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At Hutong, the old Midtown appetite for grandeur
A look at the lavish room and theatrical Chinese menu at the Midtown restaurant.
Billy Crystal returns to Broadway with ‘860’
His new solo show turns the Palisades home he lost into a stage for 46 years of family life.
Jake’s Dilemma will close after more than 30 years
The Whitney Biennial enters its final weeks
Of Monsters and Men outgrow the indie-folk boom
Persian mystical music changes the pace at the Met
The lead · Arts
An unnamed FBI agent takes the Guggenheim
Taryn Simon turns one man’s federal career into 42 chapters of stings, espionage and family secrets.
By Sascha Brodsky
Worth leaving home for
Was Roy Lichtenstein a genius or a copyist?
At the Whitney, the quarrel over copying gets a fresh airing.
Audra McDonald, Billy Porter and more reunite for Shuffle Along
Buddy Guy gets a 90th birthday party at Radio City
MoMA gives Nilima Sheikh her first New York solo show
The Gustavo Dudamel era begins at the New York Philharmonic
Books / Fiction, criticism & literary life
Book jacket: courtesy of Bonnie Garmus’s official website
Bonnie Garmus enters the peculiar kingdom of New York publishing
Her new novel revisits a Manhattan poetry magazine and the strange power of a literary reputation.
The National Book Awards are coming home to Manhattan
Twenty-five finalists, five prizes and a November literary gathering.
Barbara Kingsolver lets the piano keep the score
After Demon Copperhead, a quieter novel of music, ambition and regret.
Yiyun Li follows the music that history nearly forgot
Two musicians, two continents and the fickle business of posterity.
Latest from the newsroom
Dining
Times Square is getting a 300-seat Southern restaurant
Kitchen + Kocktails opens Oct. 3 at 7 Times Square.
Theater
Chekhov under glass at the Park Avenue Armory
Simon Stone’s Korean-language reimagining turns a fading dynasty into a family on display.
Film
New York Film Festival takes over the city
The 64th festival opens with James Gray and a particularly New York weekend.
Dining
At Mythily, Rasika Venkatesa puts her grandmother’s name on the door
A personal Tamil restaurant arrives in Williamsburg.
Culture & ideas
Four giant hands have taken over the Met
Liu Wei’s monumental façade commission turns the museum’s unfinished niches into a meditation on rupture and repair.
Dining news
EVÈNTO turns Tribeca dinners into a rotating chef series
Five guest chefs take over 75 Murray Street for one-night menus through Oct. 28.
Chada adds a new round of Bangkok-inspired dishes
Grilled chicken, green curry duck and a Southern Thai crab salad join the West Village menu.
Taste of the Seaport returns October 24
A waterfront tasting festival brings local restaurants together to benefit two public schools.
Dining & after dark
Rezdôra narrows the map of Italian cooking
Emilia-Romagna, handmade pasta and the virtue of leaving the rest of Italy alone.
Where to eat in New York after midnight
The kitchens that still understand the importance of 1 a.m.
A 15-seat wine bar puts pastry in the spotlight
Daniel Boulud goes big across from Lincoln Center
A sprawling new brasserie consolidates three longtime Upper West Side restaurants.
The Public Theater gets an old-New-York restaurant
Coming up in New York
October 11 · Whitney Museum — Roy Lichtenstein: Like New opens
October 19 · Metropolitan Opera — Lincoln in the Bardo premieres
October 25 · MoMA — Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio opens
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