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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the April 14, 2025 Innovation & Tech Issue, artist Richard McGuire presents an illustration that harks back to a more serene time when technology was expected to…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Before becoming a journalist, I completed a PhD in Russian literature. I miss academic life, but I do miss my Moscow “fieldwork”: gypsy taxis, Georgian wine, politically provocative theatre, sleeping pills…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In what time period is Magazine Dreams, a drama about a bodybuilder suffering from chemically induced rage, set? In the opening scenes of the film, written and directed by Elijah Bynum,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I first decided to get Botox about eight years ago, at a medical spa on a noisy, unglamorous stretch of Highway 49 in Placer County, California. On the way there, I…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Photographer Andrew Friendly grew up on the West Side of Los Angeles. From the relative safety of his studio in Silver Lake, twenty miles to the east, he watched in horror…

No matter what happens, they won’t be able to stop you from grilling with your loved ones in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… I can’t stop eating filet. My father shared with me that…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The last time Shakespeare’s dark tragedy Titus Andronicus was performed at the Globe Theatre in London, in 2014, there were frequent fainting spells. At each performance, a crew recorded the number…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, our guide to what we’re watching, listening to and doing this week. Sign up to get it sent to your inbox. From its beginning, the Dance…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Every good film is, in a way, a journey—an erasure of the distinctions between places and times. Watch enough of them, from around the world, and you can begin to think…

Class resentment has become prevalent in higher education in the United States. Credit: Martin Pope/Getty Images Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… Are you expecting trouble at your community college? Be careful. It’s only a matter of time.…