Life & Love

The Qatar National is not just a model for celebrity-designed library buildings. It also underscores the links between books and manuscripts and the country’s cultural heritage. Source link

An Italian couple turned Palazzo Butera into a repository for the eclectic and largely unseen artworks they had collected over 50 years. Source link

This Mexican American artist, whose favorite tool is a pastry bag, explores her parents’ journey and her own identity in “The Golden Cage,” a show in Guadalajara. Source link

After years of this-and-that jobs, Hallet began to write a novel: “What do I have to lose?” Now a widely celebrated voice in crime fiction, she just launched her fourth book, “The Examiner.” Source link

The Metrograph theater in New York has expanded to include a streaming platform that spotlights foreign, art house, independent, classic and documentary selections. Source link

Errollyn Wallen, a Belize-born artist who has been named master of music by King Charles, discusses music as an escape, confronting racism and living by the sea. Source link

The government does not name the victim of a firebombing cited in its case against Mr. Combs, but the timing and facts line up with a reported 2012 attack on the rapper’s car. Source link

The museum said the Pulitzer Prize-winning author withdrew her acceptance after it fired staff members for wearing clothing expressing political views. Source link

For the second year in a row, a play about the Constitution is the most-staged in America. And a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular. Source link

Broken by failure, the knights don their creaking armor and take aim at one another, as a desolate Lancelot tries to sever his bonds with Guinevere. Source link