Music Review

No Guests, Just Hits, and a Goodbye

By BEN RATLIFF

The Allman Brothers Band has played an engagement nearly every year since 1989 at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan — more than 230 concerts. On Tuesday it played its last.

Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

Filip Jan Rymsza studying negatives of Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” near Paris.

Hollywood Ending Near for Orson Welles’s Last Film

By DOREEN CARVAJAL

After 40 years, the way has been cleared to complete Mr. Welles’s unfinished final opus, “The Other Side of the Wind.”

Galway Kinnell, Poet Who Followed His Own Path, Dies at 87

By DANIEL LEWIS

Mr. Kinnell won a Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award for works that pushed deep into the heart of human experience.

New York City Gets a Country Music Festival

By BEN SISARIO

Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley will perform at FarmBorough, a new country music festival coming to Randalls Island in June.

Critic’s Notebook

Mayor de Blasio’s Plan for Parks Needs to Grow

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

Fixing long-neglected little parks in New York is nice, but it fails to address far larger problems.

Theater Review | 'Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)'

Ulysses as an American Slave

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Suzan-Lori Parks’s new play reimagines a turbulent turning point in American history through a cockeyed contemporary lens.

In “Foxcatcher,” Steve Carell portrays the chemical heir John E. du Pont.

Stepping Into Eccentricity’s Darker Side

By DAVE ITZKOFF

Steve Carell, best known for comedic roles in “The Office” and the “Anchorman” movies, step into a dramatic role in “Foxcatcher.”

Movie Review | 'Goodbye to Language'

Lots of Philosophy, No Inhibitions

By A. O. SCOTT

In “Goodbye to Language,” Jean-Luc Godard weaves narratives around a man, a woman and a dog.

Those Silly Glasses Are Hip Again

L. M. Kit Carson, in 1991, was a script doctor and an advice-giver for young filmmakers.

L. M. Kit Carson, Actor and Writer, Dies at 73

By BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Carson earned a following among devotees of independent film with his magazine journalism about movies and his own quirky films.

Books of The Times

‘The Book of Strange New Things’

By MICHAEL FABER
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER

In Michel Faber’s novel “The Book of Strange New Things,” a missionary dispatched to a faraway planet gets desperate missives from his wife.

Emmanuel Carrère, known for nuanced portrayals of troubled men, has profiled Edward Limonov.

The Bad Boy of Soviet Writers

By RACHEL DONADIO

Emmanuel Carrère’s new book profiles Edward Limonov, the bad boy of Soviet dissident writers.

Jesse Kovarsky, left, and Alan Opie in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of John Adams’s “The Death of Klinghoffer.”

Met’s Divisive Opera Is Selling Tickets

By MICHAEL COOPER

“The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Metropolitan Opera is selling well, despite protests that greeted its opening.

Movie Review | ‘Revenge of the Mekons’

The Mekons, including, from far left, Sally Timms, Rico Bell, Mitch Flacco, Steve Goulding (on drums) and Jon Langford, in “Revenge of the Mekons.”

Far-Flung, Long-Lasting and Still Punk at the Core

By BEN KENIGSBERG

The Joe Angio documentary “Revenge of the Mekons” shows how a band went beyond its punk roots and explored other art forms.

Movie Review | ‘The Great Invisible’

The 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, operated by BP, killed 11 workers and spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Disaster’s Toll on the Gulf and Its People

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

“The Great Invisible,” a documentary by Margaret Brown, focuses on the everyday people whose lives were disrupted by the BP oil spill in 2010.

Music Review

Jeremy Jordan in his show “Breaking Character,” at 54 Below.

A Fear of Inhabiting Himself

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

In “Breaking Character,” his nightclub act at 54 Below, the Broadway actor Jeremy Jordan shows a range that surpasses teen-idol appeal.

Music Review

From left, Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, Kyril Zlontnikov and Ori Kam of the Jerusalem Quartet at the 92nd Street Y on Saturday.

At One With Brahms, Individually or as a Group

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

The Jerusalem Quartet, along with the pianist Inon Barnatan, played the second in a three-concert Brahms series at the 92nd Street Y.

Dance Review

Members of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch performing the 1978 work “Kontakthof,” set in a dance hall and infused with anxious hope and longing, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House.

Wallflowers and Lotharios in an Age-Old Courtship Ritual

By GIA KOURLAS

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music with “Kontakthof,” a work about men and women awkwardly seeking affection in a dance hall.

Marvel Unveils an Ambitious Roster of Films, With a Bit of Diversity

By BROOKS BARNES

Nine films will be released through mid-2019, and include the Black Panther — an African superhero — and Captain Marvel, featuring a superheroine.

Neil Patrick Harris has been host to the Tony Awards and the Emmy Awards, and has already been selected to host his first Academy Awards show next February.

NBC Picks Neil Patrick Harris to Host New Variety Show

By BILL CARTER

The network is planning 10 episodes of a music/comedy/sketch show, based on the long-running British series “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.”

David Gregory, formerly of NBC News, will be a guest on Yahoo's midterm election show.

David Gregory to Join Katie Couric for Election Special on Yahoo

By RAVI SOMAIYA

It is expected to be the first on-air appearance for Mr. Gregory since he was replaced as host of NBC’s “Meet The Press” in August.

Theater Review | 'Not Afraid'

Taylor Shurte, seated, and Anna Van Valin star as roommates in

If You Flirt With Danger, It Just Might Come Calling

By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

In “Not Afraid,” a new play by Nora Sorena Casey, a young woman’s violent fixations threaten to turn on her.

TimesVideo

Off Color: Kristina Wong (Video Series)

By TANZINA VEGA

In a video report, Ms. Wong, a performance artist, discusses how marrying herself and stalking basketball star Jeremy Lin offer opportunities to question stereotypes as well as entertain.

How Have You Used Humor to Deal With Issues of Race?NYT Now

No More Ms. Nice Gal

By CARA BUCKLEY

The actress Reese Witherspoon has been playing against type in films like “Mud,” “The Good Lie,” “Inherent Vice” and “Wild.”

Press Play

Noteworthy New Music

Exclusive: New Music By Saint Saviour and Over the Rhine

This is the world premiere of “In The Seams” by Saint Saviour and “Blood Oranges In the Snow” by Over the Rhine.

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Joyce DiDonato at Carnegie Hall on Sunday. She has performed the national anthem before a Royals game at Kauffman Stadium once before, in 2007.

Opera Star Joyce DiDonato Will Sing National Anthem at Game 7

By KAREN CROUSE

DiDonato, a baseball fan and a Kansas City native, was first asked if she could appear in Tuesday’s Game 6, but she said that she was committed to teaching a master class.

Special Section

Picasso and a Great Pyrenees, left, from “Picasso & the Camera” at the Gagosian Gallery and “Jacqueline aux Fleurs” by Picasso, from “Picasso & Jacqueline” at the Pace.

Fine Arts & Exhibits

A special section highlights upcoming events and exhibitions, and surveys new developments in prominent museums.

On the Menu: Manuscripts

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Director of Atlanta’s High Museum to Step Down

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Fall Arts Preview

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Fall Arts Preview - Times 100

How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.