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• Why a Telecom Executive Is Buying Sotheby’s for $3.7 Billion

  17-06-2019 23:59 via nytimes.com
  Patrick Drahi’s acquisition of the auction house, which has recently struggled to turn a profit, will return it to private ownership after 31 years of being publicly traded.
  
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• Colorado arts organizations raked in more than $2M of federal grants in 2019 - The Denver Post

  17-06-2019 23:52 via denverpost.com
  Colorado arts organizations raked in more than $2M of federal grants in 2019  The Denver PostLovers of the arts, rejoice: the National Endowment for the Arts announced on May 21 it has awarded grants totaling $2797100 to 21 Colorado arts ...
  
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• Should Mecklenburg County shoppers pay more taxes for the arts? - Charlotte Observer

  17-06-2019 23:41 via charlotteobserver.com
  Should Mecklenburg County shoppers pay more taxes for the arts?  Charlotte ObserverArts groups will ask Mecklenburg County's board of commissioners on Tuesday to consider asking voters to approve or deny a proposal for a quarter-cent sales ...
  
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• Greensboro Arts Alliance Announces Mainstage Summer Season - Broadway World

  17-06-2019 23:25 via broadwayworld.com
  Greensboro Arts Alliance Announces Mainstage Summer Season  Broadway WorldGreensboro Arts Alliance and Residency (GAAR) in Greensboro, Vermont announces its 2019 Mainstage Summer Season, kicking off July 25-28.
  
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• The Jonas Brothers Have a No. 1 Album for the First Time in a Decade

  17-06-2019 23:20 via nytimes.com
  The group’s reunion album “Happiness Begins” opened big with help from a ticket bundle.
  
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• Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival delivers strong lineup and one-of-a-kind experience - Belmont Vision

  17-06-2019 23:09 via belmontvision.com
  Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival delivers strong lineup and one-of-a-kind experience  Belmont VisionFor the 18th year in a row, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival delivered a jam-packed four days of music, art, food and fun. Bonnaroo 2019. The 2019 lineup ...
  
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• Annual Recycled Arts Festival returns June 29-30 to Esther Short Park - clarkcountytoday.com

  17-06-2019 23:09 via clarkcountytoday.com
  Annual Recycled Arts Festival returns June 29-30 to Esther Short Park  clarkcountytoday.comThe Clark County Recycled Arts Festival is back this month for a 14th year, offering free fun for the whole family in Esther Short Park. The popular two-day event ...
  
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• ARTnews in Brief: New LACMA Trustees, Seven Days at the Whitney, and More—Week of June 17, 2019

  17-06-2019 23:06 via artnews.com
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• Arts for Autism Benefit Announces Full Lineup of Stars; Betsy Wolfe, Jelani Remy, and More - Broadway World

  17-06-2019 23:03 via broadwayworld.com
  Arts for Autism Benefit Announces Full Lineup of Stars; Betsy Wolfe, Jelani Remy, and More  Broadway WorldPart Broadway phenomenon, part educational experience and a night of inspiration; join three-time host and Tony Award winning legend Kelli O'Hara at the ...
  
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• J.J. Abrams Said to Be Near $500 Million Deal With WarnerMedia

  17-06-2019 22:56 via nytimes.com
  WarnerMedia will get a first look at projects developed by the media company run by Mr. Abrams and his wife, which made hits like “Star Trek Beyond.”
  
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• What 7 Visitors (and One Guard) Cherished on MoMA’s Closing Day

  17-06-2019 22:50 via nytimes.com
  They were drawn to the Big M’s: Monet, Matisse, Miró, and more.
  
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• Latinx Artists Explain Their Process

  17-06-2019 22:49 via nytimes.com
  These creative thinkers are incorporating family history and cultural heritage into their work.
  
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• One Square Mile: Arts District, Las Vegas, Nev., United States Guide - Washington Post

  17-06-2019 22:37 via washingtonpost.com
  One Square Mile: Arts District, Las Vegas, Nev., United States Guide  Washington PostVisiting the Arts District in Las Vegas? Check out bars, restaurants and sights between the Strip, downtown and Main Street.
  
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• Longview Museum of Fine Arts offers kids creative, artistic outlet during summer months - KLTV

  17-06-2019 22:34 via kltv.com
  Longview Museum of Fine Arts offers kids creative, artistic outlet during summer months  KLTVLONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Longview Museum of Fine Arts (LMFA) is offering a way for kids to beat the heat, learn some history about art, and make some really ...
  
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• Dinner, free movie Wednesday at Brewery Arts Center - Nevada Appeal

  17-06-2019 22:30 via nevadaappeal.com
  Dinner, free movie Wednesday at Brewery Arts Center  Nevada AppealEnjoy dinner and catch a free movie at the first Wheeled Food Wednesday at the Brewery Arts Center. The food truck event starts up again June 19 from 5:30-8.
  
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• Goodbye Yellow Lycra: See Elton John’s ‘Rocketman’ Looks Up Close

  17-06-2019 22:22 via nytimes.com
  The costume designer Julian Day didn’t simply copy the star’s outfits over the years (or those glasses — dozens of pairs were crafted for the film).
  
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• Kaspar Müller at Vleeshal, Middelburg, the Netherlands

  17-06-2019 22:17 via artnews.com
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• ‘Oh! Calcutta!’ at 50: Still Naked After All These Years

  17-06-2019 21:39 via nytimes.com
  John Lennon and Sam Shepard wrote sketches. The cast was unclothed. And it went on to a two-decade Broadway run. An oral history of one of theater’s unlikeliest hits.
  
