Beat the heat - In this time of weather extremes and power disruptions, it's important to learn from the past as we think about the future.

In this time of weather extremes and power disruptions, it's important to learn from the past as we think about the future.

THE LAST RAVE

Remembering a summer of estrangement.

HOW THE WEST WAS LONG

“Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1.”

TWICE-TOLD TALES

The seditious writers who unravel their own stories.

CASTING A LINE

The hard-bitten genius of Norman Maclean.

THE HADAL ZONE

Arwen Rasmont waits hours at Keflavík International for his flight; they call it as he leaves the men’s room. He walks past the mirrored wall and is assaulted, as usual, by his dead father’s handsome image: high-arched nose, yellow hair.

OPENING THEORY

Ivan is standing on his own in the corner while the men from the chess club move the chairs and tables around.

ANTIHERO

“The Boys,” on Prime Video.

КАНО

I’ve dated all kinds of women in my life,” the man said, “but I have to say I’ve never seen one as ugly as you.”

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Taffy Brodesser-Akner weighs the cost of generational wealth.

THE DRUMMER BOY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

This story was written in the mid-nineteen-fifties, after E. L. Doctorow, then in his twenties, had completed his military service in Germany.

THE BLUE AND THE WHITE

The London imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions makes challenging literature chic.

TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR

Four years ago, when Ivan Cornejo was a junior in high school, he had a meeting with his family to announce that he was dropping out. His parents were alarmed, of course, but his older sister, Pamela, had a more sympathetic reaction, because she also happened to be his manager, and she knew that he wasn’t bluffing when he said that he had to focus on his career.

The Hidden Dutch Colonial

When Nicholas Howey and his late husband, Gerard Widdershoven, bought this 1925 house tucked away behind the hedges in Bridgehampton, they did little more than paint it-and fill it with art.

The Citi Bike Juice Crews

The docks don't charge e-bikes (yet). These folks do.

Faust Goes to Fidi

The producers of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust.

The Empty Seat

At Paris Couture Week, one question everyone's lips: Who will lead Chanel?

No Man's Land

Rachel Cusk's gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.

LABOR not Leisure

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the country's first large-scale Mary Cassatt exhibition in 25 years

Spirit Energy

Addison Rowe Gallery presents a meticulously curated show that looks at, and beyond, the Transcendental Painting Group

Pop Icon

Small-scale works by Andy Warhol are featured in an exhibition currently on view at the Bruce Museum

Masters of the Genre

Important works from Western masters will be available at the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction in Nevada

Bright Ideas

FORNDLY NICKMAED THE the Queen City, Charlotte, North Carolina, is a destination that thrives on many fronts. Visitors can look forward to year round mild weather, a robust food and drink scene that includes more than 40 breweries, and an ever-growing cultural lineup of museums, public murals and music performances.

Full House

Corporate buyouts are on the rise at boutique properties

Spirit of Adventure

Oscar-winning actor and philanthropist Matthew McConaughey launches a cheeky tequila brand with wife Camila Alves

Fouquet's New York

Francophiles are likely all too familiar with Fouquet’s Paris, the sumptuous and historic hotel on the Champs-Élysées that has been open since 1899.

Power Points

Flexibility is key to getting the most out of your rewards programs this summer

Bandon Dunes

In 1999, a national golf magazine sent me on a road trip four and a half hours from my home in Portland to review a new resort on the Oregon coast that seemed particularly destined for obscurity.

Career Development and Staffing reinvented!

You think great talent and cool positions only exist in Silicon Valley? Think again!

Bigger and Better

Dubai plans a mega airport to attract more flights and passengers