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• Warren Adler, ‘The War of the Roses’ Author, Is Dead at 91

  19-04-2019 23:59 via nytimes.com
  A late-blooming novelist, he had his greatest success with a comedy about a couple in a domestic free-for-all. It became a hit movie.
  
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• Kimball Arts Center Exhibit Opens With Tribute To Chinese Railroad Workers - KPCW

  19-04-2019 23:55
  Kimball Arts Center Exhibit Opens With Tribute To Chinese Railroad Workers  KPCWThe Kimball Arts Center is partnering with cultural institutions throughout the state to celebrate the completion of the nation's first transcontinental.
  
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• Arts and Education Council Announces PNC Program Grants, New Board Member - Broadway World

  19-04-2019 23:47
  Arts and Education Council Announces PNC Program Grants, New Board Member  Broadway WorldThe Arts and Education Council announced today that 15 organizations have been awarded a total of $40000 in PNC Program Grants today to help strengthen ...
  
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• A year after rejection, group behind proposed Worcester arts school has new hope - Worcester Telegram

  19-04-2019 23:34
  A year after rejection, group behind proposed Worcester arts school has new hope  Worcester TelegramWORCESTER – After being rejected by the district last year, a group proposing to open a new, unconventional school within the public system felt its plan might ...
  
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• Sandusky students perform in arts showcase - Sandusky Register

  19-04-2019 23:19
  Sandusky students perform in arts showcase  Sandusky RegisterSANDUSKY — Kiara Ditwiler grew to appreciate art in the past five months. In her after-school art classes, the Venice Heights Elementary third-grader learned ...
  
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• Nonfiction: Why Did We Fight the Iraq War?

  19-04-2019 23:07 via nytimes.com
  Michael J. Mazarr’s “Leap of Faith” argues that the tragedy was the result of a missionary impulse and wishful thinking.
  
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• Rowayton Arts Center offers new adult ‘Intro to Painting’ class - Thehour.com

  19-04-2019 23:06
  Rowayton Arts Center offers new adult ‘Intro to Painting’ class  Thehour.comThe Rowayton Arts Center in Norwalk is offering a new adult class, “Intro to Painting,” on Mondays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, beginning May 6. This class has been ...
  
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• Podcast Review: Michael Lewis Enters the Podcasting Game With ‘Against the Rules’

  19-04-2019 22:24 via nytimes.com
  Lewis’s seven-part series examines our relationship to authority and to regulation — our mistrust of them and, in some cases, our full-throated hostility toward them.
  
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• DMACC creates new school of fine arts named after Simon Estes - Des Moines Register

  19-04-2019 22:17
  DMACC creates new school of fine arts named after Simon Estes  Des Moines RegisterThe Simon Estes School of Fine Arts will include expanded music and theater programs and is expected to grow to include more offerings in future years.
  
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• Liberal Arts student marshal finds success by leaning on faith and academics - Penn State News

  19-04-2019 22:15
  Liberal Arts student marshal finds success by leaning on faith and academics  Penn State NewsSchreyer Scholar Matthew Dabiero will represent the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences as a student marshal at the spring commencement ...
  
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• Mary Sibande at Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York

  19-04-2019 22:13 via artnews.com
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• Longtime director of Quinlan Visual Arts Center will leave in September - Gainesville Times

  19-04-2019 22:02
  Longtime director of Quinlan Visual Arts Center will leave in September  Gainesville TimesAmanda McClure, executive director of the Quinlan Visual Arts Center, will be leaving in September after 15 years with the Quinlan.
  
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• What They Left Behind: Legacies of the Recently Departed

  19-04-2019 21:58 via nytimes.com
  Some gems from the life’s work of people remembered in obituaries in The New York Times.
  
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• Popcast: Is Billie Eilish the Future of Pop?

  19-04-2019 21:30 via nytimes.com
  The 17-year-old musician has been revising the rules of young stardom. But she may be more of a classicist than her aesthetic would suggest.
  
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• Youth honored for talent at West Side Fine Arts Competition - The Herald Journal

  19-04-2019 21:23
  Youth honored for talent at West Side Fine Arts Competition  The Herald JournalThe 20th Annual West Side Fine Arts Competition was held on April 18.
  
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• Critic’s Pick: Review: You’ll Never Dance Alone (a Solo)

  19-04-2019 21:16 via nytimes.com
  Mariana Valencia’s autobiographical solo reminds us we are products of our communities and histories, songs we’ve heard and dances we’ve learned.
  
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• Arts district mural contest deadline extends until May 3 - Oak Ridger

  19-04-2019 21:13
  Arts district mural contest deadline extends until May 3  Oak RidgerThe Columbia Arts Council is seeking an artist to create an iconic logo for the city's arts district, something that will create a lasting identity for years to come.
  
