Arts and Entertainment

Alexandra Cooper is seen leaving the Call Her Alex premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2025, in New York City.

Alexandra Cooper of “Call Her Daddy” Calls It Harassment Alexandra Cooper of “Call Her Daddy” Calls It Harassment

A new Hulu-produced series by the podcast superstar documents years of sexual harassment and institutional cover-up within Boston University’s athletics department.

Jun 25, 2025 / Ray Epstein

Left: Ford to City: Drop Dead reads front page of the New York “Daily News” for October 30, 1975. Right: Felix Rohatyn seated in front of a microphone.

The Death and Rebirth of New York City The Death and Rebirth of New York City

A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics.

Jun 24, 2025 / Doug Henwood

Exterior of The Bitter End coffee house, a venue specializing in live acoustic folk music, Greenwich Village, New York City, 1960s.

J. Hoberman’s Lost New York J. Hoberman’s Lost New York

In Everything Is Now, the veteran film critic looks back at the downtown art scene of the 1960s.

Jun 24, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Marzoni

Street Art in Newburgh, New York

Street Art in Newburgh, New York Street Art in Newburgh, New York

The widening gulf.

Jun 20, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution

Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution

The people have the power.

Jun 19, 2025 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Black and white closeup of Brian Wilson's face in 1980.

Brian Wilson (1942–2025) Outlived the Times He Helped Define Brian Wilson (1942–2025) Outlived the Times He Helped Define

When the Beach Boys front man died, the obituaries described him as a genius. Which means what, exactly?

Jun 17, 2025 / Sid Holt

Brian Wilson, 1968.

Brian Wilson’s Endless Summer Brian Wilson’s Endless Summer

His music, by turns joyous and melancholy, wide-eyed and masterful, transformed the meaning of pop.

Jun 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / James Marcus

Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh in “Deli Boys.”

The Slapstick Criminality of Hulu’s “Deli Boys” The Slapstick Criminality of Hulu’s “Deli Boys”

The show is at once a succession story, a riches-to-rags tale, and a buddy comedy about two hapless brothers trying to save their father’s convenience-store empire.

Jun 16, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

270 Park Avenue in New York City.

Norman Foster’s 270 Park and the Rise of the New Office Building Norman Foster’s 270 Park and the Rise of the New Office Building

The building's dramatic and dazzling feats of architecture make it appear as if it were hovering above the street. But is that a good thing?

Jun 16, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return

All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return

A mural in Oaxaca honoring the disappeared women.

Jun 13, 2025 / OppArt / URTARTE

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