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The Unexpected Joy of an Overcrowded Museum

Culture and entertainment musts from Lora Kelley
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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.

Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is a familiar one: Lora Kelley, an associate editor and writer for The Daily. Aside from her wide-ranging newsletter work, which includes essays on air travel, Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, and politicians’ obsession with shoes, she has also written about an emoji’s day in court and the digital reimagining of first dates.

Lora is a dedicated museumgoer (she doesn’t even mind the big crowds at the Met), and her must-watch list features , , and Christopher Guest movies, which she credits for introducing

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