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Tracks of Your Tears

Feeling down even though things are looking up? You’re certainly not alone. Allow yourself some time to run the full gamut of emotions, with songs from Lana Del Rey, Roy Orbison, Julie London, Dr. John, and more

Lisa Lloyd

The British artist making intricate birds, butterflies, and flowers out of just two materials: paper and card

Marie Antoinette’s Spirit Animals

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Family Drama Writ Large (and Glamorous)

Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love gets a fresh spin, this time starring Dominic West and Lily James

Opera Pick of the Week

Virtual by necessity, the Los Angeles Opera’s shadow-puppet Œdipus Rex capitalizes on artistic techniques refined during the pandemic

Opera Pick of the Week

From the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Opéra de Lille, Debussy’s enigmatic Pelléas et Mélisande in a yin-yang pair of new productions

Holes in the Wall

Apples to Oranges

Charming watercolors catalogue a century of American fruits and nuts

Van Gogh by Way of Gehry

Revenge of the Nerds: Tech Bros and Their Sex Lives

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and … former Google C.E.O. Eric Schmidt?

Led Zeppelin Croaks?

And other curious news about these strange days …

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Mood-Swinging

Songs to get you in the right frame of mind, from Billie Holiday, Sharon Van Etten, the Band, Sidney Bechet, and more

The Mother of All Battles

What was behind Ethel Rosenberg’s fateful decision to stand by her traitor husband?

French Exit

All That, and More

A celebration of Leslie Caron, just in time for her 90th birthday

George Clinton, Alfresco

The funk musician and his Parliament-Funkadelic collective, including some of his grandkids, open New York City’s summer concert season

Jackie Collins Was More than Just Joan’s Sister

Her tales of women and power and sex sold half a billion copies in 40 countries. But a new documentary reveals that her own story was even more dramatic

Tricks of the Trade

Hemingway’s Ghost

The writer’s granddaughter is cashing in on her last name, endorsing new authors’ books for a fee

Fernanda Amis’s Sketchbook

Saving Malta

The New Theory of Everything