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August 22, 2016 Issue
Cover Story
Fall Preview 2016
Amy Adams is suspiciously unnarcissistic, M.I.A.’s last hurrah, Jean-Georges goes vegetarian, Target in downtown Manhattan, and much more. On the Cover: A mural painted at Kent Avenue and South 3rd Street in Williamsburg by the collective Colossal Media. The painting, which features the artists and actors in some of fall’s most anticipated projects, took ten gallons of paint, ten painters, and 258 colors to complete in just under ten days. It will be up through September 11; for video of its creation, go here. Photographs by David La Spina/Esto for New York Magazine. Collage by Gluekit.
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Features
Did I Kill Gawker?
Or was it the internet Gawker helped spawn? By Max Read
Two Boys Dreamed of Playing Tennis
Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe are the future of American tennis, but their pasts couldn’t be more different. By Peter de Jonge
If an MIT Scientist Discovered the Fountain of Youth, Would You Believe Him?
The pill that could extend the better years of our lives. Or make some smart people look silly. By Benjamin Wallace
Intelligencer
The National Interest
What happens when neocons leave the GOP?
59 Minutes With ...
Bradley Tusk, Mayor de Blasio’s most avid enemy.
Tomorrow
The night �terrorism� hit JFK.
The Urbanist
A guide to sober nightlife, including collagen-enhanced, nonalcoholic beer in Tokyo and L.A.’s sound-bath socials.
ReRead: Looking Back at Looking Ahead
Rocky seemed promising! But so did Cop Rock. Forty-plus years of "Fall Preview" prognostication.
The Cut
Down Town
Six hip-hop artists� from Junglepussy to Lil Yachty, in this season’s hottest jackets.
Strategist
Growth Spurt: Lalo
El Rey’s Gerardo Gonzalez thinks bigger.
The Vegetablist: abcV
Jean-Georges Vongerichten opens his first meatless restaurant.
Shopstaurant: White Gold
April Bloomfield really goes whole hog.
Brand Expansion: Empellón
Alex Stupak discovers midtown.
Food: Hotels
Harold Moore gives a southern style of eating a Manhattan spin, and two major restaurateurs bring breakfast, lunch, and dinner to an 1882 financial District landmark.
Blue Hill’s New Meal Plan
Dan Barber introduces his version of quick-serve fine dining.
Introducing Jared Sippel
Italienne is his plan-B restaurant.
More Restaurant Openings
Nur, Phil & Anne’s Good Time Lounge, and more.
Stores
New big-box outposts and independent-minded ventures coming to New York this fall.
Nightlife
Cuban cocktail bars, subterranean skeeball lounges, and boozy movie theaters.
Culture
The Fall Entertainment Generator
306 things to watch, hear, and do.
Donald Glover’s Community
The comic turns his eye to his hometown � and black America � in Atlanta.
High Maintenance
The series tests the more-money-more-problems maxim.
Waiting for Westworld
Will the much-delayed sci-fi series be HBO’s next Game of Thrones�style hit?
Where Did Your Favorite Shows Leave Off?
This is not a test. But it could help you on one.
Television
Thirty-five shows premiering this fall.
�Oh, the Poor Press!�
John Goodman, Nathan Lane, and John Slattery kibitz about playing (and playing with) journalists.
Talking to Diane Lane
On returning to The Cherry Orchard.
Theater
45 plays premiering this fall.
M.I.A., One Last Time
The pop provocateur says good-bye.
Talking to Beck
He’s won an Album of the Year Grammy. Now it’s time to have some fun.
Pop Music
41 albums to get excited for this fall.
Art
Thirty-five new exhibitions to see this fall.
Books
Forty-five picks for the upcoming season, including new titles from Teddy Wayne, Nell Zink, and more.
Talking to Nathan Hill
His The Nix is the season’s splashiest debut novel.
Emma Donoghue, Literary Child Imperiler
The author of Room and the new The Wonder on the appeal of putting good kids in bad situations.
Classical Music and Dance
37 performances to check out this fall
Amy Adams Is on a Different Planet
From the one on which her Hollywood peers exist � which is maybe also why she’s the perfect person to play ETs’ liaison.
Talking With Felicity Jones
About interstellar reshoots for Rogue One and corset relief.
Antoine Fuqua Remakes a Classic Western
With The Magnificent Seven.
Movies
Fifty-five movies to watch this fall.
What Our Critics Are Really Looking Forward To
Their picks.
Departments
Comments: Week of August 22, 2016
Readers sound off on Hillary Clinton, Winona Ryder, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of August 22, 2016
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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