Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

Around City Hall AROUND CITY HALL STATES OF CONFUSION by Andy Logan. Tells how local citizens are puzzled over what seem to be contradictory actions by grand juries in the cases of Bernhard Goetz and police officer Stephen Sullivan. People are now clear in their minds that a grand jury has 23 members, and that the decision whether or not to indict...

Comment by Garrison Keillor. Dear reader," began a letter we received from a news magazine the other day in the same batch of mail as a letter from a food magazine telling us we are a person who wants to savor the best that life has to offer. Sometimes we think we are skeptical...

Fiction The Price You Gotta Pay by Frank Gannon. America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts. It rests in the message of hope in songs of a man so many young Americans admire - New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen. And helping you make those dreams come true in what this job of mine is all about."-President...

Fiction A Constellation of Events by John Updike. Betty, her husband Rob&their 2 children went cross-country skiing in February. Rob invited his friend Evan&Betty invited the Smith family, knowing that Evan was Lydia Smith's lover. It was the sort of mischievous gesture that Rob found excessive. While skiing alone, Betty bumped into Rafe...

The Talk of the Town Other Magazines by William McKibben. Two-part Talk story on parties given for magazines. The first is about New York-Berlin, or NYB, a new magazine that focuses on German writers&artists. Writer went to party in the East Village marking the first issue. The magazine was vaguely inspired by Der Quershnitt, a small...

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

The Talk of the Town Huggaland by Lillian Ross. Talk story about the Eighty-Second Annual American International Toy Fair at the Toy Center, at Twenty-third Street. Writer spoke to a woman representing Kennerone of the 825 exhibitors of the 12-billion dollar (retail sales last year) toy industry. The woman from Kenner explained "Your basic human-type...

Reflections FLASHBACKS by George F. Kennan. REFLECTIONS about Soviet-American relations. It is 50 years since the establishment of Soviet-American relations at the turn of 1933-34. Writer, who is a Russian expert and knows the Russian language was involved from the beginning He reminisces. In 1952, when he was U.S. Ambassdor to Moscow Stalin was...

The Talk of the Town Hitting Father by Kennedy Fraser. Talk story about a rehearsal for the play "Strange Interlude," a nine-act drama by Eugene O'Neill, which opens this week at the Nederlander Theatre. The play was revived last year in London. Glenda Jackson played the part of Nina Leeds in that production, and will repeat her performance in...

Books by William Maxwell.

Fiction The Virus in Rude Weather by Andy Logan. When your body weakens toward virus...

Profiles CITY VOICES by Whitney Balliett. PROFILE of painter Jon Schueler& his wife Magda Salvesen, who divide their time between N.Y. &Mallaig, Scotland. Gives autobiographical information about them. Magda was born in 1944 in Midlothian, Scotland&was the 5th of 6 children. Tells about her family& education. She met Jon at the...

The Current Cinema by Pauline Kael. THE CURRENT CINEMA review of “Witness” and “Blood Simple...

Poetry S. Frediano's by Douglas Dunn. S. Frediano is St. Finnian...