Over their nearly 60-year marriage, Carl Dean inspired his wife, the country music superstar Dolly Parton, to write several songs. There was “Just Because I’m a Woman” in 1968, about the disappointment of a man learning his new wife was more complex than just the “angel” he’d first thought; the 2012 love ballad “From Here … Read more
Uri Shulevitz, a Polish-born children’s book author and illustrator who survived a harrowing childhood traversing Europe to escape the Nazis and wove those experiences into arresting works like “How I Learned Geography” and the graphic novel “Chance: Escape from the Holocaust,” died on Feb. 15 in Manhattan. He was 89. His death, in a hospital, … Read more
▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube 5. “Free Woman” This is technically the only official single on this playlist, but it’s a particularly underappreciated one, from Gaga’s 2020 album, “Chromatica.” “Free Woman” is a thumping electronic anthem that rewrites the sometimes rote script of “empowerment pop” into something more deeply felt and personal. … Read more
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign up for The Amplifier, a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. Jason Isbell, ‘Eileen’ Jason Isbell’s new … Read more
Season 3, Episode 5: ‘Did Tai Do That?’ The title of this week’s episode of “Yellowjackets” is a bit goofy, particularly for an installment in which the girls decide to kill Ben by firing squad. The episode is called “Did Tai Do That?” — which you have to say in the voice of Steve Urkel, … Read more
Near the end of the lullaby that gives way to the blazing finale of Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Suite, the music slows and thins to a whisper. In the ballet, this is the moment when an evil sorcerer and his minions fall into a deep sleep. In some renditions, it registers as little more than a pause. … Read more
‘Coconut Head Generation’ Stream it on Ovid. A room, a dusty projector and a small screen mounted on the wall. That’s pretty much all there is to the Thursday Film Series, a movie club started by students at the prestigious University of Ibadan in Nigeria, which forms the focus of Alain Kassanda’s documentary. But from … Read more
Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, Nina Hoss and More, Off Broadway in March
‘All Nighter’ One of the spring’s most intriguing ensembles gathers Julia Lester (“Into the Woods”), Kathryn Gallagher (“Jagged Little Pill”), Kristine Froseth, Alyah Chanelle Scott and the rising star Havana Rose Liu (“Bottoms” and a staggering number of upcoming high-profile screen projects). They portray the friends and roommates assembled by the gifted comic playwright Natalie … Read more
The company works with artisans skilled in Rabari embroidery, which originated in Rajasthan and Gujarat in the 14th century. (This is the kind of fabric that shimmers with tiny mirrors.) And it employs one of the last remaining masters of Bela hand-block printing, a once-robust industry practiced in an Indian village of that name, which … Read more