What to Do This Weekend

When “Fats Ham,” James Ijames’s adaptation of “Hamlet” set within the American South, debuted final yr as a streaming-only manufacturing from Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater, my colleague Jesse Inexperienced lauded it as “the uncommon takeoff that truly takes off.” This week, “Fats Ham” received the Pulitzer Prize for drama and commenced in-person performances at New York’s Public Theater.

Till I get to see it, I’m listening to the companion playlist Ijames and the play’s director, Saheem Ali, have curated on Spotify; it consists of alternatives from Emily King, Radiohead and Joan Armatrading. Why not make it the soundtrack in your week?

One other contender: Kevin Morby’s “This Is a {Photograph}.” Grayson Haver Currin deems it “a assured 45-minute sashay by way of susceptible devotionals and existential reflections, tuneful people and handclap soul.” Or make it Dangerous Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti,” and maintain it on repeat all summer season.

You may additionally simply persist with a Pulitzer theme and cue up Kendrick Lamar’s new album, his first in 5 years. (He received the Pulitzer for music in 2018.) Then hearken to the poet Ada Limón sharing a piece by this yr’s winner in poetry, Diane Seuss, and take a look at Limón’s new assortment, “The Hurting Form.”

This weekend I’m prepared spring climate to cease its flirting and commit. Wherever you might be, regardless of the season, I hope you’ll be capable of get outdoors, to take a look at what’s taking place. In Detroit, there’s a brand new manufacturing of Anthony Davis’s first opera, “X: The Life and Instances of Malcolm X.” In Las Vegas, Lauryn Hill, Usher and TLC headline the Lovers & Mates competition. There’s a grilled cheese competition in Sacramento. A 3-week arts competition in Brussels. In New York, there’s a piano bar revival underway. (The music that makes the entire room go wild? Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles.”)

You may take into consideration planning a visit for the approaching months. Maybe a storied resort in Mexico? A nightlife tour of Ibiza? Take a look at what’s new in Rome. And in outer house. Or keep proper the place you might be, make breakfast for dinner with one in every of our 24 egg recipes (Melissa Clark selected a favourite under) and soak up a dreamy depiction of Eire in Sally Rooney’s “Conversations with Mates,” debuting Sunday on Hulu.

What do you’ve got deliberate for the weekend? Inform me about it.

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Gyeran bap (egg rice)

Just a few days of sustained superb climate in New York gave me a foul case of spring fever, making me wish to spend all my time outdoors, and never, as is extra usually the case, within the kitchen. That is when eggs come to the rescue. Not solely are they a logo of springtime, they’re additionally fast, simple to cook dinner and so versatile, as the most recent particular bundle from New York Instances Cooking, a celebration of eggs, proves. Take, for instance, Eric Kim’s sensible gyeran bap (egg rice). On the heart of this Korean pantry meal are two brown-butter-fried eggs, basted with sesame oil and soy sauce that condense and caramelize. He suggests plopping the puffy-edged eggs onto sizzling rice and topping with gim (roasted, seasoned seaweed). However I additionally like to slip them onto buttered toast, then eat them out of hand outdoors on the stoop, whereas I nonetheless can.

Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns, N.B.A. playoffs: The Suns had the N.B.A.’s greatest document this season. It appeared as if their veteran level guard, Chris Paul, may lastly get a championship. Then they bumped into Luka Doncic. The Mavericks’ 23-year-old famous person is so good that it typically appears to be like like he’s taking over the opposite group by himself. The Suns haven’t found out a method to cease Doncic; they’ve bought yet one more likelihood. Sport 7 is 8 p.m. Japanese on Sunday on TNT.

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