Every weekday morning, I spend a lot of time reading the news — newspapers, magazines, websites and apps — so I can bring you “In the Papers.” There’s so much to read and so much to share that now, every week, I want to highlight some of the best stuff I’ve seen.

1. Masks Are Off, and Nobody Recognizes Each Other

The Wall Street Journal

This seems crazy, but it can be tough to recognize each other without face masks. Especially if it’s someone you met during the pandemic.

2: When Your Central Park Softball Teammate Is a Former Yankees Superstar

Curbed

CC Sabathia has been playing rec league softball in Central Park.

3. Telling the story of New York City through its names

NY1

City Hall in New York City, 1825. (AP Photo)

Did you know that Utopia Parkway was intended to lead to utopia? A new book dives into the history of New York’s street and neighborhood names. 

4. What’s the Next Mayor of New York’s One Big Idea?

The New York Times

The Times has tried to simplify your decisions in the mayor’s race by asking each of the candidates to slim down their proposals to a single big idea.

5. Eating trendy Brood X cicadas: What the bug recipes taste like

The New York Post

An adult cicada crawls in Chevy Chase, Md., Monday, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Post has a recipe for fried cicadas. You’re on your own with this one. I haven’t tested it.