Jazz great Thelonius Monk had a unique sound that won him millions of fans — and it certainly stole the heart of the Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter. In a new documentary,
The Jazz Baroness, filmmaker Hannah Rothschild explores the unusual friendship between the American jazz pianist and the Englishwoman, and the impact they made on modern music.
Critic Jonathan Hunt's picks include love stories between historical figures, fantasy and supernatural fiction that doesn't concern vampires or werewolves, and time traveling mysteries.
The editor of
The Daily Beast gives her picks for the best reading on celebrity antics, from Tiger Woods to Roman Polanski.
Have You Seen Us? is set in San Diego — a first for playwright Athol Fugard, a South Africa native and one of the English theater's great humane bards. It's having a world premiere production at the Long Wharf Theatre, with Sam Waterston as the embittered, alcoholic academic at the center of the story.
The act of passing on a passion is one of the greatest gifts you can give. Book critic Maureen Corrigan promises that the books on this list — mostly slim, unforgettable volumes about places or things that the writers themselves deeply love — are merrily infectious.
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