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• Focused on Fitness: Learning mixed martial arts outdoors - WJTV

  19-04-2019 21:01
  Focused on Fitness: Learning mixed martial arts outdoors  WJTVWJTV is focused on fitness throughout the month of April. WJTV 12's Shay O'Connor brought her sidekick DeAngelo Marquise for a quick workout with a master ...
  
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• Critic’s Pick: Review: ‘Bosch’ Is Back, Still on the Straight and Narrow

  19-04-2019 21:00 via nytimes.com
  The Amazon series based on Michael Connelly’s Los Angeles detective novels returns for a fifth season of unadorned police work.
  
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• San Antonio’s Ruby City Museum Announces Inaugural Shows for October

  19-04-2019 20:44 via artnews.com
  The new institution is devoted to holdings of the late artist and collector Linda Pace.Read More
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• From the Archives: Dorothea Tanning’s Power to Induce Strange Dreams

  19-04-2019 20:40 via artnews.com
  "Her paint film has a thin shimmering brilliance, like an evening gown," Lawrence Alloway wrote in 1955. Read More
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• San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: 'Cats' And Comics - KPBS

  19-04-2019 20:16
  San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: 'Cats' And Comics  KPBSTwo modern comedy greats visit San Diego this weekend: Ali Wong and Marc Maron. Plus the musical "Cats" is back with new staging and costumes.
  
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• The Playlist: Madonna Dreams Up Her Next Era, and 11 More New Songs

  19-04-2019 20:13 via nytimes.com
  Hear tracks by Mavis Staples, Sheryl Crow and Johnny Cash, Wynton Marsalis and others.
  
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• Fine Arts Library service to be interrupted May 20-Aug. 5 - Cornell Chronicle

  19-04-2019 20:11
  Fine Arts Library service to be interrupted May 20-Aug. 5  Cornell ChronicleIn preparation for the Aug. 5 opening of the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, selected fine arts materials will not be available from May 20 to Aug. 5. Library patrons are ...
  
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• Topeka Performing Arts director planning community shelter for local disasters - KSNT News

  19-04-2019 19:58
  Topeka Performing Arts director planning community shelter for local disasters  KSNT NewsA Topeka leader wants to bring Hurricane Katrina-styled emergency shelters to the capital city.
  
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• 41st Michaywé Arts and Crafts Fair returns Aug. 9-10 - Petoskey News-Review

  19-04-2019 19:37
  41st Michaywé Arts and Crafts Fair returns Aug. 9-10  Petoskey News-ReviewGAYLORD — It's a great summer event when the Michaywé Owners Association and its volunteers host the annual Michaywé Arts & Crafts Fair for two ...
  
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• Arts & Science Center honors volunteers at awards night - Pine Bluff Commercial

  19-04-2019 19:27
  Arts & Science Center honors volunteers at awards night  Pine Bluff CommercialThe Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas honored dedicated volunteers with an awards presentation and reception at the 2019 Volunteer Night on ...
  
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• Following Controversy Over Pro-Refugee Message, Olu Oguibe’s Documenta 14 Obelisk Returns to Kassel, Germany

  19-04-2019 19:24 via artnews.com
  The work was removed from the Königsplatz last year, where it had been displayed during the show. Read More
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• Review: A Composer’s Redacted Music and Raucous Noise

  19-04-2019 19:18 via nytimes.com
  Two of David T. Little’s politically charged instrumental works were the halves of a Composer Portrait concert at Miller Theater on Thursday.
  
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• Juice WRLD, the Young Rapper, Confronts Death at a Brooklyn Cemetery

  19-04-2019 19:07 via nytimes.com
  Catacombs, famous headstones and a place to deposit secrets. “What is this?” he said. “The gates of Hell?”
  
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• Fiction: A Suspicious Death Exposes Painful Fissures in a Mojave Desert Town

  19-04-2019 19:00 via nytimes.com
  In “The Other Americans,” a powerful new novel by Laila Lalami, a diverse group of citizens are forced to question their beliefs and allegiances after a Moroccan immigrant is killed.
  
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• ‘A Momentous Weekend’: LACMA’s High-Stakes Collectors Committee Event Raises $2.4 M., Acquires Eight Works

  19-04-2019 18:54 via artnews.com
  Ryan Seacrest, Elaine Wynn, Jane and Marc Nathanson, and Steve Tisch were among those on hand to cast votes on new acquisitions. Read More
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• Amy Schumer, Ali Wong and the Rise of Pregnant Stand-Up

  19-04-2019 18:35 via nytimes.com
  Doing stand-up while pregnant used to be frowned upon. Today you can spot babies on the way on comedy club stages, late-night shows and television specials.
  
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• NorthWind Fine Arts Juried Show Set For May - - Adirondack Almanack

  19-04-2019 18:04
  NorthWind Fine Arts Juried Show Set For May -  Adirondack AlmanackNorthWind Fine Arts is set to host a reception for its 6th Annual Juried Art Show on Friday May 10, 2019, from 5 to 7 pm. The show features the work of artists ...
  
