Centennials
U.S. Journal
The Women Who Preserved the Story of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Two pioneering Black writers have not received the recognition they deserve for chronicling one of the country’s gravest crimes.
Dept. of Hoopla
Roger Angell at a Hundred
Raising a glass to the New Yorker legend—born five years before the founding of this magazine, and a contributor for the past seventy-six—as he celebrates a milestone birthday.
Comment
Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment
The amendment, ratified a century ago, is often described as having “given” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.
Musical Events
The Radical Splendor of the L.A. Phil
The nation’s most vital orchestra celebrates its centennial by commissioning major new works and recharging the repertory.
Art
Tauba Auerbach’s Dazzled Fireboat Travels the Hudson
To commemorate the end of the First World War, the artist decorated the boat using a technique originally invented to help boats hide from submarines.
Books
Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes
On the centenary of his birth, a memoir captures what it’s like being raised by a man with mythic successes and long-held secrets.
Critic’s Notebook
Atlas Returns
Sketchbook
The People’s Palace
Critic’s Notebook
The Red Shoes
The Sky Line
Toddlin’ Town
Dancing