Paul Kennedy’s “Victory at Sea” is a sweeping, encyclopedic account of how six major navies fought World War II.Paul Kennedy’s “Victory at Sea” is a…
View More The Battle for the Seas in World War II, and How It Changed HistoryCategory: Culture & Traditions
Fred Ward, Actor Who Starred in ‘The Right Stuff’ and ‘Tremors,’ Dies at 79
The versatile actor was known for bringing a grounded charisma to roles across a decades-long career.The versatile actor was known for bringing a grounded charisma…
View More Fred Ward, Actor Who Starred in ‘The Right Stuff’ and ‘Tremors,’ Dies at 79From a Dumpster to an Art Gallery
Hundreds of paintings by Francis Hines had been thrown away when a Connecticut man, Jared Whipple, found them — and a new life mission.Hundreds of…
View More From a Dumpster to an Art GalleryWhen Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived
For a brief period in the early 20th century, Ukrainian composers put a national twist on modernism, free from Russian or Soviet regulation.For a brief…
View More When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It ThrivedDavid Levithan’s New Middle Grade Novel Tackles Book Banning
In “Answers in the Pages,” a fifth-grade boy and his classmates speak up against parents’ efforts to censor their curriculum.In “Answers in the Pages,” a…
View More David Levithan’s New Middle Grade Novel Tackles Book BanningThat’s All, Folks: A Serious Joke Book About Climate Change
Stacy McAnulty’s “Save the People!” employs humor to call middle grade readers to action.Stacy McAnulty’s “Save the People!” employs humor to call middle grade readers…
View More That’s All, Folks: A Serious Joke Book About Climate Change‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ to Close on Broadway, a Month After Reopening
The musical, which shuttered temporarily in January as the Omicron variant spread, has struggled with the slow return of tourists to the theater.The musical, which…
View More ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ to Close on Broadway, a Month After ReopeningIn ‘The Innocents,’ Kids Behaving Deadly
Eskil Vogt, the Oscar-nominated co-writer of “The Worst Person in the World,” explores a childhood paradox in his new horror movie: how kids can be…
View More In ‘The Innocents,’ Kids Behaving DeadlyA New Class of Campus Satire
With shows like “The Chair,” a fresh group of storytellers are using college life to explore — and lampoon — privilege and identity.With shows like…
View More A New Class of Campus SatireFrancis Fukuyama and Yascha Mounk Wonder, Is Democracy Finished?
Fukuyama’s “Liberalism and Its Discontents” and Mounk’s “The Great Experiment” confront America’s toxic political divisions.Fukuyama’s “Liberalism and Its Discontents” and Mounk’s “The Great Experiment” confront…
View More Francis Fukuyama and Yascha Mounk Wonder, Is Democracy Finished?