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Getting Around: Nolan Hicks • What Made Kathy Hochul Flip? Inside the governor’s sudden U-turn on congestion pricing.

Neighborhood News: A Threat in Brooklyn Heights • Protests escalate into antisemitic vandalism.

65 MINUTES WITH … Nadège Vanhée • The intentionally little-known designer has figured out the most important part of her job: how to cater to the Hermès customer.

Self: Katy Schneider • My Spotless Mind The existential divide between Rememberers and Forgetters.

THE SURPRISING EVOLUTION OF THE REPUBLICAN WOMAN. • “Can you provide a definition for the word woman?”

HOW THE LOSER WON • SMILING DIDN’T FEEL QUITE RIGHT. MICHAEL COHEN WONDERED: WAS IT SAFE TO SMILE NOW?

Aaron Bushnell’s Agonies • Burning himself to death outside the Israeli Embassy turned him into an antiwar martyr. What upbringing could have led to such an extreme act?

An Unbeatable Cooler

Best Bets • A COLLECTION OF expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com. To shop all these items—plus the cooler—in one place, scan the QR code.

The Comfy, Versatile Heels I’ve Worn to Seven Weddings

I Finally Upgraded My Unsightly Kitchen Carts

What Are the Best Non-Denim Pants for Summer? • IN HIS LATEST column, Chris Black responded to a reader in search of seasonally appropriate bottoms that aren’t shorts.

Fermented Oil Is Everywhere

This Three-Step Routine Soothes My Parched Skin • I’M ALWAYS trying out moisturizing serums, lotions, bodywashes—anything that’ll get me to my goal of being an anthropomorphic glazed doughnut. I recently reached new heights of nongreasy glowiness with this ritual.

A Child’s Park Birthday Party • HOW TRICKY COULD IT BE to gather 25 kindergartners and their caregivers in Prospect Park on a Saturday afternoon? Actually quite. Laura Fenton spoke to parents, entertainers, and Parks employees for advice.

The Governors Ball • Between sets by the Killers, Sabrina Carpenter, and Sexyy Red, we mingled with amped-up festivalgoers and a few performers.

In the Pink • After Anne Hanavan found her 350-square-foot “freedom pad,” her friends helped her get the vibe right.

One of Everything, To Go • 72 onion-soaked smashburgers, crispy-cutlet subs, cold noodles, and sizzling spicy skewers to eat on the street this summer.

Is This Your King? • On House of the Dragon’s second season, Tom Glynn-Carney is so good at playing pathetically bad you almost forget you’re supposed to hate him.

Return of the Mic • How chat podcasts have taken over the medium and dominated the cultural discourse (again).

The Most Influential Podcasters (RIGHT NOW)

Annie Baker Goes to Hollywood • The renowned playwright switches mediums with her sneakily expansive debut film about a possessive mother-daughter relationship.

Yorgos Lanthimos’s Fantasies of Control • The director’s latest, Kinds of Kindness, which premiered at Cannes, is a return to his primary interest—what makes people submit.

CRITICS • Kathryn VanArendonk on Bridgerton’s third season … Jerry Saltz on “Jenny Holzer: Light Line” at the Guggenheim … Alison Willmore on The Watchers.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.JUNE 19–JULY 3

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