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October 5, 2015 Issue
Cover Story
Times Square: The City’s Id, Now and Always
Times Square’s desnudas started only the latest battle in a century-long struggle over what the crossroads of the world means to New York. By Adam Sternbergh
On the Cover: Photo-illustration by Bobby Doherty. Background photograph from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
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Features
The Paradox of the First Black President
No commander-in-chief has talked about race as frankly as this one. And yet: Did Barack Obama do enough for African-Americans? By Jennifer Senior
The Unprecedented Garth Risk Hallberg
His new book, City on Fire, received one of the biggest contracts ever for a debut novel. But Hallberg has even bigger things on his mind. By Boris Kachka
Reddit Redux
Can the founder of the famously freewheeling message board pull Reddit back from the brink? By Benjamin Wallace
Intelligencer
The National Interest
The Planned Parenthood videos brought down an unintended target: John Boehner.
Caught: The Ultimate Power Nap
Sandy Gallin, David Geffen, Calvin Klein, and Barry Diller sleeping together in Mustique.
75 Minutes With James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson
As they rehearse The Gin Game.
Tomorrow
Adventures in the science of the superorganism.
The Cut
Bright Coats for Cold Days
New York women in anything-but-black.
Strategist
Best Bets
Two mattress start-ups; four abstract side tables.
The Look Book
A former agent and psychiatry administrator.
The Underground Gourmet Review
The Tuscan Gun takes a low-key approach to celebrity chefdom.
Eggs in Translation
Adam Platt’s favorite breakfasts.
Restaurant Opening
Mother-daughter bistro Le Garage opens in Bushwick.
Restaurant Opening
Burger truck Hard Times Sundaes is moving on up and rolling out breakfast.
The Dish
Brooks Headley’s vegan cold pizza salad.
Global Design: Pieds-à-Terre
Exceptional crash pads the world over.
Culture
It Takes 38 People to Make a Selena Gomez Album
Who they all are, and what they do.
Steven Soderbergh in Constant Motion
The director can make a whole season of The Knick almost as fast as you can watch it.
In Bed With Elton John
A new book documents the rock superstar’s October 1975 career-peak concerts.
Taking Cues From Keira Knightley
Judith Light introduces the actress to Broadway.
Drake’s Swaggering Approach to the Remix
Savvy, self-interested.
Driving in Cars With Jay Leno
The comedian gets behind the wheel — instead of a desk — for his return to TV.
The Ryan Murphy Character Index
Scream Queens, his latest effort, is both new and not.
The Photograph Our Art Critic Can’t Stop Thinking About
Markus Brunetti’s “Facades.”
Supergirl’s New Getup
How an Oscar-winning costume designer tweaked the iconic costume for CBS’s new reboot.
Translating France’s Most Dangerous Author
Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review, on tackling Michel Houellebecq’s Submission.
Andrew Garfield Has Hit the Celebrity Wall
The frustrated 99 Homes star goes off on celebrity, society, and self-doubt.
The Movie Review
Experimenter is uncannily beautiful.
The Movie Review
The stirring Bridge of Spies.
Theater Review
Cast albums aren’t quite a thing of the past.
The Book Review
City on Fire is trying to have it too many ways.
To Do: October 7–October 21, 2015
Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Departments
Comments: Week of October 5, 2015
Readers sound off on Donald Trump, trans marriages, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of October 5, 2015
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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