Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jon Fosse’s “Septology,” the seven-novel sequence about art and God that helped win its author last year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, stars two men and a dog. The men are both…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Like many Internet users, I love nothing more than animal content. In the decade or so since I’ve joined Instagram, I’ve probably spent dozens of hours liking and commenting on posts…
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…
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 A year ago, I wasn’t sanguine about the state of ultra-low-budget filmmaking; this year, the D.I.Y. domain accounts for many of the best new releases. What I’m still not sanguine about…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Late this past summer, I was at the convenience store with my son, buying ice cream, when a Tesla Cybertruck pulled into the lot. Peter is six, and fascinated by Cybertrucks;…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story What a year, eh? In podcasts, as everywhere else lately, volatility abounds—yet beauty and wonder abound, too. Ongoing budget cuts (and debatable decision-making) meant that we lost more terrific shows in…