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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Where the Rare Books Are

Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi

A Knight Errant in Love

Boston Baroque makes a stellar case for Handel’s rarity Amadigi di Gaula

Staff Picks

Don’t miss the epic story of a search for a missing canoer; an insider’s look at Italian life; and a re-assessment of 20th-century classical music

Diary of a Somebody

When Anne Frank’s father published her diaries, they inspired awe, criticism, and lawsuits. Seventy-five years later, they’re still the center of controversy

Talking in Riddles

A collection of 95 medieval riddles has left scholars scratching their heads—and clutching their pearls

Once upon a Time in Hollywood

In the course of their brief, intense marriage, Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward lit the match for a cultural explosion in 1960s Los Angeles

The Bigger Apple

Getting the Picture

Practice Makos Perfect

Christopher Makos showed Andy Warhol how to use his first camera. He also cemented Warhol’s existence as the personification of the “American brand”

Herbie Fully Loaded

In an excerpt from his new book, the author remembers unleashing his father, a well-known negotiator, on a professor he hated

Lydia Leonard

The actress reprises Camille Cottin’s role in Ten Percent, the British remake of the hit French show Call My Agent!

Behind the Scenes

Classical Meets Contemporary in Munich

Putin on the Ritz

As Vladimir and his cohort prepare to paint the town—or at least the square—red, they call upon the hostess with the mostess to be their social czar

The Hills Were Alive …

… with the sound of rock ’n’ roll music. And many of the finest strains on the West Coast were emanating from Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward’s house

The Little House That Rocked L.A.

In the 1960s, Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward’s place in the hills was the center of an arts explosion

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Disney Is Not Mickey Mousing Around

Revealed: the Magic Kingdom’s secret plans to retaliate against Florida governor Ron DeSantis

Confessions of a 10-Percenter

With the arrival of the English version of Call My Agent!, a real one shares tales of what life is really like behind the screams

Marcellus Hall’s Sketchbook

The Man in the Black Turtleneck

A hit at the Santa Fe Opera in 2017, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs has its video premiere in a new production from Atlanta

Touching Base

The effect of Jackie Robinson on the lives of average Americans of color is well documented. But he was instrumental for other baseball players of color, too