Musical Events What? When? How? by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town State of the Union by Vickie Dym. Talk story about following up a couple who were married 30 years ago on Valentine's Day. An article appeared in the N.Y. "Herald Tribune" thirty years ago come Valentine's Day. It told of two 21-year-old women, both named Marilyn Joan Shaw, who were being married on St. Valentine's...

A Reporter in Washington A REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. by Elizabeth Drew. In the future, those looking back on the Reagan Administration will be struck by how quickly the "Reagan revolution" was over, and how evident the seeds of its destruction were all along. By misinterpreting his mandate, the President has squandered his advantage. Press leaks have revealed that many of Reagan's...

Away from Home In Dairyland by John Rolfe Gardiner. Seventeen-year-old Louis decides to run away from home. His parents, Kate and Christo, watch as their son walks down their driveway carrying his shotgun and a bedroll. The mother often read louis' diary in order to find out what he was thinking. For years Louis had been a...

Profiles A SENSE OF DUTY by John Newhouse. PROFILE of Lord Carrington, former British Foreign Secretary, who resigned Apr. 5, 1982, the first casualty of the duel with Argentina over the Falkland Islands. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher didn't want to accept his resignation but he gave her no choice. His colleagues in the Foreign Office were surprised and...

Comment by Ian Frazier. Letter from a friend who is an admirer of Paul (Bear) Bryant, the great University of Alabama football coach, who died last month (Wed., Jan. 26). He said he met Bear Bryant twice. The first time was at a dinner, where he said a few words introducing the then president...

Fiction Seek Dwellings for MX by Cathleen Schine. Parody in which President Reagan asks homeowners to help ease the plight of the country's growing number of homeless MX missiles by urging each American family to house one. (The country has a growing number of homeless people but Reagan continues to pour money into the military.) Reagan describes the...

The Talk of the Town The Camera Looking by Calvin Tomkins. Talk story about a visit to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to watch Merce Cunningham and his dance company prepare to film a new dance there called "Coast Zone." Cunningham, the most adventurous choreographer of our time, has been experimenting with dances that he creates specifically for film...

The Talk of the Town The Futures by William McKibben. as "the ability to manage risk." Trading in futures contracts based on foreign currencies and Treasury bills had begun at the NYFE a year ago and then died down, leaving the pits empty. Now, after the first hour, trading is already exceeding their wildest expectations, according to Frank Jones, a...

The Theatre THE ATRABILIOUS LOVER by Brendan Gill.

Books A Doctor's Life by Jeremy Bernstein.

The Talk of the Town Ideal by Alec Wilkinson. Talk story about a party for the Rolling Stones at Tavern-on-the-Green, given by Embassy Pictures in honor of their soon-to-be-released picture "Let's Spend the Night Together." Luminaries present include Ahmet Ertegun, Bill Graham, Mary McFadden, and Sam Holdsworth, editor of the magazine Musician. Rolling...

Poetry Changes by Michael Hofmann. Birds singing in the rain, in the dawn chorus...

Poetry The Earth From This Distance by Stephen Dobyns. The man on skis at the edge of the forest...

Poetry Dear George Eliot by Peter Kane Dufault. But for that wind banging...