Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Can the art of opera ever escape the suffocating grip of its magnificent past? Judging from the striking array of contemporary works that reached American stages in the past year, we…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the December 23, 2024, issue, Kate Beaton created an image that doubles as a simple game. (To play, see the word bank below. Print subscribers can peel…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Even as late as November, across the sports fields of our little New England town, you could still hear the call, as if from sparrows chatting in the branches of a…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. I used to believe that I didn’t much…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Music critics—myself included—have spent much of the past several years bemoaning the decline of capital-“E” Events in music: no new superstars to crown, no more tentpole albums to unify us, no…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Why did Kamala Harris lose the election? So glad you asked. Pull up a chair—actually, no need to sit, because the answer is so simple that it can be summed up…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Taken together, three recent films provoke a profound questioning of how and why we guard the border walls separating documentaries from dramatic features. These movies sabotage genre purity; the modes which…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s a big and bitter surprise to discover that Marielle Heller’s new film, “Nightbitch,” is, for the most part, excruciating to watch. Heller made two of the best movies of recent…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Living through the onset of rapid global warming involves learning to roll with the punches. Increasingly, those are quite real and painful—this year saw, again, an accelerating toll of flood and…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard BrodyStaff writer You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. The Criterion…