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Goings On • DECEMBER 4 – 10, 2024

The Food Scene: Bridges • Bridges 9 Chatham Square

Comment: Stopping the Press

Precious Bodily Fluids: Bottled-Water Keeper

Vaudeville Dept.: Out of the Box

Monastery for Sale

The Musical Life: Post-Colonial Stress

Profiles: Note to Selves •  L. A. Paul and the philosophy of personal change.

Shouts & Murmurs: Obscure Familial Relations, Explained for the Holidays

Personal History: The Choosing Ones • Converting to Judaism in the wake of October 7th.

Letter from Buenos Aires: Enemy of the State • Javier Milei’s plan to remake Argentina begins with waging war on the government.

Brave New World Dept.: Hello, Heartbreak • The new business of breakups.

Sketchbook: Insomnia

Poems: Elegy for a Name

Fiction: Plaster

Poems: The Sterling Silver Mirror

Books: Touch Wood • What a carpenter understands.

Books: Briefly Noted

On and Off the Menu: Chopped and Stewed • Houston’s thriving West African food scene.

Musical Events: Primordial Sorrow • The organist and composer Kali Malone’s tense, shadowy minimalism.

The Current Cinema: No Way Back • “Oh, Canada.”

Cartoon Caption Contest

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A challenging puzzle.