Classical
Honor: The Voice
Prominent African-American opera singers (including Nicole Cabell, pictured) pay an emotional tribute to trailblazing forebears like Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson.
Eat Out
Scotch and Doughnuts at Atria
Atria pastry chef Seth Caro is out to prove that Scotch and doughnuts aren’t the unlikely bedfellows they seem at this food and beverage pairing.
Film
Hunger
Steve McQueen’s grueling depiction of the Bobby Sands hunger strike oozes art-house symbolism.
Books
A Literary Showdown
Three teams of five authors, agents and editors (including Jonathan Lethem and Chip Kidd, among others) go up against each other to show who really knows the most useless facts concerning the literary world.
Music
Micachu and the Shapes
This brash British trio, fronted by the petite 21-year-old Mica Levi, recalls early Beck with songs that shuffle between folk and something resembling hip-hop.
