Sightings, sounds, and self-knowledge: Ten reasons to go out next week

Art, music, and dance come alive this week in Israel, from AI-driven installations to opera, jazz, and contemporary dance. 1.

Violinist Ray Chen, with Royal Philharmonic, to thrill Wharton audience

Ray Chen, a magnetic, crowd-pleasing phenom, will be appearing as soloist with one of the world’s great ensembles, the Royal ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

ON the Beat | A Violin Virtuoso, a ZZ Topper, Master Orchestra, Accordion Times, and More

A big week in the little town brings jazz star Terence Blanchard, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, fusion guitar master Matteo Mancuso, the Chicago Symphony, and a violin-accordion classical pact.
The New Yorker

Louise Bourgeois’s Art Can Still Enthrall

Also: the many disciplines of Sudan Archives, a Max Ophüls retrospective, the facets of upstate cults, and more.