The composer and instrumentalist was honored for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” an unconventional concerto written for saxophone and orchestra.

This play about a lonely, emotionally damaged man resonated with audiences returning to the theater after the pandemic.

Artists, collectors and Hollywood stars toasted the Hammer Museum’s outgoing director, Ann Philbin, who remade the institution during 25 years at the helm.

New Ho King, open since 1976 in Toronto, has become an unlikely pop-culture battleground after being featured in songs from both rappers.

A founding dancer with the groundbreaking company, she served not only as a principal dancer but also as its first ballet mistress.

Jayne Anne Phillips won the fiction award for “Night Watch,” while Jonathan Eig and Ilyon Woo shared the biography prize.