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Goings On About Town: This Week • In an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many New York City venues are closed. Here’s a selection of culture to be found around town, as well as online and streaming.
Tables for Two: Ursula • 724 Sterling Pl., Brooklyn
Comment: Waiting Game
Georgia Postcard: November Madness
Legal Eagles: How Low Can They Go?
The Pictures: Jack-Of-All-Trades
Six Feet Under Dept.: Ars Longa
U.S. Journal: Tainted Earth • In rural Alabama, an activist shines a light on an insidious problem of poverty.
Shouts & Murmurs: Rebooted
Personal History: The Wheel • Preparing to spin.
Letter from Silicon Valley: The Enablers • Venture capitalists used to exert discipline on startups. Now they often encourage recklessness.
Poem: Betye Saar’s “Mystic Chart for an Unemployed Sorceress”
Our Local Correspondents: Building the Impossible • The carpenter who makes New York’s most elaborate—and expensive—homes fit together.
Poem: Gravitational
Portfolio: Billions Served • During the pandemic, fast-food workers face risk and rudeness.
Fiction: The Winged Thing
Books: Look at Me Now • The evolution of Adrienne Rich.
Books: Demon-Driven • The bigoted views and brilliant fiction of William Faulkner.
Poem: November
Books: Briefly Noted
The Art World: Happy Returns • The Metropolitan Museum at a hundred and fifty.
On Television: Rock Steady • Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe,” on Amazon Prime.
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