Brave New World
The Samuel Johnson of Emoji

Jeremy Burge isn’t like other tech C.E.O.s. He has never raised money, he has no employees, and his official title is Chief Emoji Officer. But he still deals with controversy, such as demands for a Kurdish-flag emoji and for more emoji skin tones.

by Leo Mirani

The Boards
A Half Century of Sondheim Collaborations
Paul and Alex Gemignani, a father-and-son conductor-singer duo, kibbitz about their long-running engagement with the composer in “the house that ‘Gypsy’ built.”
by D. T. Max

So There Dept.
Your Grandma Was a Chain Migrant!
Jennifer Mendelsohn turns the tables on Trump’s anti-immigrant mouthpieces by digging through their genealogical records.

by Jonathan Blitzer

The Musical Life
Judy Collins and Stephen Stills’s Old Romance

The pair on touring together and on their new album, “Everybody Knows.” It’s a collaboration fifty years in the making.
by John Seabrook

One Man’s Trash
Coin Drop
by Nicholas Thompson