With new health concerns, you might be cautious about going out, and there are still plenty of arts and nightlife options, plus online entertainments for the super-careful.
“Between the ages of, say, 16 and 21, … I read fiction as a malleable aspirant hoping for a world-shattering experience,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Great Man Theory.” “Maybe I’ll recapture some innocence in my later years.”