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.

The System: Zak Cheney-Rice • One Man, No Votes The leaders of the civil-rights movement are watching as their work is undone.

Neighborhood News: Skinny-dipping in the Park • Ryan McGinley’s first solo exhibit in New York in nearly a decade was shot all over the city.

180 MINUTES WITH ... Robin Byrd • The original free-speech hero of late-night cable TV, retired from her disco life, returns with a documentary.

Getting Around: Christopher Bonanos • Where’s Waymo? The mighty, likely unwinnable fight to keep self-driving cars out of the city.

SOMEBODY HELP JIMMY KIMMEL • HE’S BEEN DOING THIS LONGER THAN ANYONE. HE CAN’T BELIEVE IT EITHER.

THE GAME BEHIND THE GAME • A Swiss soccer bureaucrat and his secretive transnational organization are bringing the biggest, most profitable, most politically tumultuous sporting event of all time to the U.S. AND DONALD TRUMP LOVES IT.

If Not Ben , Then Who ? • The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s is fighting to free his company from a conglomerate he says is killing its social mission. Maybe he’s the last stalwart of hippie capitalism. Maybe he’s a contrarian who won’t let go.

Stout and Swedish

A Frozen-Yogurt Line • During the first major heat wave of the season, dozens of people waited outside Culture in Greenwich Village.

Where the Guests Sing For Their Supper • At the home of a Gramercy couple, chicken potpie dinners are followed with Cole Porter by the piano.

WATCH THE WORLD CUP WITH THE HUNGRIEST FANS • Fifty places for Paraguayan pilsner, Senegalese spring rolls, Algerian sausage—and yes, even some soccer.

Regina Hall Is Locked In • The veteran actress is enjoying a mid-career breakthrough, but she’s “still grinding and working.”

LaKeith Stanfield Wants His Son to Commit to the Drama Plus thoughts on how to find balance. • A series of 25 questions designed by the beloved alt-comedian.

‘I Have an Advantage Over Verdi. He’s Dead.’ • Sting resuscitates his critically divisive Broadway musical at the Met Opera.

The Best Films From a Muted Cannes • Hollywood mostly ignored this year’s festival, but it still gave us some things to talk about.

CRITICS • Craig Jenkins on Drake’s Iceman, Maid of Honour, and Habibti … Emma Alpern on Whistler, by Ann Patchett … Roxana Hadadi on The Boroughs.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzle: What’s in a Name?

Stellar Summer Music Festivals • The season’s concert calendar runs deep. Here’s your cheat sheet for a well-rounded schedule in the months to come, mini-fan and bucket hat not included.

Kitchen Switchin’

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