Arts
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‘The Man From Toronto’ Review: Not So Clearly Canadian
There’s very little Toronto in “The Man From Toronto.” There’s the iconic CN Tower, visible only in a distant establishing…
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When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce
In 1969, when abortion was illegal in Illinois, an underground operation arose in Chicago. Officially called the Abortion Counseling Service…
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Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ Is His 11th No. 1 Album
A little over a week ago, Drake announced a surprise new album, “Honestly, Nevermind,” and released it online a few…
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A Grand Old Art Fair Returns, to a World That Has Changed
MAASTRICHT, the Netherlands — The European Fine Art Fair, known as TEFAF, was the international art market’s first major casualty…
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What’s on TV This Week: ‘Endangered’ and ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials…
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‘Bodies They Ritual’ Review: Plush Robes and Cults
The tapas party had not gone over well: “The food was so tiny,” the guest of honor, Faye, recalled. “And…
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Wagner’s Early Operas Shouldn’t Be Mere Curiosities
LEIPZIG, Germany — How quickly Richard Wagner changed his mind about “Rienzi,” his first successful opera. In his self-aggrandizing memoir,…
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Buck Ellison’s Great White Society
Their beery, blueblood inhibition hangs in the periwinkle dusk. The photograph shows the two DeVos brothers, scions of the Amway…
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The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England — A raucous party was underway in one of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s rehearsal rooms this month as…
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Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’
I’ve been watching gay television since Steven Carrington was a ’mo on “Dynasty.” I cried when a gay son died…