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The Voice of Doom

Alive and Well

If you’ve missed going to concerts as much as we have, this collection of live tracks will get you excited for all the shows ahead

After the Gold Rush

Opera Pick of the Week

Stone Age Mozarteans up in arms about Munich’s new-school Idomeneo will still surrender to the incandescent Emily D’Angelo

A Day in the Life of Leila Slimani

The Moroccan-French author, whose latest book, a novel about a woman navigating an inter-racial marriage, is out now, explains how the magic happens

Short List

What to read this week, including a personal history of a publishing duo that fled Nazi Germany; a searing memoir; and an ode to trees

Blood Sport

Betting the Farm

Can we change our approach to agriculture before it’s too late?

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

Charlie Scheips’s Sketchbook

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

Backside Bash

Ride the wave to high summer with tunes from Allah-Las, Tortoise, Brant Bjork, and more

Double Act

A Busy Week of Bad Behavior

From Andrew Cuomo to British grifters to sexcapades at country estates, we cover it all in this week’s podcast

Life on the Orient Express

Fool’s Paradigm

Gloomy Gus, Shrinking Violet, and friends mourn the death of Good-Time Charlie

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Of Mings and Men

The King of Comedy

Eight questions with David Steinberg, director of Seinfeld, Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, whose new book looks back at the last five decades of comedy

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

Between Hitler and Madness