Features
Searching through the personal archives of legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward’s former assistant found evidence that a few key details of the Watergate story might not have added up—even, or especially, to Bradlee. By Jeff Himmelman
The novelist known as Toni Morrison—née Chloe Wofford—has won a Nobel and a Pulitzer, but at 81, she’s still striving to prove once and for all that she deserves her place in the literary pantheon. By Boris Kachka
The Wisconsin congressman has been hailed by the Beltway Establishment as an honest broker bent on slashing waste from the federal budget. But a close reading of Paul Ryan’s record reveals a very different reality. By Jonathan Chait
Intel
In a city full of air conditioners hanging out of windows twenty stories up, the pedestrian is ever at risk of being bonked from above.
The many winners of a merely rumored Kelly mayoral campaign.
Arboreal bragging rights.
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Music fandom gets rewired.
At the poker table—the $10,000 buy-in table—with the actress turned cardsharp.
Columns
Fortunately for Yankees fans, Hiroki Kuroda is nothing like his Japanese predecessor.
Strategist
Prepara’s ice cream scoop, portable Bonfire logs, and more.
“It’s aquamarine. That’s the color that was on the dye bottle.”
Atera’s ingredients seem plucked from nature, but appearances are deceiving.
The stinging nettle takes its name from its deceptively innocent-looking leaves harboring dozens of tiny needles.
A Frenchman, a Greek, and a Turk walk into a conference room to rank New York–made Greek yogurts. Spoons, predictably, fly.
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His campaign was a disaster—but the GOP is still his party.
The real cost of the Murdoch phone-hacking scandal.
Occupy’s identity crisis.
A look at The Avengers.
I Wish, Girl in Progress, and a pair of other movies in which kids can’t catch a break.
Lessons from Wall Street’s Facebook courtship.
The social network did not fall far from the tree.
Anthony Scaramucci helps the medium-rich invest in hedge funds. Attracting clients takes some creative effort.
The right way to read its future.
Incredibly, Mark Zuckerberg has grown up to become an ace CEO—one whose way of thinking might drive Wall Street nuts.
A greasy-spoon breakfast with the “living sculpture” duo.
How 7-Eleven plans to put the bodega out of business.
Cornel West is a self-proclaimed prophet who believes in the virtues of love and justice. But in his own life, he can’t seem to find either.
Ramps may be the first to arrive at the party, but nothing says spring is in the air like asparagus.
Two downtown sandwich spinoffs leave the bread oven behind.
Readers sound off on Paul Ryan, Ben Bradlee, and more.
In his new opera, Blur’s Damon Albarn channels Queen Elizabeth’s angel whisperer.
Nesting utensils, a convertible coffee table, and more new stuff in New York stores.
Opening this Thursday, Dalaga’s second store will bring accessible style to Nolita.
“Our culture has the idea that people have a shelf life. You can be in your sixties and have a lot of fun.”
The Vapur anti-bottle is sturdy when full, but rolls or folds flat when empty.
At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, landscape architecture mingles with the steel-and-glass kind.
Brenna White's chocolate chip cookies at Smile to Go.
Culture
Nice Work If You Can Get It and Matthew Broderick are de-lovely.
Ghost: The Musical is technically impressive, and musically silly.
The Lyons is rare small play that weathers a transfer to the theater district unchanged.
A lot of admiration for an unorthodox Streetcar Named Desire.
The dialogue is smart and sharp enough, but The Columnist feels oddly evasive.
Leap of Faith vaults over a chasm of skepticism—and stops precisely three quarters of the way across.
Don’t bother with Don’t Dress for Dinner.
A first-time producer on what it took to stage Old Jews Telling Jokes.
Our body clocks have social jet lag. And it’s making most of us a little crazy.
Joss Whedon joins forces with seven comic-book heroes in The Avengers.
Agenda
International Meats Local, billed as the “first sustainable street meat event,” opens May 6.
Departments
Readers sound off on “How to Make It in the Art World,” conservative political donors, and more.
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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