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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the early, terrifying days of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, many hospitals required pregnant women to labor while wearing a mask, or to give birth without partners or…

The Fighting Irish haven’t been this close to glory in over a decade, the Lions ever. Credit: Blake Wilson Photography/Shutterstock I keep waiting for the Detroit Lions to lose a football game. They should have lost Thursday. Green Bay had…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I love how much we humans enjoy looking back at what we recently liked and revelling in our ongoing good judgment. (A very merry Spotify Wrapped season to you all!) Our…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jane BuaBua covers classical music for Goings On. 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…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “The Orchestra Chuck Built.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. Chuck Dickerson, the founder and director of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The Shapiro brothers, Gefen and Yona, who are nineteen and sixteen and Harpo Marx look-alikes, own eleven cars between them, including a Girl Scout-green 1972 MG Midget, a blueberry-blue 1987 Alfa…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story At the beach, a young man wearing a faux Givenchy T-shirt and skinny jeans stands on the back of a horse. With one hand, he reaches for the reins on the…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Some years ago, at the annual P.S. 3 book fair, I came across a Yiddish-English dictionary. This was a more serious Yiddish-English dictionary than the somewhat antic one I owned called…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A good joke doesn’t just fall out of a coconut tree. It exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it. And so it’s worth…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Hilton AlsStaff 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. There are…