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• High School students attend creative arts conference at AC - abc7amarillo.com

  12-04-2019 23:57
  High School students attend creative arts conference at AC  abc7amarillo.comA creative arts conference for high school students in the Texas Panhandle took place Friday morning at Amarillo College. Around 400 students from area high ...
  
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• Durham School of the Arts students remember shop owner killed in explosion - CBS17.com

  12-04-2019 23:43
  Durham School of the Arts students remember shop owner killed in explosion  CBS17.comKong Lee, the owner of coffee shop Kaffeinate, was loved by many in the Bull City.
  
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• Jeff Middlebrook: Let's raise the bar with a performing arts center - Sierra Sun

  12-04-2019 23:30
  Jeff Middlebrook: Let's raise the bar with a performing arts center  Sierra SunI'm delighted to read in your paper that a much-welcomed performing arts center is being proposed for the greater Truckee area. Hopefully besides rock, blues, ...
  
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• Public invited to Savannah Cultural Arts Center opening - Savannah Morning News

  12-04-2019 23:22
  Public invited to Savannah Cultural Arts Center opening  Savannah Morning NewsCity officials are opening the doors to the public following the completion of the Savannah Cultural Arts Center, which was celebrated with a ribbon cutting ...
  
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• Innovative Arts Academy Charter School’s non-disparagement agreements keeping faculty quiet - Allentown Morning Call

  12-04-2019 23:15
  Innovative Arts Academy Charter School’s non-disparagement agreements keeping faculty quiet  Allentown Morning CallThe non-disparagement clauses tucked into severance agreements with former Innovative Arts Academy Charter School employees could have a chilling effect ...
  
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• At Coachella, the Real Action Is Happening Offstage

  12-04-2019 23:12 via nytimes.com
  New films by Donald Glover and Beyoncé and an Easter Sunday Service from Kanye West are competing for buzz this year.
  
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• Rain Cancels MAIN ST Arts Festival, Other Events Saturday - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

  12-04-2019 23:00
  Rain Cancels MAIN ST Arts Festival, Other Events Saturday  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthStrong to severe storms forecast for Saturday morning have a led to the cancellation of a few events planned for Saturday, including the MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts ...
  
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• 'Because Art Uplifts!': New York Foundation for the Arts Inducts Sanford Biggers, Karl Kellner, Min Jin Lee to Hall of Fame - - ARTnews

  12-04-2019 22:57
  'Because Art Uplifts!': New York Foundation for the Arts Inducts Sanford Biggers, Karl Kellner, Min Jin Lee to Hall of Fame -  ARTnewsThe New York Foundation for the Arts hosted its annual Hall of Fame benefit on Thursday night to honor fellowship recipients responsible for, as foundation ...
  
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• ‘Because Art Uplifts!’: New York Foundation for the Arts Inducts Sanford Biggers, Karl Kellner, Min Jin Lee to Hall of Fame

  12-04-2019 22:57 via artnews.com
  In a former bank in New York's Lower East Side, NYFA held its annual benefit.Read More
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• Mural Arts Philadelphia 19-story masterpiece - WPVI-TV

  12-04-2019 22:49
  Mural Arts Philadelphia 19-story masterpiece  WPVI-TVSouth African artist "Faith 47" will begin creating the mural this fall.
  
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• Here’s How Louisville Arts Leaders Plan To Diversify Their Industry - 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

  12-04-2019 22:42
  Here’s How Louisville Arts Leaders Plan To Diversify Their Industry  89.3 WFPL News LouisvilleSeveral Louisville arts leaders discussed how they're trying to make their organizations more diverse on WFPL's In Conversation.
  
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• Playhouse to transition into center for arts - Wicked Local

  12-04-2019 22:00
  Playhouse to transition into center for arts  Wicked LocalORLEANS – The historic Academy Playhouse at 120 Main St., is broadening its entertainment scope with an ambitious plan to redefine itself as “a center for the ...
  
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• ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Trailer: Watch Rey Prepare for Battle in Episode IX

  12-04-2019 21:41 via nytimes.com
  The new teaser trailer also showed the return of familiar characters like Leia Organa and Lando Calrissian.
  
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• Nonfiction: To Escape Her Grief, and Work Through It, an Author Starts Running

  12-04-2019 21:38 via nytimes.com
  After her father died, Katie Arnold became a marathon runner. Her luminous memoir, “Running Home,” explores why.
  
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• Arts and Ideas: April 14th, 2019 - WCAI

  12-04-2019 21:30
  Arts and Ideas: April 14th, 2019  WCAIJoin us Sunday night for Arts and Ideas. 7pm A Change of World : Poetry and the Women's Movement 8pm Mine Enemy : a moment in history after World War 2,
  
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• Anton Ginzburg at Helwaser Gallery, New York

  12-04-2019 21:16 via artnews.com
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• Arts Playlist: Gretchen Hupfel Symposium - Delaware First Media

  12-04-2019 21:01
  Arts Playlist: Gretchen Hupfel Symposium  Delaware First MediaThe Delaware Contemporary hosts the 2019 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium next month in Wilmington.
  
