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Live-Drawing SXSW
Michael Arthur’s spontaneous, plein-air concert sketches are saturated with the Austin indie festival’s sounds and atmosphere.
New York in Five Movements
As N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, an avant-garde ballet by the director/choreographer of West Side Story, gets its first revival in years (on PBS), VF.com takes you behind the scenes.
Songs in the Key of Z
Indie sweetheart Zooey Deschanel and folk monster M. Ward make an irresistible return.
Oscar Served Here
When the last envelope has been opened, Hollywood’s most famous faces head for Vanity Fair’s famous party, hosted by Graydon Carter. See the arrivals, watch our red-carpet videos, and take a coveted look inside!
Proust Questionnaire
Yogi Berra
As the founder of an amusingly unique brand of philosophy, the diminutive baseball great shows off his famous thoughtful side.
Theater
The Sound of Sondheim
Leslie Bennetts and Jason Schmidt spotlight the new revue marking composer Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday.
Ladies in Waiting
Sorority on E. 63rd St.
During much of the 20th century, the women-only Barbizon Hotel was an elite fortress for single girls seeking fame and fortune in New York City. But for every Grace Kelly or Ali MacGraw, there were many more who never made it big.
Books
Waugh and Brideshead
Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel, Brideshead Revisited, was a love letter to a vanishing world. In an excerpt from her Waugh biography, Paula Byrne focuses on his inspiration: the divinely decadent Lygon family and their estate, Madresfield Court.
George Wayne’s G-Spot
The personal diary of V.F.’s intrepid Q&A correspondent and distinguished cultural arbiter.
