Quibi, Short-Form Streaming Service, Shutting Down
It was an abrupt ending — just six months after launch — for a company founded by big names in the entertainment and business worlds.
Arts & Life
Landscape Architects Unveil Plans To Save The National Mall's Tidal Basin
With increased car and foot traffic, the ground underneath the Tidal Basin — home to memorials to Thomas Jefferson, FDR and MLK Jr. — is sinking. As sea levels rise, the walkways flood daily.
'Dark Archives' Explores The Use Of Human Skin In Bookbinding
Megan Rosenbloom tells readers an adventurous tale of how her morbid curiosity brought her across an ocean to investigate the origins, motivations and techniques behind this macabre practice.
Dozens Of Artifacts Apparently Vandalized At Berlin's Museums
Police, who believe vandalism to be the cause, are unsure of the motive. German media is speculating a link to a conspiracy theory. The extent of the damage won't be clear until after restoration.
'The Queen's Gambit' Centers On The Kind Of Chess Prodigy We Seldom See
A brilliant young woman crashes the traditionally male world of chess in Netflix's seven-part miniseries based on Walter Tevis' addictive novel.
Novelist Sigrid Nunez On Climate Change, Mortality And Life In A Pandemic
Nunez's latest novel, What Are You Going Through, is about facing the possible death of our planet from climate change — while also dealing with our mortality as individuals.
NEA Announces Its 2021 Jazz Masters
Four luminaries – Henry Threadgill, Terri Lynne Carrington, Jimmy "Tootie" Heath and Phil Schaap – will be inducted in a ceremony scheduled, virtually, for next spring.
History And Hatred Drive The Horror In 'Ring Shout'
P. Djèlí Clark's new novella is set in an alternate Jim Crow America where the Ku Klux Klan contains actual pointy-headed white demons, and The Birth Of a Nation is not just a film but an incantation.
Automatons Keep Gears Turning In D.C. Artist's Brain During The Pandemic
An artist in Washington, D.C., who got laid off during the pandemic, fills his days by making automatons — mechanical sculptures that come to life with the turn of a crank.
Real-World Experience Gives 'The Nightworkers' Its Punch
Brian Selfon spent years working in the criminal justice field, and he brings that knowledge to bear in his debut, about a family of money launderers whose lives are upended when a bag goes missing.