Helen Rice’s Guide to Charleston
The artist, shopkeeper, and co-founder of the branding agency Fuzzco shares her favorite spots in her hometown
Water Falling at Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest achievement is suffering from a bad case of nominative determinism
Both Sides Now
Meet Harriet Walter, master-mistress of Shakespearean voices, now onstage in Bath
Laufey
With her new album, A Matter of Time, the 26-year-old Icelandic-Chinese singer, known for blending jazz into pop music, leaves behind the innocent image that once defined her
Inside “the Playpen”
Booze, jet packs, “Join, or Die” flags, and the occasional severed limb: welcome to Chicago’s most controversial party spot
Chez Picasso
From the Côte d’Azur to the Rue des Grands-Augustins, a new exhibition in Dublin maps the artist’s career through the various French homes where he worked
Rosa Esteva’s Guide to Majorca
The fashion designer and founder of Cortana shares her favorite spots on the island she calls home
A Match Made in Dance Heaven
For the first time, Manhattan’s Joyce Theater organizes its Ballet Festival around a single choreographer, Jerome Robbins, in a program curated by Tiler Peck, a principal dancer at New York City Ballet
A Pragmatic Progressive’s Lament
Thomas Chatterton Williams, an originator of the Harper’s “Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” on free speech, protests, and liberalism
That’s Entertainment!
At the Bayreuth Festival, Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger without tears
Kelly Wearstler’s Guide to Los Angeles
The interior designer shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Strangers in the Night
Spin Cycle, a one-act play about two people crossing paths at a laundromat, premieres in New York
Radiohead’s Homecoming
Nearly 40 years after getting their start at an Oxford pub, the 90s sensation is being honored by the university with an exhibition of original artwork, from album covers to posters, to drafts of lyrics
Pierre Yovanovitch’s Guide to Provence
The French interior designer shares his favorite spots in the region he calls home
“A Ridiculous Optimist”
In a rare interview, Quentin Blake, the inimitable children’s-book illustrator behind Roald Dahl’s Matilda, explains why he’s still drawing at 92
“Probably the Best Private Art Museum on Earth”
At the newly reopened Glenstone, near Washington, D.C., a small but mighty collection featuring works by Jenny Holzer and Richard Serra is on view, free of crowds
Glimpses of Sara & Co.
Priceless clips on the New York City Ballet Web site
Peter Marino’s Guide to Long Island
The American architect shares his favorite spots around his Southampton home
Renée Fleming Ponders the Big Picture
In Aspen, America’s No. 1 diva gives Così Fan Tutte a considered makeover
Whitney Peak
Once a part-time Wendy’s employee, the 22-year-old actress is now starring in the next Hunger Games movie and making her stage debut alongside Pamela Anderson
A Cut Above the Rest
At 70, the artist William Kentridge is still tearing things up—literally
Gary Fisketjon’s Next Act
Fired from Knopf in 2019, the literary Brat Packer and editor of everyone from Cormac McCarthy to Donna Tartt picks up his green mark-up pen again
Aatish Taseer’s Guide to Istanbul
The travel writer shares his go-to spots in one of his favorite cities
Charlotte Cardin
With her fame on the rise, the 30-year-old singer is staying true to her Quebecois roots
