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Goings On About Town: This Week • In an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many New York City venues are closed. Here’s a selection of culture to be found around town, as well as online and streaming.

Tables for Two: Pecking House

Comment: Getting Through

Dept. of Juvenilia: Lester Bangs at State

The Great Outdoors: Horse Girl

L.A. Postcard: Saving Al Fresco

When Can I See Ya? Dept.: Cozy Melancholy

Coronavirus Chronicles: Countdown to Immunity • The race for a vaccine is nearly complete.

Shouts & Murmurs: The Antichrist

Personal History: Rereading “Lolita” • Crossing paths with Nabokov and Steinberg on Route 66.

Annals of Science: The Skeleton Lake • What happens when genetics upends history?

A Reporter at Large: In Too Deep • Patrick Byrne was always outspoken. Did an affair with a Russian agent push him over the edge?

Poem: New York

Fiction: Rwanda

Poem: Marsyas, After

Podcast Dept.: Work in Progress • Why do we still love “The Office”?

Books: A Theory of Fantasy • Discovering Gianni Rodari.

Books: Briefly Noted

Pop Music: Primal Scream • The raw sounds of Rico Nasty.

On Television: Textbook Case • “A Teacher,” on FX on Hulu.

The Current Cinema: Plotting a Course • “Let Them All Talk” and “I’m Your Woman.”

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