Violin Vigils Honor the Memory of Elijah McClain
Mr. McClain, who played the violin, died while being detained by the police in Colorado last...
Behold Vermont, From Above
These aerial images, stunning in their abstraction, evoke a powerful sense of transcendence and tranquility.
In ‘Pew,’ a Mysterious Stranger Tests a Small Town’s Tolerance
The genderless, racially ambiguous and seemingly mute narrator of Catherine Lacey’s third novel makes the people...
‘Brave New World’ Arrives in the Future It Predicted
On Wednesday, Peacock premieres an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 science fiction novel. The world the...
Bonnie Lucas, Still Playing With Dolls
The artist finds pleasure and healing in cutting up toys and feminine things, and reassembling the...
How I Came Out About My Disability
Three writers share how they revealed their disability, to a family member, to a love interest...
David Lee Roth Is Letting His Art (Mostly) Do the Talking
Since the Covid-19 pandemic forced him off the road, the singer has been making comics at...
Pop Smoke and ‘Hamilton’ Shake Up the Billboard Chart
The posthumous debut album by the Brooklyn rapper landed at No. 1, becoming one of the...
Kelly Preston, Actress in ‘Jerry Maguire,’ Dies at 57
Ms. Preston was known for her role as a hardhearted fiancée of the Tom Cruise character...
How to Shoot a Sex Scene in a Pandemic: Cue the Mannequins
TV shows like “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Riverdale” and “The L Word: Generation Q” are...
What’s on TV Monday: ‘CMA Best of the Fest’ and ‘Foodie Love’
The musical festival retrospective special airs on ABC. And an Isabel Coixet series arrives on HBO...
‘Perry Mason’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: A Final Verdict
Perry had it pretty easy this week, but others in his orbit were forced to follow...
Eastward, Ho! Even Art Is Leaving for the Hamptons
With vacation homes becoming full-time residences because of the coronavirus pandemic, New York galleries are opening...
Lil Marlo, a Rising Atlanta Rapper, Is Shot and Killed at 30
A local favorite who came up alongside Lil Baby and Migos, Marlo was found dead after...
‘Action Park’ Looks Back in Amusement and Terror
In a new memoir, Andy Mulvihill tells the story of the notorious New Jersey adventure land...
What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ and ‘Snowpiercer’
Watch Netflix’s documentary on the astrologer Walter Mercado, and the two-part finale of “Snowpiercer.”
3 Picture Books: How to Hike, Camp, Relax in the Great Outdoors
For families ready to roam free, these visually-driven stories celebrate the physical joys of wide-open spaces.
Yacht Rock Revue Kicks Off First Night of Drive-In Concerts in Indiana
Live Nation’s outdoor music series attracted many captain hats, but few masks (which weren’t required).
TikTok Users Respond to Potential Ban
Gen Z and millennial users have found community on the app, particularly during the last few...
Metropolitan Opera Will Livestream Its Biggest Stars
Starting on July 18, 12 professionally shot recitals will be broadcast from idyllic locations around the...
Hindu God in a K-Pop Video? Blackpink Runs Afoul of Fans
A tempest over the band Blackpink’s use of a Hindu god in a video was the...
What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ and ‘Unidentified’
Watch an experimental film about bar regulars, and Tom DeLonge’s U.F.O. series returns.
Pop Smoke Arrests: L.A.P.D. Has Taken 5 Into Custody
The Los Angeles Police Department said it had taken three adult men and two minors into...
An Open Letter on Free Expression Draws a Counterblast
A few days after more than 150 cultural luminaries warned of a growing “intolerant climate,” another...
Christie’s New Auction Technique: The Global Gavel
The sale on Friday, which started in Hong Kong and included Paris, London and New York,...
TikTok Users Respond to Potential U.S. Ban: ‘It Would Be Like Losing a Little Bit of Me’
Gen Z and millennial users have found community on the app, particularly during the last few...
Earl Cameron, Barrier-Breaking British Actor, Is Dead at 102
In the 1950s and ’60s, when Black leading men and women were virtually nonexistent on British...
Marga Richter, Composer in a Male-Dominated Era, Dies at 93
During a career that began in the 1940s and stretched into this century, she often felt...
Appeals Court Sends the Case of a Pink $40 Million Diamond to Trial
The diamond, auctioned by Christie’s in 2013, is the subject of an ownership dispute that is...
Theater Artists of Color Enumerate Demands for Change
A 29-page document released this week amounts to a call for wholesale restructuring of the system,...
Murder, Murder, Everywhere
In Marilyn Stasio’s new column, the bodies pile up so fast it’s hard to keep count.
A Novel About 3 Generations of Cherokee Women (and No-Good Men)
“Crooked Hallelujah,” by Kelli Jo Ford, spans decades and follows hardscrabble lives in Oklahoma.
11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
Lessons from the pandemic. A car-free future. Elephants in crisis. New fiction. Ennio Morricone dies. A...
From Catherine Opie, a Visual Diary of the Recent Past
The celebrated photographer shares her snapshots of a time of togetherness.
Review: A Legal Battle Over Adoption in ‘The Copper Children’
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s streaming series begins with a “historical fable” about Catholic orphans and their...
When ‘Keep Your Distance’ Has Been a Way of Life
Quarantine life puts a son’s relationship with his mother into a new light.
Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Katy Perry, Dominic Fike, James Blake and others.
Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen
Five critics wade into the controversies (like its treatment of slavery) and examine the performances (especially...
My Favorite Summer Blockbuster
Popcorn movies are among the many pleasures of the season. Since we can’t go to the...
Modern Mothers and Daughters, in Three Novels
From long-lost friends, to a woman caring for her aging mom, to a biologist struggling with...
‘This Is Not a Boring History of Nagging Spinsters’
Women’s suffrage is the story of a political revolution — with all sorts of parallels to...
Newark Artists, Thriving Amid Crisis and Catharsis
Laid low by the coronavirus crisis, the city’s artists were then raised on the energy of...
Auctions Are Crimped as the Pandemic Forces Them Online
As sellers look to shed valuable items and buyers look to collect them on the cheap,...
New York Zoos and Aquarium Plan to Open this Month
If all goes as planned with the state’s reopening, the public will be allowed back to...
James Murdoch Set to Acquire Large Stake in Art Basel Fairs
Investment from his firm is aimed at helping transform the company that puts on the fairs...
Gina Prince-Bythewood Made a Summer Blockbuster. It’s About Time.
With “The Old Guard” on Netflix, the director of “Love & Basketball” becomes the first Black...
Sweet Dreams: Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman Becomes an Audio Drama
The author’s dark fantasy about the adventures of Morpheus has long resisted movie and TV adaptations....
New in Paperback: ‘How We Fight for Our Lives’ and ‘Exhalation’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Behind the Legend of Butch Cassidy
Charles Leerhsen’s biography gives readers the real man and not the Hollywood icon.
Keep Your Friends Close, and Keep Holding Them Closer
In their new book, “Big Friendship,” Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman make the case that platonic...