The Food That Ate Manhattan
Fro no, they didn't! Gotham's new culture war
By Kim Velsey

EDITORIALS

U.N. Hypocrites; A Real Cliffhanger; A Senate Coalition

COLUMNS

Shrinking Brain: The Zen Move
By Kevin Baker

Shindigger: Francing With the Stars
By Benjamin-Émile Le Hay

Mothers Superior: Stand and Deliver!
By Una LaMarche

Eats of Eaten: The Gilt Complex
By Joshua David Stein

FEATURES

Hello, Operator
Can Bill de Blasio, a consummate political strategist, outmaneuver mayor apparent Christine Quinn?
By Colin Campbell

How Much is That Daily in the Window?
A howl of lament for Murdoch's lost iPad pet
By South Dakota's Richest Dog

The Battle Over Revenge Porn
Can Hunter Moore, the web's vilest entrepreneur, be stopped?
By Jessica Roy

All the Happy Young Literary Women
Two Princeton grads start a magazine, with some help from their friends
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

THE TRANSOM

Swimming With Sharks
By Drew Grant

Totally Wired
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Location, Location, Location
By Matt Chaban

It's a Gas
By Kim Velsey

BETABEAT

Real Wantrepreneurs of Silicon Alley
By Kelly Faircloth

Randi, Can You Hear Me?
By Nitasha Tiku

MANHATTAN TRANSFERS

Star Wars, but No Bidding War
By Kim Velsey

Development Coming to East 78th Street?
By Kim Velsey

Gladstone Out of Glassy Tower
By Kim Velsey

The Trump Tower: A Work of Art?
By Kim Velsey

OFF THE RECORD

The Chill Descends
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Cindy Adams Loses Her Cookies
By Colin Campbell

ART & CULTURE

Like a Rolling Stone
How many paintings can one man make before he decides to stick to music?
By Michael H. Miller

Bare Necessities
The award-winning musical about young gay love is finally having its New York moment
By Harry Haun

Some Modern Options
Tere O'Connor's poem is clever and moving; Lucy Guerin's Untrained amuses
By Robert Gottlieb

A Wet, Hot American Summer
Fireside chats be damned, it's warmer weather—and a marvelous Murray—that lets FDR shed his stuffy layers
By Rex Reed

A Very Hairy Christmas
Unlikeable characters cast a gloomy glow on holiday howler
By Rex Reed

It's Bloody Brilliant
Dynamic direction and scintillating cinematography paint the silver screen red
By Rex Reed

Daddy Issues
Robert Gottlieb profiles the worthless brood of Charles Dickens
By Emily Witt

Life and Death
The Anarchist is dead on arrival, so is Dead Accounts
By Jesse Oxfeld

The Eight-Day Week
By Daniel D'Addario

That's All, Folks
As the curtain comes down on the legendary haunt, Feinstein's farewell forgoes the typical holiday fare
By Rex Reed

GALLERISTNY

Critical Theory
By Michael H. Miller and Sarah Douglas

To the Beach!
By Andrew Russeth

ON View

‘The Perfect Show’ at 303, ‘Out of the Blue’ at Bortolami, ‘Problem Play’ at Leo Koenig, Thornton Dial: ‘Viewpoint of the Foundry Man’ at Andrew Edlin
By Andrew Russeth

Amy O'Neill: 'HLUSA' at the Swiss Institute
By Michael Wilson

Guillermo Kuitica: 'Diarios' at the Drawing Center
By Michael Wilson