The Magazine
July 25, 2022
Goings On
Tables for Two
At Laser Wolf, Dinner Is Even Better than the Sunset
At this Williamsburg-rooftop outpost of the beloved Philadelphia restaurant from the chef Michael Solomonov, the uniformly excellent salatim, an array of salads and dips, are followed by grilled skewers and brown-sugar soft serve.
Art
Barbara Kruger’s Trenchant Critiques
The work of the American artist—who has been using mass media’s aphoristic language and provocative tone to address charged subjects since the late eighties—fills MOMA’s soaring atrium.
The Talk of the Town
Jelani Cobb on Herschel Walker’s mendacious ascent; wind-powered wine; growing the perfect berry; Blaxploitation buffs unite; remembering John Bennet.
Here To There Dept.
Supply-Chain Problems? Try a Cargo Schooner
The crew of Grain de Sail, a sailboat carrying a load of French biodynamic wines—without the carbon emissions of a cargo ship—hoists the mainsail and floats into town.
Mad Scientist Dept.
Selling “Omakase” Strawberries, for the Price of a Full Meal
The founder of Oishii, whose haute-cuisine strawberries have sold for as much as ten dollars a pop, offers a tour of one of his V.C.-backed vertical farms, modelled on the foothills of Japan and built in New Jersey.
Pop-Up
Wyatt Cenac and Donwill Shop for the Blaxploitation Sound
If you attend their pop-up film series “Shouting at the Screen,” prepare to take a drink every time a pimp suit appears onscreen.
Comment
Herschel Walker’s Deficits Are Not the Only Cause for Concern
His Senate candidacy is a clear example of the warping effect that Donald Trump has had on the Republican Party nationally.
Postscript
John Bennet, Enemy of the “Blah Blah Blah”
“An editor is like a shrink,” was one of many Bennetisms. He was that, and a lot more.
Reporting & Essays
Dept. of Transportation
The VW Bus Took the Sixties on the Road. Now It’s Getting a Twenty-first-Century Makeover
Once, it sparked dreams of community and counterculture. What’s gained—and lost—when flower power is electrified?
A Reporter at Large
The Haves and the Have-Yachts
Luxury ships attract outrage and political scrutiny. The ultra-rich are buying them in record numbers.
The Sporting Scene
Can Pickleball Save America?
The sport, beloved for its democratic spirit, could unite the country—if it doesn’t divide itself first.
Letter from Lusanga
Can an Artists’ Collective in Africa Repair a Colonial Legacy?
Its founders believe that they can use the tools of the Western art world to help heal the effects of more than a century of plunder.
Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs
Letter of Resignation
I hereby resign, because—sorry, Hillary—it’s unclear that the baby-eating is getting us any closer to that promised New World Order.
Fiction
The Critics
Dancing
Passion, Abstraction, and Pam Tanowitz
The choreographer’s “Song of Songs” takes ideas about love, Judaism, and community and distills them in movement.
Books
When Tribal Nations Expel Their Black Members
Clashes between sovereignty rights and civil rights reveal an uncomfortable and complicated story about race and belonging in America.
Books
Why Storytelling Is Part of Being a Good Doctor
Physicians’ education puts science front and center, but narrative can be a surprisingly powerful medicine.
The Art World
Fault Lines in America and Ukraine
A clamorous retrospective of the painter Robert Colescott, and “Women at War,” a show of contemporary Ukrainian artists, unsettle and inspire.
Poems
Poems
Mixup
Poems
Resistance
Cartoons
1/15
“Howard?”
Cartoon by Victoria Roberts
Cartoon Caption Contest
Puzzles & Games Dept.
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