Category: Culture (Arts)

San Francisco’s Arts Institutions Are Slowly Building Back

Although attendance remains down from prepandemic levels, the city’s arts groups are having some success getting audiences to return.
5 Places to Visit in Baltimore, Maryland, With John Waters

The writer and director, famous for making theatergoers squirm in their seats, says he feels most at home wherever the outsiders gather in his native city.
On Pride Weekend, the Stonewall Visitor Center Opens

The center marks the history of the Stonewall Inn and the uprising there in 1969 that inspired a new era of gay activism.
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Sarah Paulson Party for the Tonys

Spirited celebrations that included an official after-party at Lincoln Center and a gathering at the Carlyle Hotel, where revelers broke out in show tunes, continued until nearly 5 a.m.
Strasbourg for Book Lovers

Bibliophiles will find plenty of centuries-old tomes, graphic novels, modern works and more in this French city, which also happens to be this year’s UNESCO World Book Capital.
Zack Winokur Leads an Arts Reboot at Little Island

Zack Winokur, an ambitious dancer-turned-director, now has a New York stage to call his own as the park’s artistic leader.
As Ukraine Rebuilds Its Identity, Folk Songs Are the New Cool

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity.
Tribeca Festival: Liza Minnelli Documentary Includes Lost Footage

The director Bruce David Klein’s documentary, premiering at the Tribeca Festival, includes old footage found in Minnelli’s closet.
What to Do in Paris and France to Escape the Olympics

Even if you’re visiting for the Games, you may want to take a cultural break like a local.
10 Artists on Living and Creating Through Grief

Jesmyn Ward, Bridget Everett, Sigrid Nunez and seven other writers, actors, musicians and filmmakers talk to us about grief — how they’ve experienced it and how it has changed them.
Cher and the Jonas Brothers Perform at amfAR Gala During Cannes

Demi Moore, Michelle Yeoh and Andie MacDowell and many more attended the amfAR gala, the unofficial closing party for the Cannes Film Festival.
Why Are Nuns Either Saintly, Seductive or Sadistic?

In uncertain times, religious sisters are often invoked as vessels for collective doubt.