Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Arlo Washington peers out the car window as he drives through the capital of Arkansas. He wears a royal-blue polo; his Afro is close-cropped. With soft, alert eyes, he surveys the…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On April 30, 1945, the photojournalist Lee Miller took a bath in Hitler’s tub. A correspondent for British Vogue, Miller had posted up in the Führer’s abandoned apartment in Munich along…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the British director Andrew Haigh’s earlier films—“Weekend” (2011), “45 Years” (2015), and “Lean on Pete” (2017)—the images did much less of the work than the script and the actors. There…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Bill Rauch became obsessed with the survival of theatre as an undergraduate at Harvard, in the early nineteen-eighties. He’d already decided that he wanted to be a stage director, and was…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Helen ShawStaff 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. January—stay with…
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 always read the whole menu at a…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As the New Year unfolds—an election year, at that—we can safely predict it will be filled with revelations and drama, even when it will surely contain some elements of déjà vu.…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The harmonics of the saxophone concentrate around similar frequencies as the human voice. When you play it, the shape and size of your mouth and throat contribute to the resulting tone.…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Half of life is spent dealing with details: the numbers, the paperwork, the dozens of discussions upon which any shared activity, professional or private, is based. (The other half of life…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When the actor and activist Vinie Burrows died, on December 25, 2023, surrounded by her family, she was ninety-nine. She had lived at least five lives. In the course of nearly…
