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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story You’re reading Goings On, our guide to what we’re watching, listening to and doing. Sign up to get it sent to your inbox. With the arrival of spring comes a sense…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Film festival juries are often unpredictable and often arbitrary. Each year, a handful of largely unknown, diverse figures from the world of cinema—directors, writers, actors, and sometimes critics—come together to create…

The organization funds the destruction of our heroes and founding principles. Credit: Jorge Salcedo Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… In early February, President Trump announced the creation of a “National Garden of American Heroes,” featuring 250 statues…

Is illness the most terrible thing in the world? Credit: DC Studio/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… The left loves to tell us about climate and election denial, but I’m here to talk about a much more…

Observations of seven days in the capital of Thailand Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Bangkok is chaos. The whole city smells of sewage. Incense burns non-stop to mask the smells of hot cement soaked with urine, cigarettes, and…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Check out “Calls”. New Yorker Documentary Watch the latest movie or share your own. Over the course of 18 minutes, Calls, a documentary directed by Lindsay Dryden, follows a series of…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Saturday afternoon, Elon Musk posted a message on X stating that “all federal employees will soon be receiving an email asking them to tell us what they did last week.”…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the March 3, 2025 cover, Barry Blitt depicted Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison being thrown out of office—a dramatic depiction of the disarray and mass layoffs of federal…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “The Last of the Nightingales.” For Bernie Krause, the sign of a healthy ecosystem is the sound it makes. The musician and Hollywood sound engineer is a pioneer of soundscape…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The guys over at 15 Orient have been hitting a lot of home runs lately. Pardon the sports idiom: if you think of the art world as a competitive marketplace devoted…