The New Yorker
A Shakespeare Tale, a Ping-Pong Champ
There will be music in the frosty air, starting with songs by Stephen Schwartz in Wicked: For Good (Nov. 24), the sequel to last year’s Wicked:
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November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
Pam Tanowitz's Pastoral, Ailey Does Joni Mitchell
In the dreary month of January, summer makes a brief but welcome appearance via Pam Tanowitz’s “Pastoral” (Rose Theatre; Jan. 11-13). It’s a bucolic work, a peaceable kingdom of serene, sometimes quirky dances, set within a landscape of vibrantly colored fabric panels by the artist Sarah Crowner. Dancers move with bracing clarity as Beethoven's “Pastoral” Symphony wafts across Caroline Shaw’s musical collage, which also suggests the buzzing of insects, bird calls, rain.
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November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
Tallis Scholars Mass, Star Pianists
England, the insult goes, is “a land without music.” Of course, where there are people, there is music—but it’s true that, for a century or two, English composers played mostly in the minor leagues. New York Philharmonic, conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, at David Geffen Hall, showcases two works, both from 1910, that helped to change that.
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November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
Lorde, Clipse, Sudan Archives
There's a little something for everyone sprinkled across this winter's slate of shows in contemporary music. Those looking for ambience should catch the sound-design pioneer Suzanne Ciani at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity, where the accomplished composer will improvise on her modular synthesizer inside the grand cathedral (Dec. 6).
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November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
Ed Caesar on Nick Paumgarten's "Up and Then Down"
The shortest magazine pitch of Nick Paumgarten’s life actually took place in an elevator, which the writer was sharing with an elevator-phobic editor, and consisted of a single word:
3 min |
November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
TRANSITIONS
A father reckons with his child's transformation, and with his own.
10+ min |
November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
MISSING MOLLUSKS DEPT NATURAL RECRUIT
A fleet of kayaks left the south shore of Staten Island recently in search of oysters. Their destinations were a series of breakwaters a few hundred yards offshore.
3 min |
November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
THE BOARDS THERE SHE IS
Doors open when you're Miss America. For instance, did you know that the famously hundred-and-twofloor Empire State Building actually has a not so famous hundred-and-third?
3 min |
November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
Mozart's Treasures, Indigenous Painting
This season, several storied institutions are looking toward fashion for a winter pick-me-up.
2 min |
November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
OPEN MIND
The case that A.I. is thinking.
10+ min |
November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
BLING DEPT.THE MOBSTER ON THE CEILING
The theft of two tiaras and a crown, among other jewels, from the Louvre last month got some Brooklynites recalling the time, almost seventy-five years ago, when two gem-encrusted crowns were swiped right off the heads of the baby Jesus and his mother in an Italian Renaissance-style basilica in Dyker Heights.
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November 10, 2025
The New Yorker
THE DOCTOR'S PLAN
My plan worked. A liquid injected into the veins of children—yes, children, unwilling, screaming, crying children—to prevent them from contracting communicable diseases. Hate me if you want to. I never asked for your forgiveness. When I was just a boy, I watched my parents die before my eyes. Polio. I vowed to get my revenge. And I didn't care who I helped or how many lives I saved along the way.
3 min |
November 10, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Glasnow, Wrobleski answer bell at critical times
Tyler Glasnow threw seven, maybe eight, pitches in the bullpen.
4 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Rojas provides charge when plugged into lineup
\"A utility guy who can play different positions, who can really play defense,\" he said.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Passionate team of previous month returns
Hernández caught in left field and, while sprinting toward the infield, threw to Miguel Rojas at second base, where he made a scooped catch to double up Addison Barger.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Payback? Power grab? Voters weigh Prop. 50
Measure draws hard lines of its own, with views ranging from fairness to overreach.
5 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
South Korea wants China's help on North Korea
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to persuade North Korea to return to talks, as the two leaders on Saturday agreed on a set of steps to expand their economic and other ties.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Proposed settlement with UCLA is master class in extortion
Trump's administration accused the university of antisemitism and wants to dismantle all DEI initiatives
4 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trying to get a troubled industry back on track
Betting on driverless freight trains to be the future, L.A. startup is already testing them.
5 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Great disillusionment' grips Eaton fire survivors
As crisis fades from spotlight, early urgency goes with it. People are left in limbo amid red tape, disputed payouts.
6 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
RHEA SEEHORN TAKES IT TO THE LIMIT
SHE CAN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT HER STAR TURN IN NEW SERIES 'PLURIBUS,' BUT ONE THING'S CERTAIN: IT'LL MAKE YOU THINK
10+ min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A connection that's been loud, clear
Rams veterans Adams, Stafford have developed a nice rapport to spark offense
4 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Safer? This skeptic is on the fence
MacArthur Park needs more than a barrier to crime and homelessness
4 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Sinner routs Zverev to close in on reclaiming the No. 1 ranking
Jannik Sinner routed a weary-looking Alexander Zverev 6-0, 6-1 in a little more than an hour Saturday to reach the Paris Masters final and move closer to reclaiming the No. 1 ranking.
3 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mater Dei rallies to upset St. John Bosco
The Monarchs come back from 21 points down to earn a share of the Trinity League title
2 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Buzzer-beater by Leonard is enough
Kawhi Leonard made a buzzer-beater and finished with 34 points to give the Clippers a 126-124 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at Intuit Dome on Friday night in the first game of the NBA Cup group stage for both teams.
1 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
His success caught no one off guard
Rookie tight end Gadsden lives up to the hype with the Chargers
4 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
The facts behind Trump's nuclear test comments
President Trump’s comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's rivals have been expanding and testing their nuclear-capable arsenals.
4 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Newsom responds after feds seek CalFresh data
A law that allowed the sharing of limitless amounts of personal data across the state to find people eligible for CalFresh was rescinded last week.
7 min |
November 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Why changing clocks runs counter to our nature
IT'S THAT TIME again. Time to wonder: Why do we turn the clocks forward and backward each year? Academics and scientists, politicians, economists, employers, parents — just about everyone you interact with this week — are probably debating a wide variety of reasons for and against daylight saving time.
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