New York: En Español
Jenny Kroik is an illustrator based in New York City. She has contributed three covers for The New Yorker and teaches art at various universities.
Goings On
What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week, online, in N.Y.C., and beyond. Paid subscribers also receive book picks.
Culture Desk
A Surprise Ending for Westsider Books
The thirty-five-year institution was all set to close—until its customers surprised the owners with a fund-raiser.
By Jenny Kroik
Culture Desk
The Revealing Reasons That People Visit the “Friends” Building
The show was shot in a studio in Los Angeles, but tourists keep coming to 90 Bedford Street, seeking a fictitious location in an idealized version of the West Village and often feeling disappointed to find a real place instead.
By Michael Schulman
Video
A “Hamilton” Stagehand on Telling Stories with Lights
Rizzo has been lighting the stages of Broadway for almost forty years. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at “Hamilton” through the eyes of a stagehand, who tells us what goes into lighting one of the most successful Broadway musicals.
The Front Row
The Counterculture Counter Culture of Kim’s Video
A new documentary revels in the legend of the downtown rental store and seeks to recover its treasures.
By Richard Brody