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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story How do you build a crossword? In this hour-long seminar, the puzzle constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub provide a hands-on guide, detailing how to curate word lists, use software to…

The National Symphony Orchestra’s artistic advisor embodies everything mediocre about the Kennedy Center. Credit: EQRode/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… When I saw President Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he is cleaning house at the Kennedy…

The Reagan National Airport crash was decades in the making. Credit: Ceri Breeze/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… When I was a child growing up in Northern Virginia, a favorite summer evening activity in my family was…

President Trump doesn’t need a canine companion. Americans should learn from his example. Credit: Bildengater Zoonar GmbH/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Through executive orders and rhetorical bluster, Donald Trump has set about undoing many of the…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard BrodyStaff 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. Frederick Wiseman…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1970, six years into Brazil’s military dictatorship, Rubens Paiva, a civil engineer and a former left-wing politician, returned to the country after years of self-imposed exile. Not long after setting…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “Rizoo.” When the filmmaker Azadeh Navai was five years old, her mother took her to have her photo taken for an I.D. And, before she knew it, a scarf was…

The only thing worse than marketers ignoring you is their attention. Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… As if we did not already have enough to feel aggrieved about, there’s this: Nearly half of Americans (44 percent) feel…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the French director Catherine Breillat’s film “Fat Girl,” from 2001, two adolescent sisters go on summer holiday with their parents near the seaside. The older sister, Elena, is thin, beautiful,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the February 3, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson captured the emotion he experienced when, walking downtown, he startled a flock of pigeons. “I felt that a…