Arts
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I Loved ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ Enough to Marry It
Paul Reubens’s oddball masterpiece celebrated the kind of anarchy that captivates kids and freaks out adults.
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks include a Vietnam War portrait, an analysis of Los Angeles as a film subject and a look…
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How the Mushroom Cloud Boomed and Bloomed Across American Pop Culture
From the Trinity test to “Oppenheimer” and “Asteroid City,” the symbol of nuclear destruction has held multiple but equally disturbing…
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What Does It Mean to Be a Witness?
In his new story collection, Jamel Brinkley investigates the impact of seeing and being seen.
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Obsessed with the Ocean, Susan Casey Takes the Plunge
Susan Casey has long been enchanted by the deep ocean. For her book “The Underworld,” she finally got to visit…
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A Trombonist on a Mission to Break Barriers in Classical Music
Hillary Simms is the first woman to become a member of the American Brass Quintet. She says the field needs…
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Emmy Awards Will Be Postponed Because of Actors’ and Writers’ Strikes
The ceremony, originally planned for Sept. 18, may be pushed into January in hopes that the labor disputes will be…
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Big Hair and Big Thoughts at a Paris Museum
An exhibition with over 600 items explores the evolution of women’s hairstyles, questions around body hair and more. But hair…
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Ato Blankson-Wood on Playing a Hamlet Who ‘Leads With Love’
The actor is starring in a modern-dress production of the play through Aug. 6 at the Delacorte Theater in Central…
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Read Your Way Through Maine
Reading and writing are deeply valued in Maine. The novelist Lily King recommends fiction, nature writing, memoirs, children’s books and…