For most of us, coffee isn't just a drink, it's a ritual. That first sip in the morning sets the tone for the whole day. It's the pick-me-up before work, the excuse for a mid-day break, and sometimes ...

Denise Scott Brown did not take photographs with the goal of exhibiting them. She used photography as a tool for observation, an aid to her craft. Her book “Learning From Las Vegas” (1972), co-written ...

For the first time ever, Apple released a Pro iPhone where “pro” means professional, not premium. The wafer-thin iPhone Air swiped the coveted premium device seat this year, but the iPhone 17 Pro ...

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce novel and detailed online reviews with almost no work has put merchants, service providers and ...

The holidays are right around the corner, and your to do list at work is (hopefully) shrinking. But one final task looms: the dreaded year-end review. Too often dismissed as a “check the box” exercise ...

Folk music is in Laura Marling’s blood. The English singer-songwriter’s mother taught music and her father, a guitarist, ran a recording studio and introduced her to his instrument in her first few ...

Music video director Fleur Fortuné makes a compelling feature debut about a near-future where a couple's bid for adoption stirs emotions as old as time. There are vague references to what’s happening ...

Italian director Maura Delpero's "Maternal" follow-up is an intimate epic of miraculous rigor and restraint, set in a remote WWII-era mountain community. Over the course of the changing seasons, the ...

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Reflecting on the past, through writing or conversation, can help us better appreciate where we are — and where we’re going. By Emily Laber-Warren Jodi Wellman was devastated when her mother died of a ...