Arts and Letters

Electric Conductor

How Carlos Kleiber’s opera rehearsals influence the director of The French Connection

A Home Called Raffles

One hotel for the ages

In the Nue

Green is the New Picasso

A slew of new exhibitions add urgency to the plight of the planet

Hilary Knight’s Sketchbook

An Irishman, an American, and a Norwegian Walk into a Bar …

B&N It’s Not

The woman behind Once upon a Time in Hollywood’s costumes selects her favorite L.A. bookstore

Thanks, but No Thanks

Rejection letters you may have missed

Gang’s Back

Beast of Burden

Cush Jumbo

The actress bringing Shakespeare to life, both in and out of television courtrooms

The Magnificent Seven

Isata Kanneh-Mason, the next musical star in Britain’s most gifted family

Sex and Death in Stuttgart

The Dior Suit

Christy Turlington Burns

Chooses the books that inspire her in activism and motherhood

Mike Pence Wants a Fluffy Robe

The veep’s hotel demands (we think)

Podcast-a-Go-Go

So many goodies, so little time. Which shows should
I be listening to, where to start, and how many chortling introductions can I take?

Inside Scoop:
The Saratoga Race Track

Ed Sorel’s Sketchbook

Vue de Signac

Michael Lewis

Selects three dark horses

Thanks, but No Thanks

Rejection letters you may have missed

Rigoletto, Alfresco

Cam Spence

When the comedienne talks to herself, other people listen