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
Isabel May
Ahead of Sunday’s 1883 finale, the Hollywood starlet looks onward
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
W Is for “Women”
A new book of essays and photos traces the fashion, life, and inspirations of Yves Saint Laurent from A to Z. Amy Fine Collins zeroes in on his muses
Brangelina for Gen Z?
Yup, Tom Holland and Zendaya have more than 189 million Instagram followers, and their films made upward of $2.4 billion last year
David Lynch Comes to Greenwich, Connecticut
A very twisted sex scandal, the invasion of Ukraine, and more in this week’s podcast
Medieval Chivalry for the Modern World
Director Joe Wright’s new anti-musical musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac has shades of his own off-screen love triangle
The Queen’s Gambit
Immersive midsummer madness from the Bridge Theatre, London
A Fistful of Donald
For $75, you too can buy a gaudy, gold-accented coffee-table book featuring all things Trump. Proceeds go to MAGA and Mar-a-Lago
Winter of Soul
Warm tracks for cold days, from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Bobby Womack, Syl Johnson, Millie Jackson, and more
Murder, They Wrote
New mystery books by Cara Black, Lucy Foley, and Nina de Gramont, paired with a Georges Simenon classic, take on Paris and Agatha Christie
Ink Different
Recalling an era where Richard Avedon and Bill Cunningham shot for underground independents, Chicago’s Art Institute goes inside the world of alternative magazines spanning the 70s to the 90s
