The Life Lessons of Shonda Rhimes The trailblazing creator of Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal on raising kids on her own and worrying about Donald Trump
Mommie May I? A new book revisits the unintentional camp classic Mommie Dearest, adapted from Joan Crawford’s daughter’s damning tell-all
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No. 250
Hamptons Agonistes
PLUS
PICKET YOUR BATTLES
A SCOUNDREL IN THE COURT (NOT THAT ONE!)
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
and more!
Morning Meeting
To Catch (and Release?) a Killer
Arts and Letters
New York’s Grolier Club Presents a History of the Dictionary
The Imperfect Ending
Mo Gilligan’s Least Favorite Things
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Cover Swim
Those looking to receive a lot of attention on the beach, behold Cover Swim’s new Unisuit. Granted, it elicits a different sort…
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Patriots
Nations get the Broadway plays they deserve. The United States got Hamilton, a joyous, stirring musical about the Founding Fathers…
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The Urbanist
Like Rome, New York City was not built in a day. It was, however, rebuilt during Michael Bloomberg’s first two terms as…
The Concert of a Lifetime A recording of America’s 1975 Hollywood Bowl performance, directed by Beatles producer George Martin, sees the light
Cass Elliot Dreamin’ Owen Elliot-Kugell looks back at her mother’s years in the Mamas & the Papas in her new book, My Mama, Cass
Breeds Apart Dogland goes inside the cutthroat, costly, and utterly ridiculous world of the Westminster Dog Show
Pitch-Perfect In an interview, the breakout tenor Jonathan Tetelman chronicles his road from D.J.-ing to starring in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Met
