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GOINGS ON • What we're watching, listening to, and doing this week.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN • COMMENT 9/11 AT 25

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS • How the right became obsessed with lingerie.

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JUST DESERTS • Saudi Arabia's quest for culinary greatness.

IN HIS IMAGE • Donald Trump's capital makeover.

UNHARNESSED • Fashion comes forward at Hermès.

FOLLOW SUIT • Tom Sachs makes a lo-fi version of Chanel's flagship store.

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MASTER PLAN • In “Birth of a Culture,” Grandmaster Flash details the miracle of hip-hop.

FAKING IT • Is American sophistication more than make-believe?

BODY AND SOUL • Willem de Kooning’s drawings capture anger, intimacy, and his troubled era.

EAT YOUR HEART OUT • Food and the literature of divorce.

RAMBLIN' MAN • The prolific storytelling of This Is Lorelei.

JESTERMAXXING • Seeing it all hang out at the Fringe.

CLAWS AND EFFECTS • "Hope."

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST • Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit a caption, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Caption submissions for this week's cartoon, by Brooke Bourgeois, must be received by Sunday, September 13th. The finalists in the August 24th & 31st contest appear below. We will announce the winner, and the finalists in this week's contest, in the September 28th issue. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To do so, and to read the complete rules, visit contest.newyorker.com.