The Crossword: Monday, December 4, 2023
A challenging puzzle.
A challenging puzzle.
New cartoons from the magazine.
Before another demonstration against Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, activists gather to make posters and paper poppies, and to discuss the danger of stating their views publicly.
Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis demonstrate how they churn out their cult-favorite tourtières from M. Wells, their bistro in Queens, having upgraded from a method that sounds like people having sex.
With the Sunday Sports Sidekick package, get ready for beer, wings, and hugs that provide a substitute for the warmth we never got from our withholding fathers. Score!
Dominic Sessa had only acted in school plays at Deerfield Academy when Alexander Payne plucked him from twelfth grade to star alongside Paul Giamatti in his “Christmas-blues” film, “The Holdovers.”
The drummer and composer talks about his three-take style, Sting’s way with a hit, and his Muppet counterpart, Animal.
Nearly two decades ago, Christian Wiman was diagnosed with a rare cancer and told he probably had about five years to live. In a new book, he makes the case against despair.
The Vietnamese-born photographer charts how conflict embeds itself in both physical and psychological terrains.
A dazzling array of new music at the California Festival, spearheaded by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
To not calling me at work with questions you can answer on Google.
“How was your trip to New York?”
Confronting the catastrophe of the Second World War, four composers produced strikingly different responses.
The artist discusses holiday shopping and his prized Popeye punching bag.
The author reads his story from the December 11, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The author discusses “Keats at Twenty-four,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
They didn’t mean to become critics; they probably hoped to be better known for that novel. But, when something cuts them to the quick, they need you to know.
“I hope you won’t mind a fern on your grave.”
There were no milestones left for him to look forward to, except headstones.
In Jen Silverman’s drama, Marin Ireland and Andrew Burnap play filmmakers working for the K.G.B. who tap Dos Passos and Hemingway for a Soviet propaganda movie.
“Foreign Bodies,” “In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl,” “Holler, Child,” and “Night Watch.”
An upstart motivational speaker wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top.
After the Civil War, Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy, was to be tried for treason. Does the debacle hold lessons for the trials awaiting Donald Trump?
New research from Perth-based Murdoch University has revealed that exercise regimes can help farmed finfish reach marketable sizes at an accelerated rate.