The Theatre OVERKILL by Brendan Gill.

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. At Santa Anita, Sandy Hawley, the young Canadian who has been something of a hero with Los Angeles horseplayers, won the Palos Verdes Handicap, on opening day, the day after Christmas...

Jazz by Whitney Balliett.

A Reporter at Large CHARLIE by Elizabeth Drew. REPORTER AT LARGE about Washington lobbyist Charls E. Walker, president of Charls E. Walker Associates, Inc. This is an economic-consulting-and-lobbying firm He is a lobbyist for corporate clients on the energy bill. At this point, the bill is at the critical stage where conferees representing the House...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. Comment about the public nature of and the worldwide interest in the Sadat-Begin talks. The 2 Middle Eastern leaders have reported to the world-audience on the progress of their talks. Unfortunately there have been gaps in the global audience. The coverage of the negotiations by the Soviet Union...

Books by Naomi Bliven.

Fiction Kaye Wayfaring in "Avenged" by James McCourt. Actress Kaye Wayfaring, two-time Oscar nominee, is brooding about her acting ability in the Ramble of Central Park, where her latest movie, "Avenged" is being shot. She has been unable to find herself in the character of Candace, an "extravagant, driven witch." She does not understand the critics' compliments...

The Current Cinema by Pauline Kael. Review of "High Anxiety", Mel Brooks' parody of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense melodramas...

Musical Events by Winthrop Sargeant.

The Talk of the Town Igor's by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about Igor and Sonja Sudarsky, proprietors of the small restaurant Art Foods, on 6th Ave. just north of 10th St. Among other things they serve 89 kinds of sandwiches. Writer tells about the Anne G Special, one of the best sandwiches in N.Y. and others. The Sudarskys are...

The Talk of the Town Winter Into Summer by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about Massachusetts painter David Daniels' house in the mountains of central Massachusetts. He calls it his snow yacht, after Frank Lloyd Wright's houses, called prairie schooners. Daniels, known as the Rose King for his 250 rosebushes next to his Cambridge house, bought the land for a bit over...

Fiction Bachelors by John Falsey. The narrator, a bachelor, has left a job in California and is staying at his father's house in Conn. until graduate school begins. His friend Charles is renting the house. The narrator's mother died recently. His father has a job in Washington; weekend he returns to Conn. Charles was recently...

Poetry The Gift by Philip Schultz. All that night the sere-faced moon drifted...

Poetry The Flashboat by Jane Cooper. A high deck. Blue skies overhead. White distance...