Popcast: LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes and Bill Callahan
Jon Caramanica tells of two consecutive nights spent at Madison Square Garden, hearing the Strokes and LCD Soundsystem and more.
Jon Caramanica tells of two consecutive nights spent at Madison Square Garden, hearing the Strokes and LCD Soundsystem and more.
A slide show of photographs of cultural events from this week.
Featuring a special conversation with Henry Kissinger on Otto von Bismarck; and the linguist Ben Zimmer on a new dictionary of slang.
Larry Rohter talks to Ben Ratliff about the new wave of Fado music from Portugal; Jon Caramanica on Britney Spears's new album "Femme Fatale"; and Nate Chinen on jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinm…
A selected guide to theater performances in New York.
Wisdom, insights and observations from this weekend's Arts & Leisure section.
Featuring Joseph Lelyveld on Gandhi's years in South Africa; and John Schwartz on a new biography of Will Rogers.
A selected guide to theater performances in New York.
Jon Caramanica on Chris Brown's new album "F.A.M.E.," and Ben Sisario talks to Jack White, formerly of the White Stripes, about his Nashville-based record label.
A. O. Scott looks back at the career of Elizabeth Taylor.
A slide show of photographs of cultural events from this week.
A slide show of photographs from the music portion of the South by Southwest festival, which got under way in Austin on Wednesday.
Featuring the journalist John Darton on his memoir, "Almost a Family"; and The Times's Holland Cotter on a new biography of Modigliani.
A selected guide to theater performances in New York.
This week: Jon Pareles faces the hurlyburly of South by Southwest, and in Jazzcast, Ben Ratliff and Nate Chinen discuss the new six-CD set "Jazz: the Smithsonian Anthology," and the controve…
A slide show of photographs of cultural events from this week.
Wisdom, insights and observations from this weekend's Arts & Leisure section.
Featuring Joshua Foer on his book, "Moonwalking With Einstein"; and Frank Bruni on the chef Gabrielle Hamilton's memoir, "Blood, Bones and Butter."
A selected guide to theater performances in New York.
The Strokes' comeback, and 50 years of Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Paris Opera Ballet will visit New York for its first performances there in more than 15 years.
A slide show of photographs of cultural events from this week.
Featuring the novelist and playwright Michael Frayn on his new memoir; and Donovan Hohn, the author of "Moby-Duck."
A selected guide to theater performances in New York.
Jon Caramancia and Jon Pareles on new albums by Adele and Lucinda Williams.