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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Tomorrow : David Wallace-Wells • We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time The silver bullet we’ve been waiting for took all of one weekend to design.
The Group Portrait: The Unhinged Observers of ‘The Drunken Canal’ • Dimes Square gets the publication it deserves.
Noticed: Black Surgical Masks • Favored among the stylish from Calabasas to the Odeon.
Our Shared Unsharing • Instagram couldn’t handle 2020 either.
Reasons We’ve Loved NewYork
500 Good-byes • An honor roll—from the earliest founded to the most recently opened—of the many lost businesses that were, at least in their own corners of the city, essential.
Cheaper Than Usual Art for Good Causes
MeMe’s Diner • On the last weekend before the queer-owned Prospect Heights restaurant closed for good, diners lined up for a slice of Vietnamese-iced-coffee cake and a free bowl of cheese puffs.
THE LOOK BOOK: PROSPECT HEIGHTS DINERS
An 1880 Artist’s Cottage in the Rockaways That Feels Like a Ship • Patrick Clark has spent the last 22 years bringing the house back to life, preserving it for its next century.
Cold Comforts • Two downtown Asian-inspired kitchens brave the elements with distinctly personal, creative cooking.
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BITES
Birria Ramen
The Best of a Very,Very,Very Weird Year
Quarantine Brain • Nothing made sense this year—unless you were on the internet.
The First Quarries and dear God, it better be the last • In which we award the most original, absurd, scrappy, and ingenious works that shaped our year in quarantine.
Best Medium for Our Absurdist Present: • If the planet is still around in a thousand years and those who inhabit it seek to understand this time, hopefully they can use their iPhone 400s to gain access to our TikToks. What other medium truly nailed the essence of 2020’s mania? All the messiness of this year converged on the app and did a little dance. Here, five of the most memorable moments.
The Ten Best Movies of the Year
Top Ten Books
The Ten Best Albums of the Year
The Ten Best Podcasts of the Year
The Ten Best TV Shows of the Year
Top Ten Comedy Specials
The Ten Best Art Shows of the Year
Top Ten Video Games
To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Black Futures • Kimberly Drew, co-author of Black Futures (One World), looks back on 2020.
THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.