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Roz Chast’s “Flavor of the Week”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the August 12, 2024, issue, the cartoonist Roz Chast—who has delighted readers since 1978 with her opinionated and peculiar takes on life’s indignities—gives ice-cream makers some suggestions…

Under the Bridge of Sighs

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story We are twelve, and these are some of our choices: “Dawn of the Dead,” “The Deer Hunter,” “Hair,” “The China Syndrome,” “The Champ,” “A Little Romance,” “Superman,” “Love at First Bite,”…

Two Paths for Jewish Politics

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story My first and only experience of antisemitism in America came wrapped in a bow of care and concern. In 1993, I spent the summer in Tennessee with my girlfriend. At a…

Boys on Their Bikes

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Stefan Ruiz was twenty-four years old and a recent graduate of U.C. Santa Cruz when he travelled to Côte d’Ivoire to help an art-history professor with a project. They went to…

Cole Escola’s Great Day on Broadway

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “She never made this cake,” Cole Escola informed me, briskly whipping egg whites as I sifted flour. It was early June, and we were baking at Joe’s Pub, the downtown performance…

Noche Flamenca, in Its Natural Habitat

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…

The Annual Disappointments of Strawberry Season

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Who among us hasn’t been catfished by a strawberry? At a farmers’ market recently, I bought a carton of strawberries that were vermillion, fragrant, and totally bland. I thought I was…