EditorialMallory Rubin, the head of editorial for The Ringer, with reproductions of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber and Jon Snow’s sword at her home in Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 2022. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)
EditorialThe composer Tyshawn Sorey, center, conducts his “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)” at the Park Avenue Armory, where illuminated reproductions of paintings by Julie Mehretu surrounded the audience, in New York, Sept. 26, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)