Silent Night, Holy Night
The John Adams Nativity oratorio El Niño, distilled
The Comeback King
How a housewife from Edinburgh solved one of the great mysteries of English history—and cleared King Richard III’s name
Finding Albert Ballin
How a German-Jewish businessman helped make possible the emigration of 1.5 million Jews from Eastern Europe—then largely disappeared from history
Emperor of the New Order
How a promising young director gave up a comfortable life in Hollywood—and gained true creative freedom for a new generation of filmmakers. An exclusive excerpt from The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
A Lasting Impression
Drawings and watercolors on paper by Impressionists ranging from Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec go on view in London
Hollywood Beginning
Sarah Blakley-Cartwright’s new novel captures the actor’s mindset so incisively that Chloë Sevigny and Busy Philipps are early fans
Asher Liftin
The 24-year-old art-world darling, whose fans include David Geffen, stages his first solo show in New York City
We All Make Mystiques
The unforgettable night in New York when Jackie Kennedy watched as opera’s greatest diva sang Tosca and bungled the high C
Inside the Night Jackie Kennedy Stared Down Onassis’s Mistress
On this week’s podcast, John Mauceri discusses an evening—and two divas—he’ll never forget
Murder, They Wrote
Long-cold cases get hot again in the season’s best mystery books—and oldie-but-goodie TV dramas
Wave to the Camera
A new book of photos by the big kahuna of surfing photography, Jimmy Metyko, captures early-80s Southern California in all its Point Break glory
Acronyms for Adults Only
How to keep up with the texting shorthand your elders use to confound you
Man’s Best Friends
For his entire career, Michael Frayn avoided writing about people he knew. His new book, written at 89, is about 13 of his closest friends
Making Up for Lost Time
After a decade-long wait, a follow-up to the best-selling debut thriller I Am Pilgrim is here
Stanley Kubrick’s Waterloo
Having just tackled the end of the world and the mysteries of the universe, the obsessive director set his sights on Napoleon. Tens of thousands of index cards later, he waved the white flag
Lunch with Nicole Avant
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, host Bruce Bozzi is joined by the former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas to talk about family, grief, and growing up in Hollywood
