May 31, 2015

The Smithsonian will announce Tuesday that the wreckage of a vessel that sank in 1794 has been found, the first time a slaving ship that went down with slaves aboard has been recovered.

The opera, which had its premiere in Boston on Friday, is based on the diaries of Walt Whitman from his experience tending to wounded Civil War soldiers.

Nicholas Wright’s play, based on the book by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, reveals the atrocities committed by the South African police forces during apartheid.

After clearing the Senate last month, the bill to give the president fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership will meet skepticism from both sides of the aisle.

This middle volume of a trilogy that began with “Mr. Mercedes” lacks the high drama of the opening installment, but it has greater depth and time for reflection.

The government’s authority to sweep up bulk phone data in the hunt for terrorists expired temporarily at 12:01 a.m. Monday, but the Senate indicated that legislation to curtail the program is likely to pass this week.

A fictitious show about making a reality show, “UnREAL” unrelentingly asks questions about a format that blurs the line between fiction and reality.

Alexei Ratmansky’s production is the climactic event of American Ballet Theater’s 75th-anniversary season.

A memorial for the 1972 attack will be built in Munich this year, and Olympic officials have shown support for recognition at the Rio Games.

The orchestra’s nod to Perle, who died in 2009, included “Transcendental Modulations” in a concert at Carnegie Hall.

Quotation of the day for Sunday, May 31, 2015.

Corrections appearing in print on Sunday, May 31, 2015.