James Wolcott
Face Value
A new exhibition cracks open The Face’s archives, featuring more than 200 images from the pages of the pre-eminent culture-and-style magazine of 1980s London
Lights at the End of the Tunnel
An exhibition of charming tube posters from the Golden Age of Travel goes on show at the London Transport Museum
The View from Here
A kaleidoscopic cultural history of drag in New York City revisits the “Pansy Craze” of the 1920s, the Harlem ball scene, Stonewall, and the Broadway stage
Summer Time
Eleven years after Donna Summer’s death, the Queen of Disco’s collection of lavish costumes, gold records, and handwritten lyrics will go up for auction at Christie’s
And the Oscar Goes
to …
In Good Night, Oscar, pianist and actor Oscar Levant’s startling appearance on Jack Paar’s Tonight show plays out onstage
Rudy Then and Rudy Now
Rudy Giuliani’s fall from respected New York mayor to Trump consigliere is well documented. But the cracks in his moral makeup were there from the outset
A Different Kind of Holiday
How to enjoy Christmas alone in the big city
Sunglasses After Dark
A guided tour of CBGB, the Mudd Club, Tunnel, and downtown’s other lost nightlife haunts
Heat Wave
Michael Mann’s new book, which serves as both a prequel and a sequel to his classic 1995 film, brings back the heat
Always in Fashion
A major retrospective highlights the many sides of famed photographer William Klein
A Fistful of Donald
For $75, you too can buy a gaudy, gold-accented coffee-table book featuring all things Trump. Proceeds go to MAGA and Mar-a-Lago
Westward Hokum
How did Taylor Sheridan spin Yellowstone into America’s top-rated drama?
