Books
Chronicles
—Published 5 July 2005
The Bear in Helsinki
The bear heads abroad again, this time to Finland, where even a groundbreaking art exhibit can’t distract him from the cans of bear meat on grocery store shelves. A gallery of photographs from our smallest correspondent.
The Top 10 Albums of 2003
The iPod got a lot of use this year. After hundreds of albums and thousands of hours of listening to music, Andrew Womack narrows it all down to his top 10 albums of 2003. Here are his findings.
Songs from the Big Chair
Music can inspire nostalgia, assigning memories to songs we relish, or would prefer to forget. Elephant-minded Joshua Allen remembers each track from Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears and sifts the music for a little personal history.
New York Diary: Artistic License
Gotham is home to some of the greatest performing arts in the world, and keeps them in check by also housing the worst. Rosecrans Baldwin takes in a contemporary dance piece, a symphony, and an opera – with an eye on his watch and a dream of everlasting intermission.
