Arts & Life

The three companies can be seen to represent these three facets of ballet: the jazzy American vernacular of New York City Ballet; the opulence of the Bolshoi; the more delicate elegance of the Paris Opera. “There is something interesting,” said Nigel Redden, the festival’s outgoing artistic director, “about presenting these …

Mr. Subotnick’s long career in electronic music, which influenced artists as disparate as Paul McCartney and Kraftwerk, began with an epiphany. While studying composition in the late 1950s as a graduate student at Mills College, he played regularly as a clarinetist with the San Francisco Symphony. “I was a divided …

Photo The saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman at the Village Vanguard in 1961. Credit Sam Falk/The New York Times Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera. STEVEN BECK at Bargemusic (July 14, 8 p.m.). Completism in Bach reigns ever more supreme in classical programming, but it’s still …

Photo Contestants at a previous installment of the wordplay competition Punderdome. Credit Katie Orlinsky for The New York Times Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows. ‘LAUGHTER IN THE PARK’ at Brooklyn Bridge Park (July 16, 4:30 p.m.). Every summer this free outdoor comedy series offers family-friendly stand-up from …

Photo From left, Zachary Denison, Lonnie Stanton and Cassandra Cotta in a 2016 iteration of the dance “Secrets and Seawalls” in Fort Tilden, Queens. Credit John C. Robinson Our guide to dance performances. BALLET FESTIVAL at the Joyce Theater (July 18-29). Created to provide a space for independent choreographers working …

Photo Fabio Testi and Romy Schneider in “L’Important C’est d’Aimer.” Credit Rialto Pictures Films by the Polish director Andrzej Zulawski, who died in 2016 at 75, generally begin at a level of emotional intensity that more conventional movies take a long time to reach, if they get there at all. …

Photo Animated treatments of the actors Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder in Richard Linklater’s “A Scanner Darkly.” Credit Photofest Our guide to film series and special screenings. All our movie reviews are at nytimes.com/reviews/movies. FUTURE IMPERFECT: THE UNCANNY IN SCIENCE FICTION at the Museum of Modern Art (July 17 through …

Photo Kimonos from around the late 1920s included in the Brooklyn Museum exhibition “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern.” Credit 2017 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Linda Rosier for The New York Times Our guide to new art shows — and some that will be closing soon. ‘MAUREEN GALLACE: …

Photo Beyoncé, performing while pregnant at the Grammy Awards in February. She confirmed the birth of her twins in an Instagram post. Credit Matt Sayles/Invision One month after the internet exploded over rumors that Beyoncé had given birth to twins, she finally made it official in the same way she …

Photo Jay-Z’s return with his new album “4:44” has stirred conversation about older artists in hip-hop. Credit Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in pop music criticism, trends and news. When music fans …