Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia Is Moved to Detention in Louisiana

The activist Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian student movement at Columbia University, has been transferred to Louisiana after federal immigration officials arrested him over the weekend, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website. Mr. Khalil is being held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena, La. His lawyer, … Read more

Jean Smart Will Star in a One-Woman Broadway Show

Jean Smart, a veteran stage and screen actress whose oft-praised comedic chops reached new audiences via the Max series “Hacks,” plans to return to Broadway this spring and summer in a one-woman show. Smart will star in “Call Me Izzy,” a dark comedy about a rural Louisiana woman. The play, which has not been previously … Read more

Keeping Up With Highbrow Art While Raising a Child

Being the 6-year-old daughter of Mark Krotov, the publisher and one of the editors of the literary magazine n+1, is an all-access pass to New York City’s foreign films and contemporary art. “She’s always very, very receptive to stuff,” he said of his daughter, Daria Krotov-Clarke, whom he and his wife, Chantal Clarke, a writer, … Read more

She Goes to Trader Joe’s for the Art

Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll look at the art shoppers can find when they go to a Trader Joe’s in Manhattan. Julie Averbach led the way into what she said was an art gallery. It didn’t look like one. There were no velvet ropes in front of the most valuable pieces, and no little … Read more