The Talk of the Town A Normal Tuesday by Kennedy Fraser. Multipart Talk story about parties writer attended one Tuesday. She begins having lunch at Le Train Bleu, a restaurant that looks like a luxurious European train dining car, located above the housewares department of Bloomingdale's. Writer sat with Jerome Zipkin, the man-about-town. Also present was a young Greek...

The Theatre Off Broadway by Edith Oliver.

Comment by Lillian Ross. Comment about Vice-President Bush and President Reagan. We haven't seen much of Vice-President Bush on television since his election, and it was comforting to watch him last week in Moscow, acting statesmanlike, serious, friendly, and gracious and sympathetic in his role as head of the U.S. delegation to...

Fiction Popular Mechanics by Ron Padgett. The writer calls his son Wayne to come and look at copies of "Popular Mechanics", saying they are pretty amazing. They look at one for July, 1951, and then at others, which the writer thumbs through at random. He says the advertisements were a compendium of the kinds of gadgets...

The Current Cinema by Pauline Kael. Review of "Leap Into the Void" ("Salto nel Vuoto"), an Italian film directed by Marco Bellocchio. Writer discusses this and other work by Bellocchio...

Fiction Grippes and Poche by Mavis Gallant. Henri Grippes, a French writer, is called in for an audit by the Public Treasury of France. He meets with O. Poche, a Controller, who is trying to ferret out whether Grippes made more money than he reported on his latest book. In fact, the book has been a failure...

Profiles MAKING WORK by Arlene Croce. PROFILE of dancers David Gordon and Valda Setterfield. Their group, of which Gordon is director, is the Pick Up Company. In the fall of 1981 they took part in the opening program of New Dance USA in Minneapolis. It was a week of performances, lectures and discussions organized by the...

The Sporting Scene STREAKERS by Roger Angell. THE SPORTING SCENE about the 1982 World Series. By late July, the Braves were leading the National League West in victories (an opening sprint of 13 straight wins), comebacks, home runs, double plays, excitement, and new fans. Writer describes playoff game against the San Diego Padres, in which the Braves...

Musical Events Sessions of Strong Sounding Thought by Andrew Porter.

Poetry Diving for Atlantis by Roberta Spear. In a flush of leafless gum and alder...