The Cut’s solo “Spring Fashion” print issue features Bad Bunny, Doechii, Rosé, conversation-provoking features, unique fashion and beauty coverage, and more.
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The City Politic: Errol Louis • Bad Reputation Eric Adams believes he can rewrite his legacy. His record says otherwise.
Neighborhood News: The Kimmel Resistance Comes to Fort Greene • Unlikely free-speech warrior broadcasts from BAM.
Susan Orlean • The longtime New Yorker writer knows she’s had a charmed career.
Screen Time: Angela Flournoy • A Is for ‘I’m Amazing’ In Gracie’s Corner, Black parents have found children’s music that goes beyond representation.
Who Speaks for Wendy Williams? • TRAPPED IN A HIGH-END DEMENTIA FACILITY, THE FORMER TALK-SHOW HOST IS CAMPAIGNING FOR FREEDOM. IT MAY NOT MATTER.
THE TECHNO OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO FUTURE PROOFING YOUR CHILD • AI doomers and bloomers alike are girding themselves for what’s coming—starting with their offspring.
What Jewish New Yorkers Struggle to Talk About With Their Therapists • Relationships, work, childhood trauma, infidelity, abuse, friendships, career changes, money problems, addiction, jealousy, sex, eating disorders, infertility, marriage, self-esteem, divorce, death …… But not Israel.
The Man Who Translates Fashion • How does a luxury brand like Prada sell desire to a public inundated with beautiful images? It hires Ferdinando Verderi.
A New Lamp in Town
Among the Chairs and a Half • My exhaustive search had three criteria: The chair had to be roomy, comfortable, and nontoxic.
New York Film Festival • A sliver of the directors, actors, and serious cinephiles who partook in its 63rd edition.
The Home Gallery • A young couple with a growing art collection reimagines a penthouse loft in Soho.
A Spot That Should Be Hotter • Frijoleros has a world-class mole and a chef who knows how to have fun.
He’s Opening a Gourmet Grocer in Tribeca. Maybe You’ve Heard? • Meadow Lane is ready at last. It only took six years and 685 TikToks to get here.
Harris Dickinson Won’t Be Your Heartthrob • The actor’s feature-length directorial debut is a dark look at homelessness, but don’t call him a do-gooder.
The Uncanceling of Chris Brown • The singer claims he’s been overlooked, but his blockbuster stadium tour suggests otherwise.
How This Broadway Star Sounds So Good • Joshua Henry endorses plyometrics.
CRITICS • Sara Holdren on Waiting for Godot … Jack Denton on Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket … Justin Davidson on Downtown Brooklyn.
To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read. OCTOBER 8–22
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THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.