Did you feel that people were expecting “Halt” to be “Mad Men” with computers? It seemed to be a comparison that was imposed upon you. CANTWELL God bless you. [Laughs] I really feel like we got cudgeled at the beginning of the series by some unfair comparisons. I don’t think …

He found a way to combine the techniques he had evolved in writing madrigals, four- or five-minute pieces, with what he learned from the new music of the Florentine Camerata, the earliest experiments in opera. And what Monteverdi does better than anybody of his generation is to maintain the musical …

An enlarged and dramatically lit document sets the tone at the entrance. It is a presidential daily brief dated Sept. 11, 1973, the day of the coup. Its paragraphs are entirely redacted, every word blacked out. A dimly lit underground gallery guides visitors through a maze of documents — presidential …

The relationship between gold and bonds could be on the verge of going bust. Dennis Gartman, the man dubbed the “Commodities King” by investors, is tracking an unusual trend showing gold and bonds moving in the same direction over the past several years. He predicted it can’t last because gold …

“The color returned to me,” Ms. Berlinski said. “Not to my life, but to me. I don’t know why.” It has been more than 20 years since her solo “Black Flowers” exhibition was held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, one of the peaks of a long career. But this …

Photo Alisa Weilerstein in her dressing room at the Symphony Hall in Boston in March. Credit Tony Luong for The New York Times THOMAS ADÈS AND FRIENDS at Zankel Hall (Oct. 15, 3 p.m.). Thomas Adès is in New York for the buildup to the Metropolitan Opera’s performances of “The …

Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), reacts during a news conference to announce the bank’s interest rate decision at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Even as the euro zone has enjoyed 17 straight quarters …

Photo Wyatt Cenac is the host of “Night Train” at Littlefield in Brooklyn. Credit via Seeso ‘BOOK CLUB: A COMEDY SHOW’ at Union Hall (Oct. 14, 8 p.m.). This regular series has all the fun parts of being in a book club without the work of actually reading a book. …

Win McNamee | Getty Images An employee walks outside the World Bank headquarters in Washington, United States. Experts say the roles of both institutions have shifted since their inception at Bretton Woods more than 70 years ago. “The IMF is heavily involved in fighting crises around the world,” Steil said. …

Photo Members of Tero Saarinen Company in “Morphed.” Credit Mikki Kunttu AMERICAN BALLET THEATER at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center (Oct. 18-29, at various times). American Ballet Theater’s director, Kevin McKenzie, has said that one of his best moves in 25 years of leadership was hiring Alexei Ratmansky …