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• Annual auction to return to arts council - The Arenac County Independent

  12-04-2019 21:00
  Annual auction to return to arts council  The Arenac County IndependentA large array of items will be available for bid at this year's annual Northeast Michigan Arts Council Auction. Trevor Drew/Arenac County Independent.
  
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• San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: From Flower Art To Flower Crowns - KPBS

  12-04-2019 20:51
  San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: From Flower Art To Flower Crowns  KPBSThis weekend is all about flowers, whether it's the floral arrangements at Art Alive or the flower crowns at Coachella. Plus NPR's radio program “From the Top” is ...
  
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• Walker Arts District to celebrate new projects, ribbon cuttings ahead of 2nd Friday Art Walk - The Oklahoma Daily

  12-04-2019 20:15
  Walker Arts District to celebrate new projects, ribbon cuttings ahead of 2nd Friday Art Walk  The Oklahoma DailyMain Street will experience a full street closure for the first time during this month's 2nd Friday Art Walk to allow artists to install their project, Artful Inlets, along ...
  
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• Guggenheim Fellowships Go to 25 Winners in Fine Arts Plus Other Disciplines - - ARTnews

  12-04-2019 20:15
  Guggenheim Fellowships Go to 25 Winners in Fine Arts Plus Other Disciplines -  ARTnewsGuggenheim Fellowships have been awarded to 168 scholars, artists, and writers, with 25 winners in the category of Fine Arts plus others in Choreography, ...
  
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• Guggenheim Fellowships Go to 25 Winners in Fine Arts Plus Other Disciplines

  12-04-2019 20:15 via artnews.com
  Among the artists awarded are Carrie Yamaoka, Daniel Joseph Martinez, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña.Read More
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• My Space: A Tour of Ed Begley Jr.’s Kitchen in Los Angeles

  12-04-2019 20:12 via nytimes.com
  The actor and environmentalist has learned you can be both green and stylish.
  
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• A New Version of ‘Les Misérables’ Has Less Singing, More Misery

  12-04-2019 19:40 via nytimes.com
  A new six-part TV adaptation, debuting Sunday on PBS, hews much more closely to Victor Hugo’s often tragic novel than to the famous musical version.
  
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• The Breakout Star of the Met Opera’s ‘Ring’

  12-04-2019 19:39 via nytimes.com
  The Polish bass Tomasz Konieczny has made a stunning debut with the company as Alberich in Wagner’s four-opera cycle.
  
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• Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida Plans $38 M. Expansion

  12-04-2019 19:28 via artnews.com
  The proposed project would add 20,000 square feet for exhibitions and programming that prioritize digital technologies. Read More
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• The Playlist: BTS Expands Its Footprint, and 11 More New Songs

  12-04-2019 18:55 via nytimes.com
  Hear tracks by Yeasayer, Courtney Barnett, Omar Apollo and others.
  
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• Poetry: In ‘Magical Negro,’ Morgan Parker’s Poems Challenge White Ideas of Blackness

  12-04-2019 18:38 via nytimes.com
  Parker’s third collection provides its audience a space to celebrate black excellence and black joy as well as to commiserate about injustice.
  
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• Game of Thrones: Rewatching ‘Game of Thrones,’ Season 7: On Thin Ice

  12-04-2019 18:24 via nytimes.com
  “Thrones” returns for its final season on Sunday. Here are our takeaways from Season 7.
  
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• Critic’s Pick: Review: Stephen Petronio Pledges Allegiance to a Dance Lineage

  12-04-2019 18:24 via nytimes.com
  With Merce Cunningham’s playful “Tread” and Rudy Perez’s quiet, defiant “Coverage,” Bloodlines breathes new life into Mr. Petronio’s company.
  
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• Streaming Movie Review: ‘The Silence’ Review: Fleeing Winged Peril for a Quieter Place

  12-04-2019 18:10 via nytimes.com
  If “Bird Box” seemed like an ocular companion to the aural deprivation of “A Quiet Place,” this new film feels like a kind of prequel.
  
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• From the Archives: Robert Motherwell on the Significance of Joan Miró, in 1959

  12-04-2019 18:02 via artnews.com
  "I like everything about Miró," Motherwell writes. Read More
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• ‘The Lion King’ and Other Trailers That Raise Questions for Us

  12-04-2019 18:01 via nytimes.com
  The newest clip for the Disney remake includes hardly any music. Why? And why does the promo for “Anna” make it seem oddly familiar?
  
