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
Apples to Oranges
Charming watercolors catalogue a century of American fruits and nuts
All That, and More
A celebration of Leslie Caron, just in time for her 90th birthday
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
The Mother of All Battles
What was behind Ethel Rosenberg’s fateful decision to stand by her traitor husband?
Mood-Swinging
Songs to get you in the right frame of mind, from Billie Holiday, Sharon Van Etten, the Band, Sidney Bechet, and more
George Clinton, Alfresco
The funk musician and his Parliament-Funkadelic collective, including some of his grandkids, open New York City’s summer concert season
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 …
Hemingway’s Ghost
The writer’s granddaughter is cashing in on her last name, endorsing new authors’ books for a fee
Opera Pick of the Week
On Site Opera’s The Road We Came explores Black music history in New York City with walking tours of Manhattan and Harlem
Modern Look
A major show at the Met displays the work of the “New Women” who embraced photography in the first half of the 20th century
The In-Between
Nearly three minutes elapsed between the time an explosion destroyed the Challenger space shuttle’s fuel tank and the death of its crew members. What happened?
Short List
Books to read this week, including an investigation into Juul’s sketchy marketing, a look at history’s most photogenic presidents, and an Everest memoir
