Arts

Salman Toor needed a better perspective.Backing slowly away from his easel, the 42-year-old artist closed one eye and raised a thumb. He arched his back to gain a few more centimeters of...

This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times.Daniel Ksepka, the curator of science at the Bruce Museum here, visited Fairbanks, Alaska,...

For Gary Oldman, it is a homecoming of sorts. The English actor got his first professional gig at the Theater Royal in York, a small city 210 miles north of London, playing...

Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that air or stream this week, April 28-May 4....

Chubby Checker is finally joining the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 65 years after “The Twist” became a No. 1 hit and an international dance craze.Checker, 83, who has campaigned for...

This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times.What’s all that yelling?It’s hard to make out the words, but at the entrance...

On a Sunday night during Lent, a circle of Episcopal nuns sat in their lamp-lit library, chatting, knitting and gazing upon an unlikely altar: An orthopedic dog bed cradling their venerable mutt,...

This article contains spoilers for the “Doctor Who” episode “The Well.”The latest episode of “Doctor Who” conjures a feeling of dread that has been missing from the show recently. Called “The Well”...

Jed Gould, the influential Los Angeles disc jockey known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light on artists like the Cure, Depeche...

When Roger Brucker heard that the story of a trapped Kentucky cave explorer who slowly starved to death was being turned into a musical, he was doubtful. “Aren’t musicals supposed to be...