The Orchestra Checks Its Email
A day in the life of a professional orchestra—coffee, practice, social media, tuxedo—leading up to a performance.
Bridget Fitzgerald
Matilda
Recalling a favorite book from childhood is easy; trickier is remembering your younger self’s exact reaction to it. We canvassed young readers from across the globe to find out what they thought of their latest summer read.
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place
Recalling a favorite book from childhood is easy; trickier is remembering your younger self’s exact reaction to it. We canvassed young readers from across the globe to find out what they thought of their latest summer read.
狼王梦 (Lang Wang Meng)
Name: Emily Age: 10 Location: Wuhan, China Reading selection: 狼王梦 (Lang Wang Meng, which translates to something like Wolf King Dream), by 沈石溪 (Chen Shixi) What was the book about? It is an animal story. It is about a mother wolf and her son. What was your favorite part? She
Barbapapa: La Robe
Recalling a favorite book from childhood is easy; trickier is remembering your younger self’s exact reaction to it. We canvassed young readers from across the globe to find out what they thought of their latest summer read.
The Gruffalo’s Child
Recalling a favorite book from childhood is easy; trickier is remembering your younger self’s exact reaction to it. We canvassed young readers from across the globe to find out what they thought of their latest summer read.
La Mammouth Académie
Recalling a favorite book from childhood is easy; trickier is remembering your younger self’s exact reaction to it. We canvassed young readers from across the globe to find out what they thought of their latest summer read.
Relato de un Náufrago
Recalling a favorite book from childhood is easy; trickier is remembering your younger self’s exact reaction to it. We canvassed young readers from across the globe to find out what they thought of their latest summer read.
The College Years
Armed with personal histories and transfer credits, grads from ’88 to ’15 hold a fall-semester seminar on majors, dorms, and the types of roommates to avoid.
Blank for President
Sure, Obama will be running for re-election very soon, and sure, plenty of people will be backing him, but plenty of OTHER people will be running, too. So now seems like a good time to brainstorm our best candidates. Therefore, this month's Crowdsource is: Blank for President--who do
Liner Notes 2010
For this month's Crowdsource, we want to know: Who you would recognize in your 2010 liner notes? To all the people in your lives (maybe you know them, maybe you don't) who deserve shout-outs, a la the album's notes, the book's acknowledgments,
Tweeting From the Beyond
Twitter gives us a lifeline to friends far away and close, to celebrities we don't know but who we admire--to everyone, really. Well, almost everyone. This month's Of Recent Note is: Dead People You Wish Twittered Tell us who you'd follow, the reasons behind
Hot Jam of Forever
There will always be those songs that remind you of summer, that get into your brain and stick there – with your approval or without it – for years. Occasionally for lifetimes. Or perhaps it's a new entry, a summer jam just arrived this season in the unmistakable guise of
What I Learned From My Summer Job
Even the worst summer job can teach you something. For instance, always carry an epi-pen. Vaseline is not a substitute for sunblock. On garbage day, take the bus. Summer jobs: Sometimes, there's no knowing how bad it is until it's behind you and you can look
Fantasy Road Trips
If gas was free, vacation days were unlimited, and your schedule was as open as the road ahead, where would you go? This month's Of Recent Note is: Fantasy Road Trips Tell us the trip of your dreams: Where would you go? (Alaska? Atlantis?) How would you get
Alternate LOST Endings
It's the water cooler show of the decade, and now that it's over, the world is left with questions--the foremost being, "That's what they came up with?" Whether or not you watched the show, you know about it. You know there'
Travel Tips You Learned the Hard Way
The good part about all the horror stories brought back from traveling is that there's usually a lesson to be learned. (Don't overpack your luggage with the creaky zipper. Do assume that Vaseline will be considered a potentially dangerous liquid.) This month's Of Recent
What is your favorite patio beverage?
With the recent springlike weather, we are spending as much time as possible on terraces, and we can only hope your weekends also involve porches, decks, patios, and the lovely, cold beverages to go along with them. Spring has sprung (with any luck), and this month's Of Recent
Who is your favorite American President?
Hooray for Presidents! We like our American Presidents, even if we're expats, or not pats at all. Although Lincoln and Washington suffer for having their birthdays too close together--lumping them together for a joint February party would not fly in elementary school. So in the spirit of giving
What Are Your Cures for the Common Cold?
'Tis the season of the long hard slog from New Year's to March, the snow and the rain, the wintry contagions. Thank goodness for the occasional three-day weekend and flu shots. If you're lucky, you'll even escape the inconveniently timed common cold. To