March 23, 2015 Issue
Cover Story
After Midnight
Our fifth annual “Yesteryear Issue” roams the streets of New York after dark, from the Vanderbilt Ball in 1883 to a Weegee crime scene to George Michael on the dance floor at Sound Factory to an underground rooftop water-tower party last month.
On the Cover: Showgirls play chess backstage at the Latin Quarter nightclub, 1958. Photograph by Gordon Parks.
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Intelligencer
Games: Matt Harvey
The pitcher only knows one speed: balls to the wall. To the Mets, that’s both curse and blessing.
146 Minutes With ...
Bill Nighy, master of introverted cool.
The Cut
Fashion Week: The News From Paris
From bat-winged sleeves to rubber-dipped threads, why nothing on the runways is as simple as it may seem.
Strategist
Best Bets
The ideal side chair; how to make a pinhole camera.
The Look Book
The writer who went redhead after a breakup.
Second Avenue Subway Ville
Why living in a construction site for a few years might pay off.
The Keeper: Alt Rocks
Watermelon tourmaline and peach sapphire: 30 gems in candy colors.
From Gems to Jewelry
This is how you wear them.
The Restaurant Review
At the new Mission Chinese Food, Danny Bowien gets a space to match his ambition.
The Dish
Noble rot at Eleven Madison Park.
Spring on a Roll
This season’s most highly anticipated sandwiches.
Culture
Mr. Schue in Neverland
Matthew Morrison swaps his sweater vest for an Edwardian suit.
How Tall Can Tall Be?
The rise of the mile-high building.
On Set: While She’s Acting
Naomi Watts on the three most challenging scenes in While We’re Young.
Wrestling With Bellow
Genius? Misogynist? A new biography revives old fights.
The Music Review
Kendrick Lamar’s revisionism.
The TV Review
Justified’s unexpected social commentary.
The Movie Review
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts make new best friends in While We’re Young.
The Movie Review
The cunning dog-revenge film, White God.
To Do: March 25–April 8, 2015
Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Departments
Comments: Week of March 23, 2015
Readers sounds off on NBC, Broad City, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of March 23, 2015
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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