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No. 17
The View from Here
Berlin, Berlin, Berlin. What about Ljubljana?…
November 9, 2019
The Mikado’s Fresh Start
Ever since its premiere at London’s Savoy Theatre in 1885, The Mikado, a farce set in a daffy fantasy Japan called Titipu, has routinely been performed in yellowface, a practice increasingly untenable in any enlightened metropolis. Yet, demand for this ninth of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operettas—with hits like “A wand’ring minstrel I,” “Three little maids from school,” and so many more—shows no sign of waning. What to do? READ ON
The Mikado at the English National Opera, in London, runs through November 30.
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Here’s to You, Mr. Nichols Graydon Carter toasts Ash Carter and Sam Kashner at Monkey Bar to celebrate their new oral biography of Mike Nichols
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All the Senator’s Men
Bad guys have always been good for opera. They betray friends, doom lovers, and disrupt the peace—mayhem that leads to melodrama and drives a juicy plot. Composer Gregory Spears’s Fellow Travelers, set in early-1950s Washington, D.C., deploys one of the baddest guys of all, Senator Joe McCarthy, but he appears only briefly. “Opera is a very complex system, involving a lot of resources,” says Spears. “I don’t think we need to waste the resources of the orchestra telling people that McCarthy was a villain. I’m interested in complicated characters we can get close to—and I don’t want to get very close to him.” READ ON
The cast of Fellow Travelers, opening at the Boston Lyric Opera on November 13.
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Drake’s on Savile Row
If air mail had its version of a royal warrant, we would give serious consideration to issuing one for Drake’s.…
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The Striped Tee
We’re willing to bet that striped T-shirts are worn more frequently than the stripeless variety…
Lace Up
All-Weather Boots
Do not hold off on procuring this season’s snazziest waterproof, snow-crushing footwear until the weather…
Celebrate
The Satin Dress
Who is this Karla Deras, and why have we never met? As we hurl ourselves into the holiday season…
Snuggle Up
The Down Jacket
Here in Manhattan, November arrived right on schedule. Light trenches are banished to the closet…
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Drake’s on Savile Row
If air mail had its version of a royal warrant, we would give serious consideration to issuing one for Drake’s.…
Layer
The Striped Tee
We’re willing to bet that striped T-shirts are worn more frequently than the stripeless variety…
Lace Up
All-Weather Boots
Do not hold off on procuring this season’s snazziest waterproof, snow-crushing footwear until the weather…
Celebrate
The Satin Dress
Who is this Karla Deras, and why have we never met? As we hurl ourselves into the holiday season…
Snuggle Up
The Down Jacket
Here in Manhattan, November arrived right on schedule. Light trenches are banished to the closet…
Lauren Groff Recommends the jewels among her preferred novels and short stories
Daydreams A new collection of photographs by the actor and filmmaker, most of which have never before been published, takes you back to the 60s
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Boccioni Ex Machina
Originally a painter, Umberto Boccioni turned to sculpture only four years before his death, in 1916, at the age of 33. Along with the rest of his futurist cohort, Boccioni was obsessed with Italy’s delayed industrialization, and in his work he sought to capture the dynamics of speed and machinery. The result was a series of abstract sculptures that express the essence of movement, filling space with a sensation of forward advance. READ ON
Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913) goes to auction at Christie’s in New York on November 11.
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Shine
Flashlight
Call us old-fashioned, but we think there’s something a bit sad about formerly essential tools that have been tossed aside…
Wear
A Winning Rolex
Through all his championships, all the times his famed wrists provided a blast of strength or the perfect soft touch…
Eat
Díporto
Near Athens’s Central Market, far from the shadow of the Acropolis and its surrounding tourist traps…
Watch
Marriage Story
If any doubt remains that Adam Driver is one of the top talents of this decade, Marriage Story puts an end to those thoughts…
Listen
You Must Remember This
Karina Longworth is an archaeologist of Old Hollywood, weaving together movie lore and social history…
Ride
Garibaldi C Prohibition
If you like Barolo with barbecued brisket, Garneau’s flagship bike, the Garibaldi C Prohibition, will suit you…
Shine
Flashlight
Call us old-fashioned, but we think there’s something a bit sad about formerly essential tools that have been tossed aside…
Wear
A Winning Rolex
Through all his championships, all the times his famed wrists provided a blast of strength or the perfect soft touch…
Eat
Díporto
Near Athens’s Central Market, far from the shadow of the Acropolis and its surrounding tourist traps…
Watch
Marriage Story
If any doubt remains that Adam Driver is one of the top talents of this decade, Marriage Story puts an end to those thoughts…
Listen
You Must Remember This
Karina Longworth is an archaeologist of Old Hollywood, weaving together movie lore and social history…
Ride
Garibaldi C Prohibition
If you like Barolo with barbecued brisket, Garneau’s flagship bike, the Garibaldi C Prohibition, will suit you…
Rock of Ages Check into Brice and Helen Marden’s bohemian hideaway on a scenic hilltop in Nevis
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