Brick and Mortar
Get off Zoom and into the office, with these songs—by the Isley Brothers, Willie Hutch, the Talking Heads, and more—as your soundtrack
Second Sight
A New York Times Opinion writer comes to terms with a partial loss of vision
Donald Trump, Party Crasher
Dana Brown was plucked from his bartending post to work at Vanity Fair in its golden era. One of his jobs was manning the door at dinner parties—and keeping the uninvited out
The 96-Year Itch
At 96, Marilyn Stafford, the masterful yet little-known photographer who shot everyone from Albert Einstein to Sharon Tate and everything from political unrest to war, gets her due
One Journalist Who Actually Stood Up to Trump
The truth about what happened the night The Donald got turned away from a Vanity Fair party
All About Andy
The former editor of Warhol’s Interview magazine on what Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series, The Andy Warhol Diaries, gets right and wrong
An Evening with Aristotle Onassis
A new one-man play recounts the turbulent life—from telephone operator to the world’s richest man—of the Greek shipping magnate, Jackie O and all …
Oligarch Helpline
Yachts being scuttled, accounts being frozen, sniggers at Sexy Fish. Russian autocrats are people, too. And right now, they need assistance
Jayme Lawson
Since graduating from Juilliard, the young actress has gone from an Off Broadway performance to The Batman. Next up: a young Michelle Obama
Roll Over, Walt Disney!
Beethoven’s animated Creatures of Prometheus from the Philharmonia makes Fantasia look like, well, Fantasia
Keeping Mum
Maria Montessori is best known for her pioneering educational theory. Here, a look at her little-known, long-secret role as a mother
The Year That Changed Everything
The turn of the century saw a “stop the steal” election followed by a devastating terrorist attack. America was never the same
