Issue of 2005-08-29
Posted 2005-08-22
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ SACRED AND PROFANE/ David Remnick on the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH/ SHAKEDOWN STREET/ Ben McGrath on how a block is making the ěSex and the Cityî tour pay.
TROUBADOURS/ PICK SIX/ Nick Paumgarten shops for CDs with Richard Thompson.
INK/ NOT A WORD/ Henry Alford hunts down a phony dictionary entry.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ MICHAEL KUBIN AND DAVID MOORE/ THE NUCLEAR CLUB/ Application for membership.
DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH/ Malcolm Gladwell/ THE MORAL-HAZARD MYTH/ The bad idea behind our failed health-care system.
FICTION/ Alice Munro/ "The View From Castle Rock"
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Art as Life/ The Matisse we never knew.
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als
The Ballad of John/ "Lennon" and "Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams."
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ Real Simple/ Emiliana Torrini's spare new album.
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ A Little Late-Night Music/ Mostly Mozart reborn.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Dirty Business/ "Pretty Persuasion" and "The Aristocrats."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
THE TALK OF THE TOWN/ Painter in Town/ Murdock Pemberton reports on Henri Matisse's visit to New York City./ Issue of 1930-03-28
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