Prototype, the New York Festival of Avant-Garde Opera, Turns 12 There was a dizzyingly diverse spectrum of performances this year, with wildly divergent highs and lows. By Annie Levin
Patti Smith’s ‘M Train’ Is a Literary Ride Through Stations of Mourning Emulating the writers who bring her inspiration, Patti Smith's second novel rewards a well-read reader. By Justin Joffe