Backside Bash
Ride the wave to summer’s end with tunes from Allah-Las, Tortoise, Brant Bjork, and more
Ons Jabeur
The young Tunisian tennis pro is gunning for a Grand Slam and paving the way for more of Africa’s rising stars
Gen X Marks the Spot
Thirty years ago next month, Nirvana released Nevermind. Music was never the same
Animal Attraction
Joachim Schmeisser’s African-wildlife photographs pay homage to the magical creatures of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park
Beyond the Infinite—and Back
How 2001: A Space Odyssey’s long-lost lunar lander found its way to L.A.’s new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Fool’s Paradigm
Gloomy Gus, Shrinking Violet, and friends mourn the death of Good-Time Charlie
Opera Pick of the Week
Everest, Joby Talbot’s intimate epic, expands its already considerable reach as the world’s first (we think) graphic-novel opera
The Music Man
Meet Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, a proud Chicaksaw composer with a thing for Shostakovich
Short List
What to read this week, including a look back at home ec, a blow-by-blow of the Watergate scandal, and a history of Oceania
Buddy Movies
Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby were one of Hollywood’s great creative teams. Their unraveling left insiders mystified
Dan White
Hollywood’s favorite magician reappears on … Zoom?
The Techno King of Tesla
Elon Musk may dislike being C.E.O. of the car company, but he wants to remain in power
The Duchess of York’s Bodice Ripper
On the release of Fergie’s romance novel, we share a preview of what’s to come. Or so we think …
Johnny Depp’s Never-Ending Toxic Trail
His reputation imperils a movie about how a Japanese chemical company poisoned children in the 1950s
And All That Jazz
Look back at Bert Stern’s classic film, Jazz on a Summer’s Day, which next week comes out in a sparkly new restoration
