New York Magazine

The Cut’s solo “Spring Fashion” print issue features Bad Bunny, Doechii, Rosé, conversation-provoking features, unique fashion and beauty coverage, and more.

Power: Simon van Zuylen-Wood • The Truth Is Out There How the Epstein files turned everyone into conspiracists.

Neighborhood News: Iced Over • Carving out navigable paths in a frozen city.

Ben Sinclair • The actor best known for playing New York’s weed guy is attempting to divorce himself from that identity—and weed.

Screen Time: John Herrman • Robots in Community AI’s social-media awakening has surprising implications for the industry.

UNDER the MORMON INFLUENCE • HOW THE WOMEN OF UTAH BLOGGED AND POSTED THEIR WAY INTO AMERICAN HEARTS AND WALLETS.

The Mayor’s Mother • What Mira Nair taught Zohran Mamdani.

I Miss My Black Brooklyn • A notable number of Black residents are leaving the city—no longer able to afford it. I might be one of them.

A Frick Flower of One’s Own

Best Bets

Susan Orlean Organizes Her Closet Like a Container Ship • The writer details the “shocking amount of time” she puts into sorting her clothes.

A Snow Day at the Park • The day after a record-breaking downfall, sledders, tubers, and snowboarders enjoyed a fresh foot of snow in Prospect Park.

This Old Sea-Biscuit Factory • The poet Paul Muldoon and the novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz wanted to live in the 19th century, architecturally speaking, so they relocated to Fidi.

Bites on Parade • Cove and Saga are the latest restaurants to be seduced by the hushed seriousness of the tasting menu—and the latest to be stymied by a worn-out format.

$20 Side Dishes Are Here

Ambassadors Clubhouse Is a Punjabi Party • The London import arrives in A24’s HQ this month.

Five New Spots for February

Dark, Dense, and Disappearing • The pumpernickel bagel has become an endangered species.

Halle Berry’s Second Act • At almost 60, the Oscar winner is doing action thrillers and fighting Gavin Newsom on menopause care.

And for Sundance’s Final Bow in Utah … • Some standout performances and a few misfires.

The Noguchi New York Never Got • The sculptor’s rejected playgrounds, sculpture gardens, and plazas come back into view at his namesake museum.

CRITICS • Kathryn VanArendonk on Bridgerton season four, part one ... Alison Willmore on Melania ... Justin Davidson on the Kingsbridge Armory.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read. FEBRUARY 11–25

VALENTINE’S DAY MOVIE SCREENINGS • The city’s theaters have many offerings for you and your sweetie, even if “sweetie” is just what you call the simmering resentment you harbor for the holiday. Here are five, ranked from most to least romantic.

Past Is Prologue

THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.