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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Food Scene, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where and how to eat. Sign up to get it in your inbox. On the facade of Laliko, a sleek new restaurant in…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On February 19, Donald Trump visited Truth Social to celebrate his victory over congestion pricing in his home state. “CONGESTION IS DEAD,” he wrote. “Manhattan and all of New York City…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Universities may have different expectations: great basketball, cultural centers, qualified teaching of philosophy or physics, even finding a cure for cancer. It is not surprising that these institutions try to satisfy…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jeff Bark’s new images are clearly crying out for psychoanalysis. The 61-year-old photographer has spent decades alternating between commercial imagery and more artistic work, honing a style of relaxed, sophisticated staged…

Forget trade conflicts – Madonna and Elton John are on friendly terms again! Credit: Adam McCullough/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… I hope our society gets its priorities right this time. The looming “trade war,” as all…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One of the most unusual works of art in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is a painting by Jan Jansz Mostaert, who was born in Haarlem. It dates from 1535 and is…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Before watching April, the latest film by Georgian director and screenwriter Dea Kulumbegashvili, I had seen only one other feature film that depicted an actual birth: Remaining Vertical (2016), by French…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to and doing this week. Sign up to get it sent to your inbox. Over the years, the term…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story What is the true function of a social network? Is it a platform that connects people online, a virtual meeting space where we can consume content posted by our acquaintances? That…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story With the very essence of government crumbling from within, the unusual documentary Drop Dead City focuses on the functions and responsibilities of government by reconstructing in detail New York City’s financial…