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What to do this weekend

Feb 1, 2025

What to do this weekend

Eat a Lunar New Year feast. The Lunar New Year may have happened earlier this week, but in case you forgot to celebrate, it’s not too late to indulge in some delectable cuisine that will bring you luck for the Year of the Snake. Check out these 32 recipes from Food & Wine.

Read We Do Not Part by Han Kang. The 2021 novel from last year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in literature is now available in an English translation — a mysterious and beguiling story about a troubled woman trekking through a snowstorm to save her friend’s pet bird. 

Watch Whiskey on the Rocks on Disney+. This quirky new Swedish mini-series presents a humorous take on a real-life incident where a Soviet submarine ran aground on the south coast of Sweden in 1981. The show plays the geopolitical panic that ensued for laughs.

Listen to Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd. The latest album from Canadian megastar Abel Tesfaye is a sprawling affair, clocking in at 84 minutes and expanding his dark pop sound to new places. If it really is the final Weeknd album, it’s quite the send-off.—QH

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