Arts
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In Harlem, a Playful New Youth Center Is an Instant Landmark
Filled with light, the cozy headquarters of the Brotherhood Sister Sol is designed to tell children “they matter.”
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When Freedom Meant the Freedom to Oppress Others
Jefferson Cowie’s powerful and sobering new history, “Freedom’s Dominion,” traces the close association between the rhetoric of liberty in an…
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A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’
This new collection from Britain’s Daily Telegraph is full of oddballs, mavericks and cranks.
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How We Saw the Arts This Year
These are the images that defined a remarkable time across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance.
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Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation
A Broadway musical version of the Billy Wilder film finds exhilarating new ways to make the gender comedy sing.
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Review: In ‘Folds,’ Caught Between Laughter and Grief
Ivy Baldwin’s defiant and poignant work for four dancers at the Chocolate Factory Theater is the outcome of deeply considered…
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Review: Ailey Rages in ‘Survivors’ and Finds Humor in ‘Roy’s Joys’
At Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s current season at New York City Center, Twyla Tharp’s insouciance shines through, while anger…
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Indigenous Founders of a Museum Cafe Put Repatriation on the Menu
Two chefs celebrate the culture of the Ohlone people at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley, which is seeking…
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Review: The Rising Star of Conducting Arrives in New York
Klaus Mäkelä, a young yet already accomplished maestro, made his New York Philharmonic debut with a performance that prioritized clarity.
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Judd Hirsch Can Tell You a Story or Three. ‘The Fabelmans’ Is Just the Latest.
The veteran actor has been singled out for his rousing performance in Steven Spielberg’s drama. It’s the latest chapter in…