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What to do this weekend

Jul 19, 2025

What to do this weekend

Eat a tennis superstar’s fave post-game meal. Iga Swiatek, who won the women’s singles championship at Wimbledon last week, said in a post-match interview that she loves “pasta, strawberries, [and] a little bit of yogurt.” If that sounds good to you, here’s a simple recipe.

Read The Mesopotamian Riddle by Joshua Hammer. This jam-packed, rip-roaring history book looks into the race between three men trying to decipher cuneiform, one of the oldest forms of writing. It’s a perfect read for linguistics nerds and swashbuckling adventure fans. 

Watch Eddington, now in theatres. The latest film from provocateur extraordinaire Ari Aster (Hereditary) is pitch-black satire about a standoff in a small New Mexico town during the early days of the pandemic, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone.

Listen to Headlights by Alex G. The indie rock staple, who has been putting out beguiling and unclassifiable lo-fi tunes since he was a teenager, makes his major label debut. It feels like both the culmination of one phase of a brilliant career and the start of a new one.—QH

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