A call for the 92nd Street Y to reconsider its decision and maintain 92Y Tribeca, from Richard Brody: http://nyr.kr/11jvrZi

2 P.M.: Austin airport. It takes less than forty-five seconds after I walk off my plane and into the terminal before I am watching a live music performance—an accordion/guitar duo serenading customers at a restaurant promising “farm to flight dining…”

- Discographies Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/YcffFJ

“Is it possible that book browsing is already strange and unusual enough to be considered material for art?”

Claire Barliant on new art shows that focus on books: http://nyr.kr/Z7Jn5e

(Source: newyorker.com)

This past weekend, back when Banana Joe’s victory was just a whisper in his owner’s heart, the photographer Landon Nordeman found himself holed up in the Pennsylvania Hotel, where hundreds of dogs and their owners were gathered in preparation for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the events that surround the annual competition. In the course of three days, Landon and his team produced studio portraits of the hotel’s canine guests. Nordeman, who regularly photographs for The New Yorker’s Goings On About Town section, is no stranger to dog photography; in fact, his first assignment for the magazine was to photograph a border collie for a story by Susan Orlean. This is his third visit to Westminster (we published sets of his photos from the show in 2010 and 2011), and, last fall, he travelled to Romania to photograph Euro Dog 2012. Click-through for a slideshow of portraits from his weekend at the Hotel Pennsylvania: http://nyr.kr/XAlAqd

Joseph Mitchell was on the staff of The New Yorker from 1938 until his death, in 1996. Through his chronicles of New York City, he became a part of it, getting to know every side street and quirk and character. Tonight, David Remnick will discuss Mitchell’s New York with the staff writers Ian Frazier and Mark Singer, and with Thomas Kunkel, the author of a forthcoming biography of Mitchell. Watch a live video of the discussion, beginning now: http://nyr.kr/XHksD1

Tonight, there’s a concert I have been looking forward to attending for almost a year, ever since it was announced: a Radu Lupu recital at Carnegie Hall. If you live in New York, you’re spoiled for opportunities to hear great pianists, but if there’s one performer you have to go and hear when you get the chance, it’s Lupu. (There are still tickets available, by the way.)

Click-through for more from Leo Carey on Radu Lupu’s genius: http://nyr.kr/W2CXD3

How can America improve its health-care system? Is the Affordable Care Act a step toward a remedy? Tonight, Malcolm Gladwell will talk with David Goldhill, the author of the new book “Catastrophic Care,” about these issues and more. Follow this link to watch the live stream of the event now: http://nyr.kr/SxsCiB

Click-through to see video clips from the events that took place over the past weekend at the New Yorker Festival: 

In this clip from Friday’s Utopia/Dystopia Fiction Night panel, held at Gramercy Theatre, Margaret Atwood talks about the process of building a futuristic world.

At Friday’s Tales Out of School panel, in which New Yorker writers shared stories of life at the magazine, Lauren Collins told about the time she threw up on her Profile subject. 

At Friday’s Old Country fiction panel, Jonathan Safran Foer and Gary Shteyngart discussed e-readers and the future of the novel.

In his talk on Saturday, Malcolm Gladwell talked about the power of a single photograph in the civil-rights movement.

At the Presidential Biographers panel, David Remnick asked David Maraniss to explain how the President’s history might have influenced his behavior in Wednesday’s debate.

At the Giving Voice panel on Saturday, Jose Antonio Vargas talked the pressures of living as an undocumented immigrant in America.

At the Fifty-one Per Cent panel, Cecile Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Kellyanne Conway, the founder and president of the polling company inc./WomanTrend, discussed how the women’s health-care debate has helped shape this election season.

In this video, Gary Shteyngart keep things lively backstage with fellow panelists Téa Obreht, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Adam Gopnik.

In her talk on Saturday, Jill Lepore investigated how Presidential campaigns have changed through American history.

Tad Friend talks with Ben Stiller about the experience of being the subject of a New Yorker article.

At the Rereading David Foster Wallace panel on Saturday, Deborah Treisman and Mark Costello answered an audience member’s question about Wallace’s death.

During his conversation with David Remnick on Sunday, Salman Rushdie explained his response to recent anti-American protests in the Middle East.

Before their event at the Gramercy Theatre, Punch Brothers described their pre-show routine.

After their “Portlandia Live” event, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and director Jonathan Krisel talked about their fan base and the show’s evolution.

In his talk on Sunday, Alex Ross spoke about the fractured legacy of Wagner and the enduring power of his music.

Before their event on Sunday, Sarah Silverman and Andy Borowitz chatted about last week’s Presidential debate.

In her conversation with Emily Nussbaum on Sunday, Lena Dunham talked about basing television characters on real-life people.

In his talk on Sunday, Atul Gawande asked audience members to think about how proficient hospitals should be at rescuing patients.

Alison Bechdel spoke with Judith Thurman about the origins of Bechdel’s comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For.”

Before their conversation with Atul Gawande on Saturday night, the members of Vampire Weekend answered a question backstage about their song “Oxford Comma.”

At Saturday’s Politics and Money panel, Lawrence Lessig and Cleta Mitchell discussed the need for revised campaign-finance laws.

See the program for this year’s festival, and get your tickets now: http://www.newyorker.com/festival/tickets