Arts & Life

That trend puts particular pressure on institutions to exploit their existing resources and to bond with other local arts organizations in original programs for the public. Whether these programs take place in the museum or outside, the strategy is to lure more visitors who may well become members. Continue reading …

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” now shooting its second season in Toronto, depicts a near-future dystopia where women are forced into surrogacy for a dictatorial elite. “Alias Grace,” meanwhile, is a six-part period piece based on the unsolvable mystery of a poor housemaid (Sarah Gadon) who either abetted the murders of her …

Photo Seth Meyers scolded Senator Jeff Flake for his votes to confirm Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Credit NBC Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of …

Photo James Bridle created his “Drone Shadow” to understand drones as a physical reality rather than an idea. Credit IWM LONDON — The artist James Bridle remembers the first time he heard of military drones. Back then, some seven years ago, it took intensive online searching to track down an …

Photo A scene from “Charlie and the Curious Otters.” Credit Charlie Hamilton James/PBS Sweetness from otters and dogs; savagery from Samantha Bee and Quentin Tarantino. What’s on TV CHARLIE AND THE CURIOUS OTTERS 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Otters have become runaway stars on the internet: They dunk, …

Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Christian Louboutin shared streets in the design district with airy showrooms of Italian and French designer furniture, kitchen cabinets and closets and a shop featuring crystal chandeliers. It was everything that Puerto Rico was not. And in the clash, the themes for their new work rushed …

Or when Barry’s young wife, Patty (Aimee Carrero), asks Atalanta’s boy toy, Freddie (Pico Alexander), how he could pick up a widow at her husband’s funeral, he doltishly justifies himself: “She came solo!” Continue reading the main story I believe I’ve now provided enough bone fragments so you can confidently …

Photo “The Humans” at the Helen Hayes Theater in 2016. A tour will start in November. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The Tony-winning play “The Humans” will embark on a 13-city national tour starting in Seattle next month. Written by Stephen Karam, the play depicts a middle-class American family …

Photo Joan Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, with their daughter, Quintana Roo. Ms. Didion is the subject of a new documentary by her nephew Griffin Dunne. Credit John Bryson/Netflix Joan Didion’s meticulously calibrated prose has the effect of placing her at a particular remove from the reader. The …

Over the past week, a group of women who once worked at The New Republic had been exchanging emails about their own accounts of Mr. Wieseltier’s behavior in and out of the magazine’s office in Washington, according to one person who has seen the chain and described its contents. Photo …