David Johansen, New York Dolls Frontman and ‘Scrooged’ Actor, Dead at 75
David Johansen New York Dolls Frontman and ‘Scrooged’ Star Dead at 75 Published March 1, 2025 9:27 AM PST David Johansen, the frontman for proto-punk band New York Dolls and…
David Johansen: 15 Essential Songs
‘Delia’ (2000) When his career as Poindexter was running its course, Johansen reclaimed his own name on two albums of prewar American folk music. “Delia,” which recounts the murder of…
David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
David Johansen, the singer and songwriter who was at the vanguard of glam rock and punk as the frontman of the New York Dolls, died yesterday at his home on…
21 New Books to Read in March: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ezra Klein, Karen Russell and more
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie It’s been years since Adichie, the author of “Americanah,” released a work of fiction; now she returns with the stories of four women navigating life during…
Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction
The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, is exiting as the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, said the section’s focus would narrow to defend “personal liberties and free markets.” “I am…
Investigations Into 6 Killings Look to a Fringe Group Known as the Zizians
A series of violent confrontations across the United States believed to be linked to members of a fringe group known as the Zizians has left at least six people dead,…
David Boren, an Oklahoma Eminence as Governor and Senator, Dies at 83
David L. Boren, a popular reform-minded Democrat who led Oklahoma as its governor and then represented it for three terms in the United States Senate, where he was an influential…
Brooklyn Academy of Music President Steps Down
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, a performing arts institution, has announced that its president, Gina Duncan, will step down when her contract expires in June after three years in the…
Interview: David Levering Lewis on ‘The Stained Glass Window’ and His Reading Life
In an email interview, the historian and biographer shared why it was “time to look closer to home,” and praised the “most honest presidential memoir” yet. SCOTT HELLER What books…
Review: Karina Canellakis Hushes the New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is capable of playing quietly; the orchestra just hasn’t always seemed to enjoy it. Particularly under their last music director, Jaap van Zweden, the musicians tended…