Arts
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Aunjanue Ellis Leans Into a Supporting Role and Turns It Into a Talker
The actress Aunjanue Ellis is nearly 30 years into an onscreen career, but until about a decade ago, she thought…
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A New Kind of Native American Dance Troupe
One day in October, the dancer Kenneth Shirley got a message from Injury Reserve, a hip-hop group he had befriended…
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Alice Childress Finally Gets to Make ‘Trouble’ on Broadway
Wiletta Mayer walks into the theater already knowing how things will go. Smartly dressed, attractive and middle-aged (don’t ask for…
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Neal Brennan Thinks Auteurs Can Still Make Chipotle Commercials
A few years ago, Neal Brennan went to see the illusionist Derek DelGaudio’s hit show “In & Of Itself” and…
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Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is a Shot in the Arm
By Jennifer Schuessler Apologies to jab, shot and “Fauci ouchie.” Oxford Languages’s 2021 Word of the Year is “vax.” That…
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What if Everything You Learned About Human History Is Wrong?
One August night in 2020, David Graeber — the anthropologist and anarchist activist who became famous as an early organizer…
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5,000 Shows Later, the Grand Ole Opry Is Still the Sound of Nashville
NASHVILLE — The survival of the Grand Ole Opry was anything but guaranteed when Bill Anderson started performing in it…
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Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Carole King Join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
CLEVELAND — Like many awards shows during the pandemic, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosted a virtual induction…
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Looted Treasures Begin a Long Journey Home From France
PARIS — More than a century after French colonial troops ransacked a West African royal palace and took its treasures,…
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Sean Penn the Focus of N.L.R.B. Amid Comments on Hours and Food at Vaccine Site
A nonprofit group co-founded by Sean Penn is facing a National Labor Relations Board hearing over an accusation that he…