Category Culture

Aasif Mandvi Contains Multitudes

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The actor and comedian Aasif Mandvi’s three-decade career—which began with a bit part on “Miami Vice”—encompasses three distinct eras of Hollywood. There was the pre-9/11 era, when precious few roles were…

Restaurant Review: Lola’s

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. Suzanne Cupps, the chef-owner of a new restaurant…

Summer Vacation Is a Decadent Excuse for Sloth

Get a job, Junior! I have always been suspicious of summer vacations.  As far as I can see, they serve no purpose but to induce laziness, idleness, and indolence among otherwise meritorious students. What message does it send to the…

TAC Bookshelf: The Garden of Time

State of the Union: The story that inspired this year’s Met Gala may hold important lessons for today’s celebrities. Anastasia Kaliabakos, TAC editorial fellow: On Monday, May 6, the annual Met Gala, a fundraiser held for the benefit of the…

Little Island Goes Big

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Brian SeibertSeibert has covered dance for Goings On since 2002. You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to…

A Poet’s Reckoning with What Poetry Can Do

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The poet Diane Seuss and I began a recent conversation by talking about the burdens of companionship—or, at least, how those burdens are manifested through affection for a pet. Seuss lost…

Faux ScarJo and the Descent of the A.I. Vultures

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On May 13th, during a live event, the artificial-intelligence company OpenAI unveiled the next generation of its technology, GPT-4o, the successor to GPT-3. When OpenAI first released its product to the…

Книги для саморозвитку: Шлях до особистісного зростання

Самовдосконалення змінює життя. Книги можуть стати вашими найвірнішими супутниками, які дарують мудрість, настанови та натхнення. Книга іди туди де страшно – це чудовий початок. Вона змушує вас зустрітися обличчям до обличчя зі своїми страхами і вийти із зони комфорту, що…

A Father-Daughter Swearing Lesson in “The F-Word”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “The F-Word.” A father finds himself wading deep into the politics of language when his young daughter looks up from her coloring paper to ask “What does ‘fuck’ mean?” The…

When the C.I.A. Turned Writers Into Operatives

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Benjamen Walker, the creator and host of “Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything,” is a pod-maker of the mad-scientist variety: he cooks up projects using his own zeal, research, and audacious notions,…