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Goings On About Town: This Week

Goings On About Town: Podcasts

Tables for Two: Gugu Room • 143 Orchard St.

Comment: First and Last

Visiting Dignitary: Slowly, Slowly

Jazz Dept.: Disputable

L.A. Postcard: Fungible

Sketchpad: The Swimming Scene: Sunset Park Pool

Life and Letters: The Return • Touring the Soviet Union, George Balanchine confronted his homeland’s fate.

Shouts & Murmurs: Ranking My Covid Testers

Annals of Nature: Fish Kebabs • Is massacring an invasive species a virtuous sport?

A Reporter at Large: Impaired Judgment • Arica Waters believed she had been taken advantage of sexually. Why was she on trial?

Sketchbook: Food "Poems"

Letter from El Salvador: Strongman of the People • How President Nayib Bukele rode an authoritarian crackdown to become Latin America’s most popular leader.

Poem: Roosevelt Dargon

Fiction: Evolution

Poem: Reasons

A Critic at Large: System Upgrade • Can we find a better model of government than liberal democracy?

Books: Object Lessons • Kathryn Scanlan’s violent compression.

Books: Briefly Noted

The Theatre: Folly in the Park • Music, high jinks, and community in “As You Like it.”

On Television: Lost Youth • Two new documentaries on HBO Max and Netflix.

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A beginner-friendly puzzle.