The gift is the largest in the organization’s history but also a major boon following years of management turmoil, layoffs and the loss of significant federal funding over the summer.

As the romance novel dominates bestseller lists, a new kind of ‘third space’ is emerging at Black Cat Fables, where smut and self-help intersect to break down sexual taboos.

In a troubled time for restaurants, the reopening of Little Tokyo’s Azay is especially significant. Plus, four other reopened, revamped and new restaurants that show creative vitality.

Using virtual reality tools to help illustrate all that was lost, “Out of the Ashes” chronicles the emotional toll of the Palisades and Eaton fires.

The Times spent two days in Santa Fe to preview the exhibition, set to take over part of the Cinemark complex at Howard Hughes Los Angeles.

The Santa Fe, N.M. collective is transforming an old movie theater into a maximalist playground, complete with animated candy at a concession stand and seats that appear to be floating.