New York Magazine: August 21, 2017 Issue

Just Kids

For the tight-knit child stars of Stranger Things, instant stardom hasn’t changed a thing. Almost.

Laid Bare

For Maggie Gyllenhaal, taking a role on The Deuce was a trust exercise, in more ways than one.

Fall Preview: TV

From Stranger Things to Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Sight Unseen

There’s a reason Darren Aronofsky doesn’t want you to know anything about his latest film, Mother!

Fall Preview: Movies

Pitch Perfect 3, Justice League, The Last Jedi, and more.

Someone Great Is Back

James Murphy has reunited LCD Soundsystem and made a comeback album, and he doesn’t care if that’s a cliché.

Fall Preview: Music

Including one from each Gallagher, Tori Amos, Miley Cyrus, Fall Out Boy, and more.

Fall Preview: Art

Kara Walker, the Whitney, and more.

Ai Weiwei’s Neighborhood

“It is like presenting yourself to an old lover; to give to the city what I never had a chance to achieve when I was there.”

The Rise and Return of Jesmyn Ward

From small-town Mississippi to an out-of-the-blue National Book Award — then back to Mississippi to write her third novel.

Fall Preview: Books

Works from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, Hillary Clinton, and more much-anticipated titles.

Julie Taymor Flies Again

Out of the spiderweb, into M. Butterfly.

Fall Preview: Theater

Tiny Beautiful Things, As You Like It, M. Butterfly, and more.

Fall Preview: Classical

American Ballet Theater, the New York Philharmonic, and more.

Fall Preview: Critics

Jerry Saltz, Matt Zoller Seitz, and the rest of our critics weigh in on what they’re looking forward to.

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

August 21, 2017

Turned Upside Down

Features

Is Anybody Home at HUD?

‘Am I an Accomplice to This Terrible Thing That’s Happening?’

This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley

Intelligencer

The National Interest

Encounter

Inkwell

Reread: September 10, 1973

Culture

Just Kids

Laid Bare

Fall Preview: TV

Sight Unseen

Fall Preview: Movies

Someone Great Is Back

Fall Preview: Music

Fall Preview: Art

Ai Weiwei’s Neighborhood

The Rise and Return of Jesmyn Ward

Fall Preview: Books

Julie Taymor Flies Again

Fall Preview: Theater

Fall Preview: Classical

Fall Preview: Critics

The Cut

Two for One

Departments

Comments: Week of August 21, 2017

The Approval Matrix: Week of August 21, 2017

Strategist

Fall Preview: New Restaurants

Spaghetti and Meatballs for the Masses

The Comeback: Pazzo Redux

The Piescape

Italian Flair in Sheridan Square

Introducing Sunny Lee

Frenchette Is a Fresh Start

Grand Entrances

Fall Preview: Stores

Fall Preview: Nightlife

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