May 30, 2010

A governor’s race will speak to a big question: Will voters see enough improvement to grant Democrats more time?

Kobe Bryant wrapped up a stellar series with 37 points as the Lakers held off the Suns in the Western Conference finals and advanced to face the Celtics.

Officials acknowledged the possibility that tens of thousands of barrels of oil might continue pouring into the gulf until August.

This year’s World Science Festival includes 40 events, among them a cosmic work by Philip Glass, an appearance by Stephen Hawking and a full-size model of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Marina Abramovic concludes her retrospective at MoMA, where she has been sitting in the atrium in a plain chair for seven hours a day, six days a week since March 14.

At Radio City Music Hall, the TV phenomenon “Glee” flaunted its young troupers’ gusto and its karaoke repertory.

Christopher Wheeldon gave New York City Ballet a world premiere that brought many to their feet in a full-throated ovation.

R.A. Dickey settled down after a rocky first two innings, and Jeff Francoeur kept emerging from a monthlong slump as the Mets moved back over .500 at 26-25.

Highlights of the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C., include an 18th-century opera’s return to a historic theater and, as always, chamber music galore.

A new program from the warehouse chain offers different bargains to each member, based on their buying history.

The magazine once covered a clearly defined world of high society, but today that can seem largely irrelevant. The new editor hopes to broaden its coverage and readership.

There was a sense that this might finally be Venus Williams’s time. But all that build-up came tumbling down in two sets.