People who love Phish do so with a quasi-religious devotion. People who dislike Phish do so with an equal fervor.

The actor and musician discusses how to “let it do you,” why almost dying was a gift, and his new album, “Slow Magic.” ...

The view from northern Europe, which, until very recently, had long seen the United States as a land of hope.

Music is no longer a matter for the few,” Kurt Weill declared in 1928, the year he wrote “The Threepenny Opera.” In Weill’s ...

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

For the cover of the April 21, 2025, issue, the artist Frank Viva attempts to portray the feelings that grip anyone following ...

Short reviews of recent releases.

The underground-comic artist visits the Whitney with his biographer, Dan Nadel, and considers some old friends: his own ...

In the first two years after the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, the number of abortions ...

The Talking Heads front man brought his acrylic markers to the Pace gallery recently to make some art—dancing ovals, a ...

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The famous Venice Beach restaurant finally has an outpost in New York, but something is inevitably lost in the migration.