Jeanie Riess
The Lost Bayou Ramblers Get Lit
Louis Michot, the co-founder of the Cajun-singing punk band, plays a set from the Solar Roller, his own sun-powered stage, and discusses how solar power can save Louisiana.
Touring Louisiana’s Chemical Ghost Town
Michael Regan, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, takes a bus ride with current and former residents around Mossville, a once-thriving African American enclave wiped out by toxin-producing factories.
The Storm Oracle of New Orleans
After a twelve-hour shift on the air, the Louisiana meteorologist Margaret Orr gives out individualized advice to residents, who once celebrated her forecasting with a Mardi Gras float featuring a massive replica of her head.
Are Your Pants Vibrating, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
A new line of high-tech yoga leggings buzz in targeted spots, to indicate where the body is out of alignment. Will they collect personal data as well?
“The Quick and the Dead,” a Prescient Ode to Political Hopelessness
In this novel by Joy Williams, activism is all performance, but the world is in such a state of wreckage that it’s hard to say whether that’s a bad thing.
Turning Up the Heat on Bad Landlords
Heating violations can be tricky to prove. A technology nonprofit called Heat Seek helps tenants collect data on chilly apartments.
The President of NARAL Gets Coiffed for Battle
Between speaking engagements, Ilyse Hogue gets a pre-midterms blowout and reflects on the fight over Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
M.I.A. Guest-Stars at a High-School Assembly
In Edison, New Jersey, the controversial pop star talks with teens about eyebrow fashions and her Sri Lankan roots.
Helena Howard and Josephine Decker Trek to Storm King
At the outdoor museum, the director and the young star of “Madeline’s Madeline” try not to touch the art.
Testing the Tradewinds at Sunken Harbor Club
At the weekly tiki pop-up, two cocktails are all you need.
A Brooklyn Bar Even Grandmothers Would Like
Montero Bar and Grill opened as a longshoremen’s bar in Brooklyn Heights in 1939. Now the next generation keeps its spirit alive.
Escape the Winter Blues at Erv’s
This Prospect-Lefferts Gardens bar offers jazz, creative cocktails, and mixology classes for the season when head colds and existential dread abound.
The Lost Bayou Ramblers Get Lit
Louis Michot, the co-founder of the Cajun-singing punk band, plays a set from the Solar Roller, his own sun-powered stage, and discusses how solar power can save Louisiana.
Touring Louisiana’s Chemical Ghost Town
Michael Regan, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, takes a bus ride with current and former residents around Mossville, a once-thriving African American enclave wiped out by toxin-producing factories.
The Storm Oracle of New Orleans
After a twelve-hour shift on the air, the Louisiana meteorologist Margaret Orr gives out individualized advice to residents, who once celebrated her forecasting with a Mardi Gras float featuring a massive replica of her head.
Are Your Pants Vibrating, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
A new line of high-tech yoga leggings buzz in targeted spots, to indicate where the body is out of alignment. Will they collect personal data as well?
“The Quick and the Dead,” a Prescient Ode to Political Hopelessness
In this novel by Joy Williams, activism is all performance, but the world is in such a state of wreckage that it’s hard to say whether that’s a bad thing.
Turning Up the Heat on Bad Landlords
Heating violations can be tricky to prove. A technology nonprofit called Heat Seek helps tenants collect data on chilly apartments.
The President of NARAL Gets Coiffed for Battle
Between speaking engagements, Ilyse Hogue gets a pre-midterms blowout and reflects on the fight over Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
M.I.A. Guest-Stars at a High-School Assembly
In Edison, New Jersey, the controversial pop star talks with teens about eyebrow fashions and her Sri Lankan roots.
Helena Howard and Josephine Decker Trek to Storm King
At the outdoor museum, the director and the young star of “Madeline’s Madeline” try not to touch the art.
Testing the Tradewinds at Sunken Harbor Club
At the weekly tiki pop-up, two cocktails are all you need.
A Brooklyn Bar Even Grandmothers Would Like
Montero Bar and Grill opened as a longshoremen’s bar in Brooklyn Heights in 1939. Now the next generation keeps its spirit alive.
Escape the Winter Blues at Erv’s
This Prospect-Lefferts Gardens bar offers jazz, creative cocktails, and mixology classes for the season when head colds and existential dread abound.