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The first time Susanna Hoffs and the Peterson sisters sang together and their voices blended, the frisson was unmistakable. “We knew we had something,” Hoffs said. “We created a band in that moment.”

By placing the randomness of dice rolls center stage, a sci-fi video game subverts the medium’s conventions.

Jon Ingold finds most video game writing empty at best, turgid at worst.

‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ EyesMichael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring. By Javier C. Hernández and OK McCausland ‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ Eyes Michael Mayer is directing …

‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ EyesMichael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring. By Javier C. Hernández and OK McCausland ‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ Eyes Michael Mayer is directing …

When so much of modern living forces us to peer down at a screen, there’s a lot to be said for a cookbook. It won’t blast you with blue light or exacerbate your tech neck; it won’t inundate you with notifications or unskippable ads. If you let it, it will …

At the fruit stand where he works on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Shah Alam sells dozens of bananas a day at 35 cents a piece, or four for a dollar. He does a brisk business in cheap fruit outside Sotheby’s auction house; inside, art can sell for millions.But last Wednesday, …

In the spring of 1967, the blues singer Taj Mahal was about to cut his first solo album for Columbia Records and needed to find a new guitarist in a hurry. He headed to a bar in Los Angeles’s Topanga Canyon, tipped off about a young Native American musician with …

With the sun setting over the vast expanse of Los Angeles, Dwight Yoakam sighed softly as tears rolled down his cheeks. For a moment, the scene played like one of his own portraits of honky-tonk heartache and regret. But sitting in the country star’s 12th-story offices above the Sunset Strip, …

Many in Hollywood have struggled to navigate how to talk about their support for Israel on social media. Some of them have turned to Hen Mazzig for advice.

The actress Debra Messing had a question: How do you share commentary about the Israel-Hamas conflict online in ways that will best influence others?She posed the question a few months ago in a room with about 30 other Jewish activists, allies and influencers participating in a one-day workshop held in …

The actress Debra Messing had a question: How do you share commentary about the Israel-Hamas conflict online in ways that will best influence others?She posed the question a few months ago in a room with about 30 other Jewish activists, allies and influencers participating in a one-day workshop held in …

Brazil’s satellites did not detect anything alarming. Yet down on the ground, the trees were dying.

Brazil’s satellites did not detect anything alarming. Yet down on the ground, the trees were dying.

Deep within the seemingly endless saw-grass marshes of the Florida Everglades, I found myself standing on an unexpected speck of dry land on a bright spring day. The boat ride to this spot had fully exposed my tour group to the blustery wind and midday sun, and the island, by …

Shifts in behavior can be challenging to manage. Experts have five strategies that can help.

The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade reshaped this country in ways we are just starting to understand. These are stories from the aftermath.

The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade reshaped this country in ways we are just starting to understand. These are stories from the aftermath. My OB wanted to be able to do something but couldn’t. The system is buckling at the seams. I need help getting abortion pills. Why does …

Around the summer of 1966, a song on the radio recorded by the Italian American pop crooner Julius La Rosa caught Bob Dylan’s ear: a forlorn, impressionistic ballad called “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today,” penned by a 22-year-old publishing company staff writer from Los Angeles named Randy Newman.“Randy’s …

Columbia University has temporarily barred a vocal pro-Israel professor from campus, saying he repeatedly harassed and intimidated the school’s employees.Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the business school, has been a polarizing presence on campus since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas led an attack on Israel that has turned Gaza …

The wait to return to Sanibel Island on Thursday was agonizing for residents and business owners, many of whom were still rebuilding from Hurricane Ian in 2022 and just digging out after Hurricane Helene two weeks ago.“The anxiety and PTSD with Ian, I swear every one of these is taking …

Columbia University has been a focal point of anger and tensions over the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 last year and the war in Gaza that has followed. On Monday, the anniversary of the attack, it took on that role once again, as students and faculty held rallies, …

Mental health experts on the stories that helped them and their patients through tough times.

Island communities in Lee County, Fla., endured another bruising overnight — almost two years to the day after Hurricane Ian killed dozens of people in the county and devastated Fort Myers Beach.Even though Hurricane Helene made landfall hundreds of miles to the north, its storm surge inundated roads and gushed …

During segregation, Lincoln Beach was the one place on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans where Black people were allowed to swim. Live acts like Fats Domino and Nat King Cole drew crowds to a recreation area that included a roller coaster and swimming pools. But with passage of the Civil …

When he was 16, Jack Browne sat down at his parents’ kitchen table in Fullerton, Calif., and started picking out a tune on an old Kay guitar.In 1965, the fledgling songwriter and high school junior — inspired by books, records and his own suburban disaffection — began weaving together an …

When he was 16, Jack Browne sat down at his parents’ kitchen table in Fullerton, Calif., and started picking out a tune on an old Kay guitar.In 1965, the fledgling songwriter and high school junior — inspired by books, records and his own suburban disaffection — began weaving together an …

A judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday that sought to ban smoking in Atlantic City, N.J., casinos, a blow to workers who argued that a loophole exempting the establishments from a statewide ban on indoor smoking forced them to work in a “poisonous” environment. The exemption, the judge said, did …

It’s hard to see through the water, and too easy to find trash, but divers are finding joy in exploring New York.