Victor Willis, founding lead singer of the Village People and co‑writer of "Y.M.C.A.", has died at 74 after a brief illness. The band and family have requested privacy.

Little Island will run a compressed six‑week summer season with about 56 performances — roughly half of last year’s 110 shows.

A guilty plea in Manhattan ties a repeat offender to the sale of a Gustave Courbet painting that wound up with Jon Landau. The deal has triggered a civil suit and fresh questions about provenance checks.