The Current Cinema THE FUNNIES by Pauline Kael.

The Talk of the Town Resumed by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about a visit to the Metropolitan Opera shortly after the settlement of the labor dispute that delayed the opening of the season. Four operas and a choral work were in simultaneous rehearsal. The artistic staff is going through a reorganization caused by a change in the status of...

The Art World (The Art Galleries) Communications from Within by Calvin Tomkins.

Around City Hall AROUND CITY HALL OUT FROM THE SHADOWS by Andy Logan. When the New York Islanders won hockey's championship trophy, the Stanley Cup, last May, Governor Carey sent the team a congratulatory telegram saying that the Islanders had "proved once again that New York is unbeatable." This message provoked an angry reaction from Long Islanders, who have long resented both the...

Profiles THE MONEY MACHINE by John Brooks. PROFILE of Citibank, the second largest bank in the world (after the California-based Bank of America), and the one most given to technological as well as fiscal innovation. Tells about its Citicard Banking Centers, which they began installing in February, 1977 around the city. At any time of the...

The Talk of the Town The Librarian of Congress by Lincoln Caplan. Talk story about Daniel J. Boorstin, the Librarian of Congress. A half decade after his induction as the 12th Librarian of Congress, writer visited Boorstin. Tells about his honors, career, and about the Library...

Books Making the Jump by Whitney Balliett.

Comment by Maeve Brennan. We have received a letter from our friend the long-winded lady: She has no news only a few observations. These began to vanish and she decided they would have made very dull reading. They have gone to the complaints dept. where she never looks around at all. When the...

The Theatre Off Broadway by Edith Oliver.

Musical Events True Reflection by Andrew Porter.

Fiction Near the Flatlands by David Updike. Narrator remembers sleeping over at his friend Richard's house. They are about 14. The narrator was always the first to wake up in the morning. When Richard wakes, they eat and go outside to fly a small balsa-wood plane that Richard got for Christmas. That afternoon they walk down...

Fiction Smart by Mary A. Robison. Miranda is 35, single, and pregnant. She lives in a rambling, run-down apartment house in Washington, D.C. Her brother Jackie comes from West Virginia to see that she is taking care of herself. Tells how Miranda got pregnant by Phil, a man 7 years younger than she. She had...

Poetry Winter View of New Haven by F. D. Reeve. The old tower shines like the Matterhorn...

Poetry The Hotel Normandie Pool by Derek Walcott. Around the cold pool in the metal light...