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  1. The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas

    Chad Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of music’s most important artists.

     By Ben Sisario

    CreditDavid Robert Elliott for The New York Times
    2. Audience Report

      Joy, and Selfies, at the Oscars

      Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and other stars dropped their guard on Hollywood’s biggest night.

       By Philip Cheung

      Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner paused among the crowd at the Oscars on Sunday night.
      Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner paused among the crowd at the Oscars on Sunday night.
      CreditPhilip Cheung for The New York Times

  1. In ‘Deli Boys,’ Two Actors Find Dream Roles Playing No One’s Hero

    Saagar Shaikh and Asif Ali will do “unspeakable things” in a Hulu comedy that centers on South Asians, drugs, violence — and the minimart.

     By Matt Stevens

    Saagar Shaikh, left, found that he was always competing with Asif Ali for roles. In “Deli Boys,” they share the lead.
    CreditDevin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times

  2. A Weighty and Whimsical Century of The New Yorker’s Archives

    An exhibition at the New York Public Library celebrates the magazine’s literary stars and unsung office heroes.

     By Jennifer Schuessler

    The archives of The New Yorker include 36 boxes of original art for the often uncredited “spot” illustrations that leaven its pages, like this one, from 1926, by Ilonka Karasz.
    CreditEstate of Ilonka Karasz, via The New York Public Library

  3. Review: With ‘Fidelio,’ the Met Opera Does What It Does Best

    The Met, a magnet for star singers, flexed its muscles to stack the cast of Beethoven’s only opera, with Lise Davidsen in the title role.

     By Joshua Barone

    From left, Lise Davidsen, David Butt Philip and René Pape in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” at the Metropolitan Opera.
    CreditKaren Almond/Met Opera
    Critic’s Pick

  4. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz

    Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the forefront of today’s sound.

     By Giovanni Russonello

    CreditDante Zaballa

  5. How Do You Preserve a Vanishing Music Scene?

    Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more.

     By Jon Caramanica

    CreditClockwise from top left: via Emperor Go!, Roger Miret and Todd Huber; via American Made Kustom; Roc Pont Paradís; via Disco Pogo; Sagan Lockhart

  1. A ‘Greatest Showman’ Musical Is Coming to the Stage, in Britain

    The show, developed by Disney with a Tony-winning creative team, will have an initial production in Bristol, England, in the spring of 2026.

     By Michael Paulson

    Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum in the 2017 film “The Greatest Showman.”
    CreditNiko Tavernise/20th Century Fox

  2. ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Review: Can You Fight City Hall?

    The sort-of-rebooted series from Marvel and Disney+ pits the blind vigilante against a chaos-inducing, revenge-minded office holder.

     By Mike Hale

    Charlie Cox returns as the title character in “Daredevil: Born Again” on Disney+, a continuation of Netflix’s “Daredevil.”
    CreditGiovanni Rufino/Marvel Television

  3. Histories of Native America and the Port of Los Angeles Win Bancroft Prize

    The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”

     By Jennifer Schuessler

    Kathleen DuVal’s “Native Nations” and James Tejani’s “A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth” are this year’s Bancroft Prize winners.
    CreditLaura Wessell; Michael DeLeón

  4. A Jaw-Dropping Cooperative Game Lets Writers Run Wild

    With Influences from Contra, Metroid, Portal, Mario, Halo and more, Split Fiction follows two aspiring authors into the sci-fi and fantasy settings of their imaginations.

     By Christopher Byrd

    Split Fiction, by the studio behind It Takes Two and A Way Out, is a manic mash-up that brings together space marines, trolls, cyberninjas, dragons, robots and magical cats.
    CreditHazelight
    Critic’s Pick

  5. Sadie Sink Heads Back to School, This Time on Broadway

    In “John Proctor Is the Villain,” the actress is among a group of students studying “The Crucible,” just as the #MeToo movement tears through their classroom.

     By Amanda Hess

    Sadie Sink made her Broadway debut at the age of 10 in “Annie,” and is returning this spring in the play “John Proctor Is the Villain.”
    CreditHannah Edelman for The New York Times

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  8. If You Want This Kind of Love, Don’t Expect It to Be Easy

    After a difficult divorce, Samaiya Mushtaq found the love of her life — and the courage to support his volunteer work in Gaza.

    By Anna Martin, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang, Davis Land, Christina Djossa, Amy Pearl, Sara Curtis, Jen Poyant, Gianna Palmer, Daniel Ramirez, Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto and Elisheba Ittoop

     
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