Table of Contents

February 13, 2023

Cover Story

Head Games

What Kyrie Irving wrought in Brooklyn. By Simon van Zuylen-Wood

On the Cover: Kyrie Irving. Photograph by Ellington Hammond.

features

Get Me Risa Heller!

There’s no one who’ll spin it better.

By Shawn McCreesh
Crime of the Centuries

Michael Steinhardt’s exile from the world of plundered antiquities.

By Greg Donahue

Intelligencer

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Matt Gaffney’s latest puzzle.
Comments: Week of February 13, 2023

Readers sound off on how to behave, Pyer Moss, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of February 13, 2023

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
What Was Kyrie Irving Thinking?

Four frustrating seasons, one antisemitism scandal, and zero COVID shots later, he leaves Brooklyn on even stranger terms.

Strategist

The Culture Pages

Caroline Polachek Loves Mess

A trip to the zoo with the singer and self-described “horse girl.”
Lorraine Hansberry Saw It Coming

The Raisin in the Sun playwright’s lesser-known work gets a long-awaited revival.
Can Prestige TV Be a Video Game?

How HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us misinterprets control.
Good One: Marc Maron

Joking through grief.
The Album Review

Kelela sounds freer than ever on Raven.
The Theater Review

Pictures From Home, without the acute focus.
The Movie Review

Magic Mike’s Last Dance lacks mojo.
To Do: February 15–March 1

Twenty-five picks for the next two weeks.