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• Mission schools look to boost fine arts - Monitor

  19-04-2019 18:03
  Mission schools look to boost fine arts  MonitorThe Mission school district plans to shift toward integrating and emphasizing fine arts into their current curriculum for students at Salinas Elementary. The school ...
  
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• Universal's 'Dark Arts at Hogwarts' Show is Huge and Impressive – See a Patronus Spell Created With Drones - /FILM

  19-04-2019 18:00
  Universal's 'Dark Arts at Hogwarts' Show is Huge and Impressive – See a Patronus Spell Created With Drones  /FILMWatch a view and read a review for Dark Arts at Hogwarts, the new nighttime projection-mapping light show at Universal Studios Hollywood.
  
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• Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities To Host "Artists in Bloom" Showcase - Greenville

  19-04-2019 17:59
  Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities To Host "Artists in Bloom" Showcase  GreenvilleFor the fifth year, TD Bank will present “Artists in Bloom,” a fundraising event benefitting the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities ...
  
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• Nia Vardalos to Discuss TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS Today on Arts in Review - Broadway World

  19-04-2019 17:55
  Nia Vardalos to Discuss TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS Today on Arts in Review  Broadway WorldOn Apr, 19, Julio welcomes welcomes Academy Award-nominated writer and actress Nia Vardalos, who will reprise the role of Sugar for the Pasadena ...
  
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• At-risk middle school students have new center for arts, academic programs - Sun Sentinel

  19-04-2019 17:55
  At-risk middle school students have new center for arts, academic programs  Sun SentinelMilagro Center, which provides after-school programs centered around cultural arts and academic performance for underserved, at-risk youth in Delray Beach, ...
  
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• Grimm Gallery Names Kat Sapera as Director

  19-04-2019 17:44 via artnews.com
  She most recently worked as director of Timothy Taylor in London. Read More
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• ‘Kalank’ Review: A Bollywood Love Story in the Shadow of Partition

  19-04-2019 17:38 via nytimes.com
  Abhishek Varman’s maximalist melodrama delivers spectacle (some of it mind-numbing) but fails to tell a gripping story.
  
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• College of Fine Arts Dean Candidate Campus Visit Dates - Webster University Newsroom

  19-04-2019 17:26
  College of Fine Arts Dean Candidate Campus Visit Dates  Webster University NewsroomThe search committee for the dean of the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the dates for the campus visits of four final candidates.
  
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• Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation to Present Competition Finals - Noozhawk

  19-04-2019 17:25
  Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation to Present Competition Finals  NoozhawkTwelve accomplished vocalists and instrumentalists will vie for cash prizes as finalists in the 2019 Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation competition at ...
  
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• Pole Dancing Without Nudity or G-Strings. Just Express Yourself

  19-04-2019 17:14 via nytimes.com
  The curious hybrid of art, sport, exotic dance and fitness craze has developed a mainstream following but “it’s still a little naughty.”
  
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• Cleveland Arts listings for April 19-25: Stephane Deneve conducts the Cleveland Orchestra & More - cleveland.com

  19-04-2019 17:10
  Cleveland Arts listings for April 19-25: Stephane Deneve conducts the Cleveland Orchestra & More  cleveland.comCleveland arts calendar for Northeast Ohio for April 19-25.
  
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• World-class pianist to perform at Hastings Arts Center - Hastings Star Gazette

  19-04-2019 17:00
  World-class pianist to perform at Hastings Arts Center  Hastings Star GazetteNext week, the Hastings Arts Center will host two events around world-class pianist, Mariki Bournaki. Bournaki is the subject of a documentary, "I am not a ...
  
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• ‘When They See Us’ Trailer: Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five Mini-Series Features Felicity Huffman

  19-04-2019 17:00 via nytimes.com
  The actress who pleaded guilty in the college admissions scandal plays the D.A. The powerful trailer also stars Michael K. Williams and John Leguizamo.
  
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• Museum of Modern Art Appoints Beverly Adams as Curator of Latin American Art

  19-04-2019 17:00 via artnews.com
  She joins the museum on September 1, leaving her post at the Blanton Museum of Art in Texas.Read More
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• APSU's Barry Jones named dean of College of Arts and Letters - Clarksville Now

  19-04-2019 17:00
  APSU's Barry Jones named dean of College of Arts and Letters  Clarksville NowBy Charles Booth, APSU. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Barry Jones, former chair of the APSU Department of Art + Design, was recently named ...
  
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• Preview: Longtime Festival of Arts mixes new and familiar in downtown Oklahoma City - NewsOK.com

  19-04-2019 16:58
  Preview: Longtime Festival of Arts mixes new and familiar in downtown Oklahoma City  NewsOK.comAn abbreviated version of this story appears in Friday's Weekend Life section of The Oklahoman. *Fresh* flair: Downtown Festival of the Arts sprinkles in new ...
  
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