The Culture Desk

Arts and culture from around The Times.

Bad Bunny’s Unforgettable Dance
Plus four more new songs for your weekend.
By Kate LoPresti, Tina Antolini, Sophia Lanman and Jon Pareles
Meet the Woman Who Transformed Children’s Music
Long before Raffi or Dan Zanes, there was Ella Jenkins.
By Tina Antolini, Frannie Carr Toth, Sophia Lanman and Mike Peed
Remembering David Lynch
From “Blue Velvet” to “Twin Peaks,” here are five of the visionary director’s most notable works.
By Alex Barron, Kate LoPresti, Wendy Dorr, Efim Shapiro and Esther Zuckerman
Relax? Don’t Do It.
Wesley Morris on the culture that keeps chemical hair relaxers on shelves.
By Wesley Morris, Linda Villarosa, Elyssa Dudley, Wendy Dorr, Paula Szuchman and Sophia Lanman
Predicting the Vibe of 2025
Medieval? Whimsical? Artificial? Here are our staffers’ best bets.
By Kate LoPresti, Tina Antolini, Anthony Rotunno, Callie Holtermann, Marie Solis, Mike Isaac, Emma Goldberg, Dani Blum, Rose Adams, Mia Leimkuhler, Geordon Wollner, Vanessa Friedman and Rowan Niemisto
What Does a Sugar Plum Fairy Sound Like?
Meet the celesta.
By Tina Antolini, Frannie Carr Toth and Joshua Barone
At the Piano With Jon Batiste
How the artist found the blues in Beethoven
By John White, Wendy Dorr, Diane Wong and Javier C. Hernández
Will This Poem Find Life in Outer Space?
Together, NASA and the U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón bring a little bit of humanity to the second moon of Jupiter.
By Sara Curtis, Frannie Carr Toth, Elisabeth Egan and Daniel Ramirez
The Secret Lives – and Conflicting Values – of Hulu’s ‘Mormon Wives’
Our critics on the streamer’s most watched unscripted premiere of the year.
By Kate LoPresti, Elyssa Dudley, Wendy Dorr, Alissa Wilkinson, Amanda Hess, Margaret Lyons and Elisheba Ittoop
Listen to the Smooth Sounds of Sade
Plus new music from Beck, Laura Marling and more.
By Kate LoPresti, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Jon Pareles