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Goings On About Town: This Week

Television: Fall Preview • Murder Mystery, Intergalactic Drama

Art: Fall Preview • Kandinsky in the Round, Worldwide Surrealism

Dance: Fall Preview • Ballet, the Joyce, Fall for Dance

Night Life: Fall Preview • James Blake, Wizkid, Adrianne Lenker

Classical Music: Fall Preview • The Met, BAM, Carnegie Hall

The Theatre: Fall Preview • Broadway’s Star Casting and New Diversity

Movies: Fall Preview • Hollywood Veterans and Rising Independents

Tables for Two: Margie’s • 108-10 Rockaway Beach Dr., Queens

Comment: Gold

Downfall Dept.: Upriver

Home-Town Kid: Playing Time

L.A. Postcard: Going Out in Style

The Pictures: Pianist, Protector

Annals of Astronomy: The Youthful Universe • A new space telescope will allow us to see deeper into the past than ever before.

Shouts & Murmurs: E-Mail Escalation

Life and Letters: Mirror Writing • What Jason Reynolds wants his young readers to see.

The Control of Nature: The Lost Canyon • Drought is shrinking one of the country’s largest reservoirs, revealing a hidden Eden.

Personal History: The Hospital • A road to recovery in the psychiatric ward.

Poem: Gertrude Stein

Fiction: Selection Week

Poem: Amelia’s Model

On Television: Comfort Zone • “Ted Lasso,” on Apple TV+.

Books: Briefly Noted

Books: Legitimation Crisis • Did liberal reformers shake our faith in government?

Books: Renovations • Deborah Levy and Dana Spiotta write about old houses and new beginnings.

Musical Events: There Will Be Blood • John Corigliano’s opera “The Lord of Cries” reimagines Dionysus as Dracula.

The Current Cinema: Family Values • “Annette” and “Ema.”

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A challenging puzzle.