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The Intimate Reality of the J.F.K. Assassination

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the annals of American time, the November 22nd that happened sixty years ago today still casts a very long shadow. It is a cliché, but true nonetheless, that certain events…

Lahaina Hallelujah

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André 3000 Disrupts Our Sense of Time

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last week, André Benjamin, best known as André 3000, one-half of the hip-hop duo OutKast, finally released his début solo album. Over the past decade, Benjamin, who is forty-eight, has chosen…

Why Can’t We Quit “The Morning Show”?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The enduring appeal of “The Morning Show” has become one of the great mysteries of modern television. The Apple TV+ series, which stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon as onetime hosts…

Shifting Sympathies in “Spain”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Rachel SymeStaff writer You’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 in-box. The actress…

Celebrating the Holidays in N.Y.C.

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Baroque Neapolitan CrècheThe city of Naples is synonymous with the crèche, or Nativity scene, an art form that reached its apogee there in the eighteenth century. Every year, families and churches…

The Droll Capitalist Parable of Cabbage Patch Kids

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story ​​It was forty years ago, so the memory has likely degraded beyond recognition, but what I seem to recall is that I never expected to be given a Cabbage Patch Kid.…

Chris Ware’s “Harvest”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This Thursday, dining tables and social-media feeds across the country will be brimming with Thanksgiving feasts; Americans will snap pictures of everything from their perfectly arranged spreads to the messy—but strategically…

A Story of Black Joy and Family Names in “Parker”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The first thing that the filmmaker Catherine Hoffman noticed about the three generations of relatives who appear in the documentary short “Parker” was their humor. “They sound funny and joyful and…