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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. On the corner of Thirty-first Street and Sixth…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The earliest iteration of Soccer Mommy emerged out of a bedroom in the summer of 2015, with a handful of lo-fi, home-recorded songs posted to Bandcamp. The songs were sparse and…

The business of reviewing the arts online has changed the way in which we watch and review performances.  Credit: image via Shutterstock This month marks the one-year anniversary of the conclusion of my career as a performing-arts critic. To be…

Mohammed bin Salman invites the world’s elite to a beach party in the desert. Credit: image via Shutterstock Businessmen and social media influencers will converge upon an island paradise this weekend, but it won’t be in Ibiza. The Saudi Crown…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Baseball culminates every year in the sinking light of autumn evenings, crisp weather that excites the heart and offers clarity on the latest long season. This has been a signal year…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This past July, Sinna Nasseri was commissioned by The New Yorker to photograph the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee. It was the sort of assignment he had undertaken before—in the past…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The Web site Polymarket is something like a stock exchange for current events. The platform allows users to place bets on future outcomes ranging from who will win the Presidential election…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A reformist Pope who boldly leads the Catholic Church into controversial changes should be played by an actor of commanding presence. In “Conclave,” there is such a Pope—he’s seen early in…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The art of directing is inextricable from the process of producing. Many of the most original filmmakers, especially those working outside the factorylike order of classic-era studios, have devised highly personalized…

Autumn is a wonderful sartorial season. Credit: image via Shutterstock Sometime in the middle of August, just as the weather has become sweltering, the sound of crickets has become deafening, and the aroma of cut grass has become incessant, my…