Arts

In a 2021 episode of “What We Do in the Shadows,” the ancient vampire Nandor goes to Atlantic City and is smitten with a slot machine themed on “The Big Bang Theory.”...

Two days after the Gestapo’s 1944 raid on the annex where Anne Frank and others were hiding, Miep Gies, a seemingly ordinary secretary, and her colleague walked into the hiding place and...

As for Roman, he is struggling with the interpersonal part of being in charge. Because he has favors to bestow and firing power, he thinks everyone he deals with at Waystar should...

When a 1,300-pound walrus showed up in Oslo last summer, lounging on piers and eating mussels, she became a beloved local delight and an overnight international media sensation.The walrus, a rare guest...

When the most recent Hollywood strike took place — 16 years ago — the internet had not yet transformed the television and movie businesses. Broadcast networks still commanded colossal audiences, and cable...

The “young single woman in the city” genre feels almost as old as cities. Probably someone was wandering around ancient Athens in a fetching tunic with a papyrus scroll detailing how Hermes...

More than two decades ago, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery acquired a 19th- century album filled with nearly 2,000 silhouette portraits, including those of two former presidents.Before displaying the cut-paper portraits, made...

When you sing the music right, Mozart is like medicine, a balm for the voice. It’s indescribably beautiful, and just so genius. But it can be deceptive. It sounds very simple and...

After spending an afternoon in a crowded gallery, an artist discovers there’s more to view than just what’s on display.Send any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to...

THE HALF MOON, by Mary Beth KeaneThe experience of reading Mary Beth Keane’s absorbing new novel, “The Half Moon,” feels — pleasantly — like breathing, or maybe just living. When we meet...