The Light at the End of the Tunnel
How did a few German students manage to dig a tunnel under the Berlin Wall?
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
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
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
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
Betting the Farm
Can we change our approach to agriculture before it’s too late?
Gen X Marks the Spot
Thirty years ago next month, Nirvana released Nevermind. Music was never the same
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
Backside Bash
Ride the wave to high summer 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
Animal Attraction
Joachim Schmeisser’s African-wildlife photographs pay homage to the magical creatures of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park
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
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