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When asked to sketch President Bush’s character for the New Yorker recently, Laura Bush responded, “Well, my husband has a great sense of humor...he loves to be with people. He remembers people. He’s very aware of the story of people. When he meets people, he asks them about themselves...
...group of esteemed performers with thriving solo careers assemble in different formats in this chamber series. The New Yorker called this “New York’s supreme chamber music series.” This concert includes a Dvorak bass quintet and Schumann’s “Marchenbilder.” 1:30 p.m., The Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway. Tickets $10 students, $20 general. Purchase through TicketWeb (866) 468-7619 or at the door...
...Yorker essayist and novelist Susan Orlean, whose book The Orchid Thief was the inspiration for the film Adaptation, will discuss her new book My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere. In her travel narrative, Orlean climbs Mt. Fuji, plays ball with Cuba’s Little Leaguers, and visits Dubya’s hometown of Midland, Texas among other notable locales. Free tickets are required and can be obtained at Harvard Book Store. 6 p.m. Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle Street...
...which a Chinese warrior says, "That banquet was most delicious, and yet now, somehow, once again I feel the pang of hunger." It's that every week Mankoff has to reject great submissions because the research department sends him typed index cards enumerating similar jokes made in New Yorker cartoons over the past 79 years. Seriously, people, let go of the deserted island...
ESSAY: Joel Stein on 75 years of New Yorker cartoons...