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• Review: A Refugee Journey Inspires a Musical Collaboration

  12-04-2019 17:57 via nytimes.com
  The filmmaker Khaled Jarrar and the composer Du Yun created “Where We Lost Our Shadows,” which was performed by the American Composers Orchestra.
  
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• 'Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle' makes its debut at Universal Studios Hollywood - Attractions Magazine

  12-04-2019 17:47
  'Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle' makes its debut at Universal Studios Hollywood  Attractions MagazineThe sinister new nighttime show, "Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle," has made its official debut at Universal Studios Hollywood.
  
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• Review: Absent 20 Years, a Conductor Rescues the Philharmonic

  12-04-2019 17:15 via nytimes.com
  On short notice, Simone Young returned to the New York Philharmonic on Thursday to fill in for an injured Jaap van Zweden in Mahler’s Sixth Symphony.
  
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• ‘Panda Diplomacy’: A $24 Million Zoo Enclosure Angers Some

  12-04-2019 17:08 via nytimes.com
  Copenhagen Zoo’s new enclosure in the shape of the yin and yang symbol is expected to attract thousands of visitors. But critics say it signals an overly cozy relationship with China.
  
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• As Funders Abandon Support for Jewish Arts and Culture, Nonprofits Are Closing - Inside Philanthropy

  12-04-2019 16:51
  As Funders Abandon Support for Jewish Arts and Culture, Nonprofits Are Closing  Inside PhilanthropyThere's a growing graveyard of now-defunct Jewish culture organizations which have died for want of sustaining financial support. Jewish arts leaders say their ...
  
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• University reverses controversial liberal arts cuts - Education Dive

  12-04-2019 16:23
  University reverses controversial liberal arts cuts  Education DiveThe University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is reversing a controversial downsizing plan announced in November that would have eliminated 13 majors and ...
  
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• The McNay's New Theater Arts Exhibition Invites Visitors to Take the Stage — and Even Tap Dance - San Antonio Current

  12-04-2019 16:04
  The McNay's New Theater Arts Exhibition Invites Visitors to Take the Stage — and Even Tap Dance  San Antonio CurrentArguably one of the most overlooked aspects of the McNay is the the museum's impressive Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts, which boasts more than 12,00o...
  
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• Habitat: Peter and Sally Saul in Studios in Upstate New York

  12-04-2019 16:00 via artnews.com
  Take a visit to the studios of the husband-and-wife artists. Read More
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• A Word With: With a Rebel Yell, Molly Shannon Claims Collusion

  12-04-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  She talks about playing the poet Emily Dickinson as an unlikely L.G.B.T.Q. hero and the sexist opposition that tried to silence her.
  
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• Over the Rhine's Fourth Annual Nowhere Else Music and Arts Festival to Feature James McMurtry, John Paul White, Leigh Nash and More - Cincinnati CityBeat

  12-04-2019 15:53
  Over the Rhine's Fourth Annual Nowhere Else Music and Arts Festival to Feature James McMurtry, John Paul White, Leigh Nash and More  Cincinnati CityBeatKarin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler of Over the RhinePhoto: Kylie WilkersonCincinnati music greats Over the Rhine have announced the lineup for their ...
  
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• Down to Middle-Earth at the Hobbit Rave: Morgan Library Throws Tolkien-Themed Party

  12-04-2019 15:30 via artnews.com
  The event was part of the exhibition “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth.” Read More
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• A Dark Playwright for Dark Times

  12-04-2019 15:24 via nytimes.com
  In recent seasons, Odon von Horvath has become one of the most performed playwrights in the German-speaking world. But who is he, and why is he so popular now?
  
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• Morning Links: Underpainting Edition

  12-04-2019 15:06 via artnews.com
  Here's what we're reading this morning.Read More
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• Critic’s Notebook: In ‘Us,’ the Tethered Lives That Prisoners Would Recognize

  12-04-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  The film’s underground characters and those behind bars share many conditions; the film in effect dramatizes the issues surrounding mass incarceration.
  
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• Festival of the Arts' 50th celebration poster made by renowned designer - MLive.com

  12-04-2019 14:55
  Festival of the Arts' 50th celebration poster made by renowned designer  MLive.comOne of the longest running festivals in Michigan, the festival is scheduled for June 7-9 in downtown Grand Rapids.
  
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• ‘Guava Island’ First Look: Childish Gambino’s Mystery Project With Rihanna Is Unveiled

  12-04-2019 14:06 via nytimes.com
  The first feature from the director Hiro Murai restages and remixes Gambino songs like “This Is America” and “Summertime Magic.”
  
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• Learning to Dance Merce Cunningham: Risk in Calm Containers

  12-04-2019 14:00 via nytimes.com
  For “Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event,” dancers from varied backgrounds take on Cunningham, a brain-and-body-teasing technique.
  
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