The death of the novelist Cormac McCarthy on Tuesday prompted an outpouring from readers, who shared favorite passages, memories of reading his books — and occasionally, encounters with the reclusive writer.Here is...
Read moreSubscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon MusicThis week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments...
Read moreFrank’s partnership with Cruz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, has been fruitful in the concert hall, but this is their first opera. As a team, though, they are naturals: his libretto poetically concise,...
Read moreJanet Rollé, the chief executive and executive director of American Ballet Theater, resigned a week before the start of the company’s summer season after 17 months on the job, the company announced...
Read moreIn a move that has sent waves of excitement throughout the Indian gaming community, the return of BGMI (Battlegrounds Mobile India) has brought a fresh lease of life to the gaming landscape. After...
Read more‘Miles Ahead’ (2016)Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.Viewers hoping for a traditional music-legend biopic in the style of “Walk the Line” or “Ray” will likely be baffled by this portrait of Miles...
Read moreAs the marble-clad, cube-like Perelman Performing Arts Center has taken shape at the World Trade Center site, questions have swirled about what will actually happen inside.Some answers came on Wednesday, when the...
Read moreWhat books and authors should I take with me?One grand feature of border culture is the lure of a bargain. For decades, the clarion call of cheap muffler (“mofle”) shops drew tourists...
Read moreJust a fortnight ago, the popular battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) made its comeback after a 10-month ban. To be allowed back in the country, the game had to make...
Read moreBorn and raised in Oahu’s North Shore, the singer-songwriter Jack Johnson can still remember a time when going surfing in Waikiki on the other side of the island was a bit of...
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