Innholdsfortegnelse for 3/5-3/18/18 i New York Magazine

1 For New York, Jill Abramson presented a case for impeaching Clarence Thomas (“Do You Believe Her Now?,” February 19–March 4). Caroline Heldman, a politics professor at Occidental College and the co-author of Women, Power, and Politics, responded: “Abramson lays out overwhelming evidence that Thomas repeatedly lied to the Senate. Will we finally care about the experiences of black women now that a white woman has come forward to report the same? And now that we believe survivors in the era of #MeToo, will we hold a Supreme Court justice to a lower standard than Bill O’Reilly or Al Frank-en? Impeach Clarence Thomas.” Angela Wright-Shannon, whose harassment allegations against Thomas were detailed in the story, wrote in the HuffPost, “We can hope that the congressional balance of power shifts this…

Facial RESCUE SPA  29 E. 19th St., nr. Broadway 866-772-2766 Rescue Spa’s secret weapon is its owner, Danuta Mieloch, an aesthetician who’s been in the business for over 15 years and has, finally, brought her sought-after Biolift facial from Philadelphia to New York. Mieloch swears by real science and takes plenty of time, more than most facialists, to ask questions and diagnose your skin’s needs before choosing a mix of Biologique Recherche cleansers, toners, and serums to apply to your face—there are no cookie-cutter formulas here. The Biolift, which includes electric microcurrents administered via a Biologique remodeling machine, costs $500 with Mieloch ($200 with one of her well-trained staffers) and is by far the most popular item on Rescue’s menu, thanks in no small part to the euphoric reviews from…

A PAINTING OF Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. overlooks the entrance hallway of David Oyelowo’s suburban Los Angeles home, and in the bathroom there’s an appreciative letter from Dr. King’s daughter. But it’s hard to find much physical resemblance to the civil-rights hero in Oyelowo himself. The actor who played Dr. King in Ava DuVernay’s Selma greets me in a casual black T-shirt and slim mauve pants, a big bracelet encircling his wrist. He speaks with a plummy British accent that hums in your ear, often accompanied by a booming laugh. Though he’s best known in the United States for playing MLK, Oyelowo is ready to be funny. “I wouldn’t describe myself as a Method actor,” the 41-year-old claims, nestling beside his roaring fireplace on a 60-degree winter morning. Okay,…

But Enough About Us Cynthia Heimel, who died on February 25 at 70, was probably best known for her books of funny, sparky writing, much of it done for The Village Voice, especially the hilarious “Problem Lady” advice column. But from 1978 to 1983, she wrote some of the wittiest party stories and profiles in New York. We offer here a too-brief selection of her work. At a Party Full of Celebrities “Don’t be scared,” Debbie Harry said. “Help me, Rhonda,” Richard Price said. “There’s Richard Gere,” Diana Ross said. “Who’s that blonde girl?” Gloria Vanderbilt said. Paul Schrader looked helplessly around the room. “I knew the invitation should have read, ‘Bring somebody who will listen to you,’” he said. “But no one did.” He was right. Nobody was listening…

ONE NIGHT LAST FALL, when my 11-year-old son and his younger sister were supposed to be getting ready for bed, I heard a thud. Then Theodore started hollering. When I got to the top of the stairs, he was cupping his hands under Louisa’s chin as blood gushed from her mouth like some nightmare fountain. The story trickled out: Theodore had gotten the hilarious idea to hide at the top of the stairs to ambush his sister, throwing a Moroccan pouf at her. He’d spent the summer playing on a Little League team and had underestimated the strength of his throwing arm. Now Louisa looked like a victim of domestic violence: bruised—and bewildered by the betrayal. “Why would you do that?” she kept wailing at Theodore as he looked on,…

“The FBI took everything from me. My job, my girlfriend, my bitcoin.” Marcus Hutchins single-handedly stopped one of the most dangerous cyberattacks ever. Then the FBI arrested him. Does a hacker hero always have to have a past? MARCUS HUTCHINS WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE as he settled into a lounge at the Las Vegas airport one afternoon this past August. Hutchins, a 23-year-old cybersecurity researcher, had come from his home in rural England in part to attend DefCon, the world’s biggest computer-hacking conference, and in part to take a well-deserved vacation. Three months earlier, a North Korean cyberattack known as WannaCry had crippled the British health-care system and caused a billion dollars in losses across 150 countries. The damage could have been much worse—tens of billions, by…

Pizza LORING PLACE  21 W. 8th St., nr. Fifth Ave. 212-388-1831 We know. An entire Loring Place grandma pizza served in a mini sheet pan is about the size of a Di Fara Sicilian slice. And it costs $17. Yet Dan Kluger’s foray into the world of the square has resulted in something unique and wonderful. Yes, it’s topped with the customary tomatoes, fresh mozz, garlic, basil, dried chiles, and a sprinkle of Parmesan. But it’s the crust, made from a blend of house-milled flours including heirloom emmer and whole wheat, that sets the thing apart from your local slice joint. The edges are crisp, the crumb is springy, and most impressive of all, the flavor is unusually pronounced—toasty, tangy, wheaty, fresh. It’s a grandma pie that reminds you that…

