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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...

At five minutes past noon on Tuesday, Ticketmaster sent Joe Holmes and many others in Britain an email: “Congratulations, you have been successful in the ballot” for two tickets to King Charles’s...

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...

Sony Group Corp. offered a worse-than-expected profit outlook for the current fiscal year, signaling caution about the impact of the global consumer spending slump on its entertainment businesses. The Tokyo-based firm said...

Yoga was an accident that paid the bills. “I had moved back to the city after college and was living with a friend on Ludlow Street,” Ms. Auder said. “I was depressed...

Microsoft Corp said on Friday it signed a 10-year deal with Nware to bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard games to the Spanish cloud-gaming platform, days after Britain blocked its $69 billion buyout...

In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their movies. See new episodes in the series on Fridays. You can also...