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December 12, 2011

Cover Story

The Year in Culture

Our critics size up the past twelve months in the arts, high and low, sublime and less sublime, with top-ten lists and polemics.

Plus: Ninety-seven of New York’s savviest culture consumers weigh in on 2011’s most memorable tear-jerkers, teen idols, and tweets.

On the Cover: Photo-illustration by Wes Duvall for New York Magazine.

Features

A Monster Among the ‘Frum’

The faithful of Borough Park have a saying: “We are all of one face.” The life of Levi Aron suggests otherwise.

By Matthew Shaer
A Bronx Science Experiment

When principal Valerie Reidy turned the city’s legendary high school into a laboratory, her reforms nearly blew the place up.

By Robert Kolker

Intelligencer

Agenda

What to Eat at King

Francis Derby’s new King Street castle.

Columns

Newt’s Border Crawl

The new front-runner’s immigration stance is an obstacle to the nomination.

Departments

Strategist

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