Lucien Smith Was Planning a Comeback
The artist Lucien Smith has died at 37, according to ARTnews. His death was confirmed by his longtime friend and gallerist Bill Powers, who told the publication, “Lucien lives in a wordless place in...
The Fall Restaurant Preview
Everyone needs a neighborhood joint, that back-pocket place where it’s easy to stop by without making a reservation a month in advance, order dinner without looking at the menu, and return again and...
Joe Lonsdale: The “Rebel” Billionaire
One of our part-time Austin neighbors, tech tycoon Joseph Lonsdale, recently made national headlines. Not just any head...
Joe Lonsdale: The “Rebel” Billionaire
One of our part-time Austin neighbors, tech tycoon Joseph Lonsdale, recently made national headlines. Not just any head...
Jordan Tannahill Always Orders Fish Where He Shouldn’t
The author and playwright Jordan Tannahill — his 2025 production, Prince Faggot, posited “what would happen if, just a few steps down the line of inheritance, there were... More »...
Expansion Joints
New York is a tongue town. Katz’s has been slicing it by the pound for decades. It’s a Jewish classic. My grandfather Sam often ordered a tongue omelet, an object of perverse and horrified fascina...