The Queen’s Ambush
Who will Meghan and Harry take on next? Could Archie be headed to “Hippie Hogwarts”?
Opera Pick of the Week
Live from Florence, pianist Hershey Felder’s musical ode to Puccini
In Love with Love
Megan Nolan’s novel, Acts of Desperation, casts a fresh light on a timeless theme
Life with Lee
Lee Friedlander’s images—ranging from portraits of jazz stars to shots of the American heartland—offer insight into the mind of the great photographer
Learning to Reed
On the occasion of the birthday of one of rock ’n’ roll’s finest songwriters, a playlist of Lou Reed covers (and some that aren’t) from Bryan Ferry, Sandra Nkaké, David Bowie, Mink DeVille, and more
Sasha Spielberg
Otherwise known as Buzzy Lee, the 30-year-old singer has released her first album, with a second underway
Paris, When It’s Illicit—and Delicious
Inside France’s hot new trend (Sssshhhh … )
Big Picture
A 21st-century mind living in the 20th century, Niki de Saint Phalle rejected artistic and social norms. Her sculptures go on display at MoMA PS1 this week
Into the Ether
Christie’s marks the sale of its first purely digital artwork with a revolutionary break from the old-school-art way: accepting crypto-currency as payment
Working Girls
Even guests of New York’s women-only Barbizon, the revolutionary residential hotel once home to Sylvia Plath, found the sexist rules of their era hard to shake
Bless This Mess
Adults and kids alike will appreciate the tips and tricks for Taking the Stress Out of Homework
Kazuo Ishiguro
The quintessential British writer recommends his favorite Westerns, from Charles Portis’s True Grit to Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian
Comedy of Errors
Everything went wrong at once for Annabelle Gurwitch. An interview with the writer and actress is a lesson in meeting hardship with humor
Opera Pick of the Week
A new performance of von Weber’s Freischütz by Dmitri Tcherniakov, streaming from the Bavarian State Opera in Munich