Weeknight Disco Party FOXY AT ET AL  191 Chrystie St., nr. Stanton St. 917-341-6856 On Thursdays at 10 p.m., Et Al—a Lower East Side cocktail lounge that looks like a jewelry box inside, with curved velvet sofas and a bar underlit by beams of gold light—morphs into a disco. The venue isn’t as cavernous as Studio 54 and the patrons aren’t as famous or naked, but the Foxy party is still a glam little pick-me-up for anyone ready to jump-start the weekend with some footwork and a tequila drink like the Love Blake, mixed with lemon, grated cinnamon, and a pineapple-leaf garnish ($16). Adeline, front woman of the Brooklyn disco band Escort, can usually be found in the DJ booth, mixing Chic or Bowie with underground edits from Joey Negro…

INDEPENDENT ART FAIR runs from March 9 to 11 at Spring Studios. HANS-PETER FELDMANN, a pioneer of artistic appropriation, is one of the least-known great living artists in the world. In America, the freight train of art history jumped the track with Warhol’s ironic-sincere, optically hot, conceptually cool, passive-aggressive way of redeploying images. At the same time in postwar Germany, Feldmann was up to something similar—but unlike Warhol, Feldmann, now 77, went full deadpan. He eschewed the staged theatricality and objecthood of painting and didn’t make anything at all. Instead in his work he only re-presents things. Feldmann democratizes everyday authorless images culled from magazines, books, advertising, flea markets, and newspapers, grouped by similarity, strangeness, irony, and deep psychology. He’s made books and installations of sundry found images of crossed…

Is God Is follows twin sisters, ’Cine (Dame-Jasmine Hughes) and ’Naia (Alfie Fuller), on a cross-country quest for vengeance. The two are bonded by blood: As babies, they survived a fire that left them disfigured and motherless. At Folsom Rest Home for the Weary, the twins meet She (Jessica Frances Dukes), the mother they thought they lost 18 years ago. Though the fire didn’t kill her then, now she lies leprous and wheezing, unwilling to take her final breath until her daughters do an important job for her: “Make your daddy dead.” It’s hardly a spoiler to reveal that they’ll find their father and that bodies will pile up along the way: We know how these stories go. But the play is sinister fun as a collage of styles and…

Verse 1 I beat yo ass if you tell them social workers he live here / I beat yo ass if I beat yo ass twice and you still here / Seven years old, think you run this house by yourself? / Nigga, you gon’ fear me if you don’t fear no one else INNER-CITY TEENS DON’T GET psychotherapy, which is cruel because if there is a sector of American youth that deserves the comfort of a psychiatrist’s ear, surely it is the one that grows up shouldering the twin burdens of metropolitan poverty and violence. Mental health takes a back seat when your family’s prosperity is not promised; parents struggling to secure your next month’s food and shelter lack the time to check in on how you’re feeling. If anyone…

Dolce & Gabbana multicolored silk-blend coat and dress, prices upon request at 717 Fifth Ave.…

Women’s Suits SUISTUDIO  Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St., nr. West St. 315-873-2693 Last year, affordable-men’sdresswear chain Suitsupply decided to put its weight behind a rarely considered retail category: women’s suits. The result, Suistudio, feels like a traditional suit shop but with feminine touches, like a powder-blue plush rug and mannequins that don blunt bob wigs. And, of course, suits designed for women’s bodies: one in a gray checked wool ($600), another in a Bill Cunningham blue ($500). The staff are specially trained in fitting suits to female physiques—each is required to complete a training program to learn styling techniques. They’ll also do on-site alterations, so you can leave with your green-corduroy number or semi-bespoke tux in hand. Perky-Butt Jeans JUDI ROSEN  10 Bedford Ave., nr. Lorimer St., Greenpoint 347-529-6618 Judi…

Plant Delivery GREENERY NYC  greenerynyc.com What UrbanStems and Bouqs have done for flower delivery—modernized it with slick websites and easy-to-place orders—Rebecca Bullene has done for potted plants. The flora comes from Greenery NYC, her botanical shop, which last fall launched an online store with local delivery (from $20) within 24 hours. Bullene, who years ago worked at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, organizes the plants in her e-shop according to light and maintenance needs and likes suggesting species that “thrive in neglect”: Sansevierias ($8 to $237) and ZZ plants ($11 to $285), she says, persevere in dim apartments with unpredictable heating. Shoppers can also add on geometric irrigated vessels from studios like Yield Design (from $90). Affordable Art Hanger ANWARII MUSA  anwarii@artmaticnyc.com After six years at Sotheby’s, Anwarii Musa now installs…