David Kamp
St. Vincent Gets the Carlyle Treatment
The musician, born Annie Clark, is following in the footsteps of Eartha Kitt and Bobby Short at Café Carlyle. But which of her songs will make the set list?
The Original Brooklyn Selfie King
In the nineteen-thirties and forties, my grandfather constantly, carefully photographed himself. What was he trying to see?
Jeremy Irons’s Walk of Fame
The “Morning Show” actor strolls the theatre district, remembering his star turn in Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing” and recalling the way Mike Nichols always joked that he was Jewish.
January 6, 2025
The Capitol is breached. Security cameras catch Senator Josh Hawley running in fear from a passel of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ activists attempting to garland him in Pride bunting.
Meet the First Gen X-tleman
When Doug Emhoff took to the floor at the D.N.C. wielding a leaf blower and exhorting the crowd to “get crazy with the Cheez Whiz,” he brought a tear to this Gen X-er’s eye.
Interview with the Head of U.C.A.S. (Urban Cyclists Against Stopping)
The biker discusses why the organization refuses to stop for anyone, and why the “U.C.A.S. doesn’t do ‘the law.’ ”
Twenty-one Things That Would More Appropriately Be Named Omicron Than a New Coronavirus Variant
A beige all-in-one personal computer advertised by George Plimpton in 1979, for example.
Come On and Zoom-Zoom
The original “Zoom” burst joyfully out of Boston in the nineteen-seventies, and is still beloved by older members of Generation X.
St. Vincent Gets the Carlyle Treatment
The musician, born Annie Clark, is following in the footsteps of Eartha Kitt and Bobby Short at Café Carlyle. But which of her songs will make the set list?
The Original Brooklyn Selfie King
In the nineteen-thirties and forties, my grandfather constantly, carefully photographed himself. What was he trying to see?
Jeremy Irons’s Walk of Fame
The “Morning Show” actor strolls the theatre district, remembering his star turn in Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing” and recalling the way Mike Nichols always joked that he was Jewish.
January 6, 2025
The Capitol is breached. Security cameras catch Senator Josh Hawley running in fear from a passel of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ activists attempting to garland him in Pride bunting.
Meet the First Gen X-tleman
When Doug Emhoff took to the floor at the D.N.C. wielding a leaf blower and exhorting the crowd to “get crazy with the Cheez Whiz,” he brought a tear to this Gen X-er’s eye.
Interview with the Head of U.C.A.S. (Urban Cyclists Against Stopping)
The biker discusses why the organization refuses to stop for anyone, and why the “U.C.A.S. doesn’t do ‘the law.’ ”
Twenty-one Things That Would More Appropriately Be Named Omicron Than a New Coronavirus Variant
A beige all-in-one personal computer advertised by George Plimpton in 1979, for example.
Come On and Zoom-Zoom
The original “Zoom” burst joyfully out of Boston in the nineteen-seventies, and is still beloved by older members of Generation X.