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A liberal icon liberals love to scorn.
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The 500-year flood is on a terrifying new schedule.
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Taylor Swift’s Trump-era pop art.
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Romeo Santos is selling out Yankee Stadium and revolutionizing a whole genre of Latin music. But he still wants to hear all about your heartbreak.
Or so says Amy Sedaris.
The famous slacker is making big business out of his niche audience.
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The Deuce is devoid of glowing ’70s nostalgia.
Game-hunting doc Trophy refuses to stoke easy outrage.
Lake Bell’s I Do Until I Don’t is amusing until its satirical backbone gives way.
Put Kara Walker’s new work on permanent display.
Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
New faces at Fashion Week.
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Brooklyn’s tween fashion district, stylish keyboards, and a new Queens bookstore.
The eighth-grader who’s visiting on a church trip.
Long Island City, boomtown.
For Jean-Georges, opening two restaurants at once yields mixed results.
Empellón’s fruit plate takes a safe dessert choice to a whole new level.
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Old-world kvass gets a fresh Brooklyn spin.