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In the Apr. 15–28 issue: Olivia Nuzzi on “wonder boy” Pete Buttigieg. Plus: Art & Design, by Wendy Goodman; the half-billion dollar “Leonardo”; Natasha Lyonne, Annette Bening, and more.

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The National Interest : Jonathan Chait • And Now, for My Last Act The danger (and ineptitude) of Trump’s failed coup.

The Group Portrait: Rockettes, Spectacular-less

Hugh Hamrick • After 30 years of dating David Sedaris, “Congressman Prude” finally tells his side of their story.

The Body Politic : Rebecca Traister • Stacey Abrams on Finishing the Job in Georgia “It can be undone just as quickly as we did it.”

FEAR VS. FUN • New York nightlife never stopped. It just moved underground.

Killer Parties • Dispatches from the dance floor.

On Behalf of the Plutocrats • Kathy Wylde, the longtime head of the Partnership for New York City, started her career as a community organizer—and has a message for today’s young socialists.

CHILDREN OF QUARANTINE • What does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?

94 GIFTS THAT STARTED AS THINGS Sofia Coppola, Sarah Cooper & Marie Kondo Bought in Quarantine • PLUS: A congressman-elect, a Real Housewife, a former deputy assistant U.S. attorney general, a butcher, some bakers, and, yes, a couple of candlestick-makers.

A Couple of COVID‘Cars’

Colorful Condiments

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He’s Been Selling Chessboards on Thompson Street for 25 Years • Imad Khachan is the owner of Chess Forum, the last of New York’s chess shops. Here, he talks with Nicolas Heller (known to his followers as @newyorknico), an Instagram chronicler of city characters.

The Chelsea Flea • After a nearly nine-month closure, the 44-year-old market is back.

A Lounge in the Sky in the West Village • How architect Alexander Gorlin turned a badly renovated studio apartment into a sunny and starlit day-to-night home—with enough space for 30 Dutch soldiers.

Don’t Call It Tex-Mex • Yellow Rose brings fresh flour tortillas, vegan queso, and a honky-tonk vibe to the East Village.

Hot and Bottled • WITH E-COMMERCE GAINING in importance for struggling restaurants, more New York chefs are making and shipping their own Chinese-style chile oils—many inspired by the irresistible crunchy texture and cult popularity of Guizhou Province’s Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp. A look at the local crop, all perfectly suited for rice-drizzling and stocking-stuffing.

Buy a Cookbook, Support a Restaurant (and a Bookstore) • Restaurants may be in flux, but cookbooks are a constant. These eight debuts from New York chefs and restaurateurs function as quarantine-kitchen inspiration and souvenirs of a pre-social-distancing past. They make great gifts, especially when purchased at one of the city’s essential indie bookstores.

Four Independent-Bookshop People on Their Top Cookbook Gifts

Moving On Up (on TikTok) • In 2019, Ashnikko broke out after a viral hit on the app. What if it wasn’t a fluke?

How to Tell You’re in a Serious Lesbian Period Romance

One Big Sweaty, Gorgeous Party* • How Steve McQueen and his cast and crew created the year’s most unforgettable movie scene.

Missy Finds Her Voice • Amid an industrywide reckoning, Big Mouth recast the voice of its Black lead. The change came just as the writers were giving her a racial-identity crisis.

Recasting Big Mouth—and Two Other Animated Shows That Followed

Read Like the Wind • Brain-electrifyingly good book recommendations.

Royal Deliverance • In its eventful fourth season, The Crown gets to the good stuff.

A Seagull for Our Time • Chekhov’s masterpiece finds new life on … The Sims?

Ungainly Beauty •...