A Weighty and Whimsical Century of The New Yorker’s Archives

A Weighty and Whimsical Century of The New Yorker’s Archives

The archives of The New Yorker, housed at the New York Public Library, consist of more than 2,500 boxes of manuscripts, letters, page proofs, cartoons, art, photographs and memos. They are studded with the celebrated names — E.B. White, J.D. Salinger, John Updike, Rachel Carson — that filled this most …

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Fun Things to Do in NYC in March 2025

Fun Things to Do in NYC in March 2025

‘Drunk Black History’ Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. at Littlefield, 635 Sackett Street, Brooklyn; littlefieldnyc.com. Derek Waters had an epiphany: Alcohol can make history more interesting and funnier. So in 2007 he created “Drunk History” by plying his friends with liquor, recording them as they channeled their inner Jon Meachams …

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