Music

The Rev. Joseph Mohr wrote the words to the hymn as a reflection on peace after a summer of violence in Salzburg.

Rasha Nahas: “The story I bring with me being a Palestinian artist born in Haifa.”

A 21st-century arts collective revives illustrating the Bible for the digital age.

With Father O’Malley, Crosby “concocted a fantasy priest—a perfect, albeit celibate, man.”

How did an old war horse manage to outrun a rolling stone?

“A Star Is Born” is not only among the most self-reflective of Hollywood vehicles but the most resilient; when clichés work they are called conventions.