Arts
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A Smooth-Running Gallery Weekend Amid a Shaken Berlin Art Scene
The annual event brings art collectors to the city, but the spirit of freedom that draws artists there has been…
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Love, War and the Refugee Crisis, Set to the Music of Sting
In “Message in a Bottle,” a dance show opening at City Center, Sting’s songbook helps tell the story of a…
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Jazz Saved the Bassist Luke Stewart. Now He’s Working to Rescue Others.
Stewart’s many projects — Silt Trio, Irreversible Entanglements, Blacks’ Myths and others — make strong statements and foster community. A…
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A Starry Cast Navigates ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘Every Emotion Under the Sun’
Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Alison Pill and Anika Noni Rose discuss the new translation of Chekhov that brought them…
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The Tony Nominations Are Tomorrow. Here’s What to Expect.
The contenders from a crowded season will be announced by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry.
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17 New Books Coming in May
Chop Fry Watch Learn, by Michelle T. King Once called “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking,” Fu Pei-Mei taught generations…
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When Your Mom Is Famous for Hating Motherhood
In Heidi Reimer’s debut novel, “The Mother Act,” a daughter grapples with being parented (or not) by an actress who…
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The Complicated Artist Behind the Moomins
The Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson had a love-hate relationship with her most famous creations.
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Young, Cool, Coddled and Raised on the Internet
The best stories in Honor Levy’s “My First Book” capture the quiet desperation of today’s smart set. But there is…
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Review: A Fierce Soprano Arrives at the Met in ‘Madama Butterfly’
Asmik Grigorian, a star singer abroad, made her Metropolitan Opera debut by lending lyricism, complexity and spontaneity to a classic…