For the cover of the September 7, 2026, issue, the artist Nicole Rifkin—a musician herself—pays homage to one of America’s most beloved icons, Dolly Parton, who died on August 25th, at the age of eighty. “I admire not...
The married creators of “Adults,” Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, seem well aware of the lineage of their series. (At one point, a character played by the “Girls” star Zosia Mamet asks one of the protagonists, “You think...
Dolly Parton grew up steeped in Scripture and hymns, and a congregation was her first audience; her faith and her talent were forever inseparable. But by the time she could afford to buy anything like Sunday best, she...
A time of struggle ensued. In the 2018-19 season, two chicks were born, Cookie and Simba; the latter successfully fledged. (Names are chosen in consultation with local third graders.) In 2019-20, two eggs were laid but failed to...
On one level, this is simply more of the same from Drake. In summer as well as in winter, beneath a beach umbrella just as much as under the cold carapace of a Toronto sky in December, rap’s...
Thirty-two years ago, in the summer of 1994, Courtney Love staged a remarkable comeback. Earlier that year, her band, Hole, had released a furious and galvanizing album called “Live Through This,” but it had arrived in shops only...
If they did come, the Citizen Historians were determined to get there first. Curtis unfolded a map of the museum with eight galleries circled in hot pink. “We powwowed last night and realized we could hit four of...
In an interview with the Times, earlier this year, Clint Bentley, the Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter of the film “Train Dreams,” was asked to name his “favorite book that no one else has heard of.” Bentley’s answer? Michael...
