December 13, 2010 Issue
Cover Story
The Year in Culture
What’s worth remembering from the past twelve months in the arts, including: Ryan Gosling and a new pack of arty, oddball leading men; a daisy chain of boldface names pick their favorite cultural landmarks of 2010; examining illusions and delusions of grandeur that defined the year in ways good and bad; New York’s critics’ top tens in film, television, popular music, theater, art, classical, and books.
On the Cover: Photograph by Art Streiber for New York Magazine.
Features
Memories of the Gore Administration
Ten years ago this month, a Supreme Court ruling ushered in George W. Bush as our 43rd president. We asked five (sometime) novelists to imagine the past decade as if the election had gone the other way. America: This is your parallel life.
Planet Monocle
Tyler Brûlé ushered in a design revolution with Wallpaper magazine. His new global media strategy is equally rarefied, and only occasionally ridiculous. Listen to him for a while, and the world seems positively aglow with possibility.
The Terrorist Search Engine
Evan Kohlmann spends his days lurking in the darkest corners of the Internet, where jihadists recruit sympathizers from across the globe. He has testified in over two dozen terrorism trials— and sees danger everywhere he looks. Is he prescient or naïve?
Intelligencer
Millionaires for More Taxes
The backstory on what, and who, brought the group together.
Julian Assange, Media Mogul
The selling of Cablegate shows WikiLeaks learning how to keep its audience’s attention.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
A Jobless Fairy Tale
The new politics of unemployment.
Rattner Unbound
Understanding his counteroffensive against Cuomo.
145 Minutes With Nassim Taleb
Shopping for Kafka with the Wall Street oracle turned aphorist and self-described flâneur.
Columns
Dump Jeter
Not that that’s what the Yankees will do. But really, he’s worth $5 million, tops.
Feature Article
We’re All Mad Here
Down the rabbit hole to artist Meghan Boody’s tripped-out Tribeca wonderland.
My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store
An excerpt from the introduction to Ben Ryder Howe's new book.
Janet West, Flea-Market Vendor at the Garage
"I like ingenuity."
Seven Sales
The coming week in markdowns: from cashmere to lounge chairs to spring sunglasses.
Kevin Joyce
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New Stuff
Mood-boosting quilts, rugged boots, and more new stuff in New York Stores.
Strategist
The Best Bet
Fred Flare's Chelsea Market pop-up store, a Gilt-like site for art, and more.
The Look Book
"I make good money walking dogs."
Give Them Some Wood Scraps, They’ll Make You a Table
Plus a sofa, a lounge chair, and a freestanding bedroom on stilts. One couple’s DIY loft overhaul.
The Underground Gourmet Review
In Nolita, tasty tacos from a Volkswagen parked inside a garage.
In Season
Chestnut season need not end with the Thanksgiving stuffing.
First Look at Yuba, Opening Next Week
What was once Sura: The King’s Meal is now a self-described modern Japanese restaurant.
First Look at Junoon
The new haute Indian spot opens December 8 off Madison Square Park.
What to Eat at La Petite Maison, Opening in Midtown Next Week
Opening in the old Grayz space.
Trendlet: All Hail Caesar
An iconic salad can’t stop reinventing itself.
Departments
Comments: Week of December 13, 2010
Readers sound off on the pill, Kirsten Dunst, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of December 13, 2010
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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