Season 3, PlayIssue 03

Now Playing

A celebration of play as performance. The Now Playing Issue heads to a city park at dusk: a marquee lit against the evening, a jazz band a few listeners deep, an ensemble finding its footing under the lights. This is the version of play that takes two. One side performs, the other side answers, and neither of them gets there alone.

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Cover byTaylor Tinkham Featured Artist for Season 3

The Season

Season 3Play

An exploration of the many forms of play, from the games on the playground to the bright lights of the stage.

Taylor Tinkham

Cover by

Taylor Tinkham

a city park at dusk, with a marquee lit against the evening, a jazz band on the side stage, and a crowd settling onto the grass. It’s a puzzle, and it’s also the kind of page worth keeping after the puzzles are done.

Featured Artist for Season 3. Taylor's print-inspired scenes, with folk-art texture and confident color, turned Season 3's afternoons of play into small celebrations.

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A peek inside

  • A Search & Find cover with 15 hidden details tucked among the audience and the acts

  • The Sunday Club Crossword, “Watch This!” plus the Mini

  • Double Acts, a crossword with two letters in every square

  • Spot the Difference, two scenes from the same performance with eleven details that don’t match

  • The Sunday Stretch, on improv theater

That's only a sample. There's plenty more inside, and we'd rather leave the rest for you to find.

The details

  • Issue 3 of 3 in Season 3: Play
  • 12 full-color pages
  • Tabloid newsprint, about 11 × 15 inches
  • 15+ original puzzles and games

Included online

Each issue comes with SundayClub.com: bonus puzzles through the week, the Meta Puzzle leaderboard, and Sunday Club Sounds, a playlist made for a slow morning with the paper.

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