Features

Can Etsy Upend Capitalism Without Ever Earning a Profit?

Etsy wants to crochet its cake and eat it too. By Amy Larocca

Losing the Will to Die Just Before Choosing Death

An extreme-sports superstar’s last days. By Lisa Miller

Intelligencer

The National Interest

The essential questions for New York Democrats.

152 Minutes With Julia Cameron

The author of The Artist’s Way has been unlocking our inner creative spirits for more than two decades, not to get too woo-woo about it.

The Mets and Cubs Are League Favorites

Could this possibly be real?

The Urbanist: Los Angeles Architecture

New buildings embrace nature, density, and public space.

Reread: October 16, 1995

How New York Magazine covered the O.J. Simpson verdict.

The Cut

Adventures in Pink, the Most Divisive of Colors

Sweet and ghoulish, the color of seashells and bloody steak. You either love it or you hate it.

Strategist

Best Bets

Graphic bubble umbrellas, downtown nail boutiques, and more new stuff in New York stores.

The Look Book

The art adviser who lives in three countries.

Great Room

A custom-made Tribeca duplex.

The Restaurant Review

High Street on Hudson excels at just about everything.

The Dish

A Frito-pie-inspired take on huevos estrellados.

Restaurant Opening

Inside Masaharu Morimoto’s Momosan Ramen.

Restaurant Opening

First look at Freek’s Mill, a seasonal-small-plates joint in Gowanus.

Trendlet: Bagna Cauda

A vegetable’s (and chef’s) best friend.

Culture

The Biggest Cheats in Show Business

Hollywood’s special-effects wizards can shave years off an actor’s life, reshape a performance, or even recast a role after a movie’s been shot. Plus, 10 Tricks That Musicians and Actors Use in Live Performances

Before Mick Was the Man

The Rolling Stone at the beauty salon.

Macaulay Culkin and Adam Green on Making Their DIY Aladdin Movie

Down the rabbit hole with a cult-favorite downtown musician turned filmmaker and his former-child-star best friend.

The TV Review

Horace and Pete is Louis C.K.’s version of filmed theater.

The Book Review

Pretentiousness: Why It Matters makes a compelling case for snobbery.

The Album Review

Zayn Malik is still figuring himself out on Mind of Mine.

To Do: April 6�April 20, 2016

Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

Departments

Comments: Week of April 4, 2016

Readers sound off on the debate over decriminalizing sex work, the persistent appeal of Friends, and more.

The Approval Matrix: Week of April 4, 2016

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.