January 19, 2009 Issue
Cover Story
The All New Issue
Of the many weird things happening right now, not all are bad: Capitalism’s flaws are getting an honest look from reformers of all ideologies; the most macho automakers are begging for the chance to go green; for God’s sake, we elected a black president! When everything breaks down, you get to decide how to build it back up again—and make it better.
Intelligencer
Paterson’s Latest Cuomo Quandary
If he gives him Hillary’s seat, he can’t hire his own A.G.
Marc Jacobs Has Cheap Thoughts
Not particularly exercised.
How to Get Circus Buff
Like Madonna, Gwyneth.
Olmert’s ‘Briber’ Investigated in U.S.
L.I. macher in hot water?
Most Glamorous eBay Find Ever
Welcome back, Jean Harlow.
It Happened Last Fortnight
New Yorkers counted down the days to the inauguration.
POTUS Weekly
Paparazzi gear up for the celebrity presidency.
Final Chapter
Fewer restructurings, more liquidations in bankruptcy court.
Are Wall Street Suicide Epidemics Real?
Or does the recent handful of high-profile cases just make it seem that way?
Strategist
Empire Building
On a sleepy Carroll Gardens corner, a soup-to-nuts culinary complex emerges.
Ready for Public Consumption
Here, a dozen fresh additions to the shopping landscape.
The Restaurant Review
At the John Dory, April Bloomfield aims to do for seafood what she did for bar food at the Spotted Pig.
Mexican Guavas
For the first time ever, Mexican guavas are being imported into the U.S.
The Look Book
"My hat is fox, as well as my scarf. It keeps me really warm."
Oval Office Overhaul
A few ideas to make our basketball-loving, Internet-using, furtively smoking new POTUS feel more comfortable.
Change Your Space, Keep Your Life
How to save hundreds per month by moving barely a block.
Culture
You Gotta Give Them Hope
Troubadour of sadness Antony tries to shake off the solipsism.
Hit the Road, Giacomo
A prescription for City Opera’s troubles: Break the lease.
Criminally Retro
A one-man pulp spree.
The Winter TV Spectacular
Lie to Me, Damages, United States of Tara, and more.
The Movie Review
In Silent Light, director Carlos Reygadas takes his sweet time with a cheating Mennonite.
The Theater Review
The Cripple of Inishmaan is light of heart—for a pitch-black Martin McDonagh drama.
The Art Review
Nathalie Djurberg and the upside of being kind of gross.
Agenda
East Village Penicillin
They’re not giving soup away for free, Depression style, but Hearth has come pretty close.
Departments
Comments: Week of January 19, 2009
Readers sound off on layoffs, snark, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of January 19, 2009
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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