite menu items from a year of eating out.
A New Afghan Bakery, in New York’s Golden Age of Bread
On and Off the Menu

A New Afghan Bakery, in New York’s Golden Age of Bread

A New Afghan Bakery, in New York’s Golden Age of Bread
The city has vaunted sourdough loaves and endlessly hyped croissants. Diljān, in Brooklyn Heights, brings a classic Afghan flatbread into the mix.

What We’re Watching

“The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début
The Front Row

“The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début

“The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début
Kristen Stewart’s first feature, based on a memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, packs great emotional power into its boldly original form.
“Dead Man’s Wire” Is a Tangle of Loose Threads
The Front Row

“Dead Man’s Wire” Is a Tangle of Loose Threads

“Dead Man’s Wire” Is a Tangle of Loose Threads
In dramatizing a real-life hostage crisis from 1977, Gus Van Sant teases out enticing themes that remain undeveloped.
In Tracy Letts’s “Bug,” Crazy Is Contagious
The Theatre

In Tracy Letts’s “Bug,” Crazy Is Contagious

In Tracy Letts’s “Bug,” Crazy Is Contagious
A Broadway revival arrives at a moment when paranoia plots are everywhere.
“Father Mother Sister Brother” Explores the Mysteries of Family Life
The Front Row

“Father Mother Sister Brother” Explores the Mysteries of Family Life

“Father Mother Sister Brother” Explores the Mysteries of Family Life
Jim Jarmusch’s three-part drama, set in New Jersey, Dublin, and Paris, casts such notables as Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett in wry, ironic probes of grown children’s relationships with their parents.

What We’re Listening To

The Organists Improvising Soundtracks to Silent Films
Musical Events

The Organists Improvising Soundtracks to Silent Films

The Organists Improvising Soundtracks to Silent Films
Early on, movies had no sound, but musicians provided live accompaniment. The tradition continues.
A Year of Listening Beyond the Algorithm
2025 in Review

A Year of Listening Beyond the Algorithm

A Year of Listening Beyond the Algorithm
A list of songs I loved in 2025.
Will Geese Redeem Noisy, Lawless Rock and Roll?
Pop Music

Will Geese Redeem Noisy, Lawless Rock and Roll?

Will Geese Redeem Noisy, Lawless Rock and Roll?
Critics love to make these kinds of breathless pronouncements. But with this band, currently on tour to promote its album “Getting Killed,” controlled hysteria is sort of the point.
“An Enemy of the People” Becomes a Spanish Opera
Musical Events

“An Enemy of the People” Becomes a Spanish Opera

“An Enemy of the People” Becomes a Spanish Opera
Francisco Coll gives Ibsen’s drama a stem-winder of a score.

More Recommendations

January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows
Goings On

January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows

January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows
Also: “Tartuffe” mania, the guitar stylings of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams, Justin Chang’s movies for a new year, and more.
Reading for the New Year
Book Currents

Reading for the New Year

Reading for the New Year
The first installment in a series of recommendations by New Yorker writers.
What to Do on New Year’s Eve
Goings On

What to Do on New Year’s Eve

What to Do on New Year’s Eve
Also: Vinson Cunningham on his favorite songs of the year.
Thelma Golden on the Literature of Harlem
Book Currents

Thelma Golden on the Literature of Harlem

Thelma Golden on the Literature of Harlem
The director of the Studio Museum chooses some of her most beloved books about the neighborhood—both as a place and as an anchor for Black cultural consciousness.
Jim Jarmusch’s Ironically Optimistic Family Movie
Goings On

Jim Jarmusch’s Ironically Optimistic Family Movie

Jim Jarmusch’s Ironically Optimistic Family Movie
Also: Graciela Iturbide’s tranquil photographs of Mexico, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue,” the coke-rap of Clipse, and more.
What to Read Before Your Trip to Atropia
Book Currents

What to Read Before Your Trip to Atropia

What to Read Before Your Trip to Atropia
Hailey Benton Gates, the director of the “military-industrial-complex romantic comedy” “Atropia,” recommends a few books that share a kinship with her new film, about actors working in a fake village where U.S. soldiers train.
Nancy Shaver Is the Real Deal
Goings On

Nancy Shaver Is the Real Deal

Nancy Shaver Is the Real Deal
Also: Murray Hill’s holiday variety show, Kara Young and Nicholas Braun in “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” James L. Brooks’s anti-romantic comedy “Ella McCay,” and more.
At the New Babbo, It’s Batali Minus Batali
The Food Scene

At the New Babbo, It’s Batali Minus Batali

At the New Babbo, It’s Batali Minus Batali
Under the chef Mark Ladner, the famous Greenwich Village trattoria aims for selective nostalgia.