Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

The Talk of the Town Landmark by Victor Chen. Talk story about the Diocesan Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, at the corner of Montague and Clinton Streets, in Brooklyn Heights. The church is in need of extensive restoration work. Originally known as the Church of the Holy Trinity, it was designed by Minard Lafever and built...

Annals of Finance Privateer-I by John Brooks. ANNALS OF FINANCE about Juan March, a predatory financier in Spain, who died in 1962 at 81. (Writer begins by referring to March's dishonest involvement with Barcelona Traction, Light & Power Co., Ltd.). March was born in Majorca Oct. 4, 1880. He was the son of a laborer who late...

Books by John Updike.

Comment by Thomas Whiteside. In reading in the press about various schemes for cleaning up or removing contaminants or toxic substances from the environment, one often encounters, these days, the invocation by industry or government spokesmen of the concept of 'risk-benefit assessment'-the careful weighing of the economic against the environmental and public...

The Talk of the Town Bo Diddley by Daniel Menaker. Talk story about Bo Diddley in concert at the Lone Star Cafe. Bo Diddley was one of the earliest rock and roll musicians - along with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. He was born Ellas McDaniel in McComb, Mississippi, in 1928. Writer follows him into a room at the...

The Talk of the Town Wired by Mark Singer. Talk story about Pierre Schwob, a bachelor in his early thirties and the only person on his block who owns 5 microcomputers. Schwob started reading about computers in August, 1977, and built the Sol, a microcomputer from Processor Technology, of which he is exceedingly fond. His interest in computers grew...

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

Dept. of Amplification by Whitney Balliett. DEPT. OF AMPLIFICATION of PROFILE on Bermuda, issue of Apr. 16. As a child the writer lived for over a year in the islands, with his mother and stepfather and two brothers, during the winters of 1935 and 1938. At that time the islands had not changed much since they...

Fiction The Cap of Clementis by Milan Kundera. In 1948 a Communist govt. was established in Czechoslovakia. Now it is 1971 and Mirek, a scientist, at first embraced Communism and then criticized it. When he refused to retract his opinions he was driven from his job and harried by undercover agents. He decided to transfer his incriminating papers...

Fiction Welcoming Back the Crumps by Allen Shepherd. The Crumps, Brodie and Beryl, have returned from sabbatical in Bulgaria where Brodie studied national oral epics, believed lost or just forbidden. The 4 folksingers, all named Enzo, who rented the Crumps' house while they were gone, left it a shambles and absconded with both copies of the lease. The...

The Current Cinema YOUNG MAN IN LOVE by Brendan Gill.

Poetry Montauk Point by Robert Long. The magic starts...

Poetry 25th Anniversary by Linda Pastan. There is something I want...

Poetry Tapestry by John Ashbery. It is difficult to separate the tapestry...