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• Photos: Metro arts mural in Bettendorf aims to start conversation about climate change - Quad City Times

  17-06-2019 21:36 via qctimes.com
  Photos: Metro arts mural in Bettendorf aims to start conversation about climate change  Quad City TimesMetro Arts apprentice Izzi Fenner works on a portion of the Mississippi Mermaid mural in the 1800 block of Lincoln Road in Bettendorf Thursday. The mural ...
  
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• Gloria Vanderbilt, Fashion Designer and Maker of Lyrical Artworks, Dead at 95

  17-06-2019 21:30 via artnews.com
  The heiress and fashion designer created paintings, drawings, collages, and installations. Read More
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• Sixth annual Rock the Arts festival to take place in Rensselaer - Newsbug.info

  17-06-2019 21:28 via newsbug.info
  Sixth annual Rock the Arts festival to take place in Rensselaer  Newsbug.infoRENSSELAER — The city of Rensselaer's sixth annual Rock the Arts summer music and art festival will be held at Potawatomi Park on this coming Saturday, ...
  
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• Arts on The Green 2019 has moved to Sunapee - Concord Monitor

  17-06-2019 21:28 via concordmonitor.com
  Arts on The Green 2019 has moved to Sunapee  Concord MonitorBelmontHospitality DayBelmont High School recently went on a tour of area businesses to learn more about the hospitality industry and help with planning their ...
  
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• Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings - Seeing Red - Sherdog.com

  17-06-2019 21:25 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings - Seeing Red  Sherdog.comRumors of Rory MacDonald's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  
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• London arts get more money from private donations than rest of England combined - Yahoo News

  17-06-2019 21:11 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  London arts get more money from private donations than rest of England combined  Yahoo NewsPrivate investment in UK arts increased by about £40 million in a two-year period, with donations skewed towards organisations in London. The total investment ...
  
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• Marin social scene: Headlands Center for the Arts annual fundraiser - Marin Independent Journal

  17-06-2019 21:04 via marinij.com
  Marin social scene: Headlands Center for the Arts annual fundraiser  Marin Independent JournalHeadlands Center for the Arts raised more than $900,000 at its annual benefit art auction at the arts center in Sausalito. The event was attended by more than ...
  
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• Review: A One-Act Marathon Anchored by the Armageddon

  17-06-2019 21:00 via nytimes.com
  Plays in this Ensemble Studio Theater series include stories of the Second Coming told seven ways and two women in search of a hot duck.
  
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• Debra Messing Will Star in ‘Birthday Candles’ on Broadway

  17-06-2019 21:00 via nytimes.com
  The Roundabout Theater Company production, which follows a woman’s long life, marks the playwright Noah Haidle’s Broadway debut.
  
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• Filmmaker and Sarasota arts champion Len Gumley dies at 99 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

  17-06-2019 20:57 via heraldtribune.com
  Filmmaker and Sarasota arts champion Len Gumley dies at 99  Sarasota Herald-TribuneThe World War II glider pilot worked with John Wayne, Milton Berle and Edward R. Murrow during a varied career.
  
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• In ‘A Sand Book,’ Ariana Reines Finds Ecstasy in Chaos

  17-06-2019 20:56 via nytimes.com
  The writing in Reines’s new collection is queer and raunchy, raw and occult and vulnerable as she moves between worlds in search of the divine and the self.
  
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• When Gloria Vanderbilt Reviewed ‘Harriet the Spy’

  17-06-2019 20:27 via nytimes.com
  For a brief period in the mid-1960s, the author, artist and fashion designer was a children’s book critic for The Times.
  
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• Franco Zeffirelli Made Subtle, Striking Opera. Until He Exploded.

  17-06-2019 20:23 via nytimes.com
  The director, an unabashed emperor of extravagance, forgot what he once knew: Opera can be deep drama.
  
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• Mingo Kitchen & Lounge Mexican restaurant closes in the Arts District - Eater Vegas

  17-06-2019 20:00 via vegas.eater.com
  Mingo Kitchen & Lounge Mexican restaurant closes in the Arts District  Eater VegasMingo Kitchen & Lounge, the Mexican restaurant in the Arts District from executive chef Robert Solano, George Harris, and Mingo Collaso, closed over the ...
  
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• Photos: South Shore Art Center's Arts Festival draws many to Cohasset - Wicked Local Cohasset

  17-06-2019 19:54 via cohasset.wickedlocal.com
  Photos: South Shore Art Center's Arts Festival draws many to Cohasset  Wicked Local CohassetThe 64th annual South Shore Art Center's annual Arts Festival was held on the Cohasset Common on Saturday, June 15. The event drew many to the town's ...
  
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• Cohasset plays host to 64th annual South Shore Art Center Arts Festival - Wicked Local

  17-06-2019 19:54 via cohasset.wickedlocal.com
  Cohasset plays host to 64th annual South Shore Art Center Arts Festival  Wicked LocalThe 64th annual South Shore Art Center's annual Arts Festival was held on the Cohasset Common on Saturday, June 15. The event drew many to the town's ...
  
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• Sawtooth School of Visual Arts' new director eyes stability - Triad Business Journal

  17-06-2019 19:52 via bizjournals.com
  Sawtooth School of Visual Arts' new director eyes stability  Triad Business JournalWith a new executive director in place and its 75 year anniversary approaching in 2020, the Sawtooth School for Visual Art in Winston-Salem is plugging along.
  
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• Comics That Capture the City in All Its Human and Physical Messiness

  17-06-2019 19:42 via nytimes.com
  In her Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new works from Mark Alan Stamaty and Jaime Hernandez that each grapple with urban existence.
  
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• A Literary Detective Returns to Find Trouble in the Country Club Set

  17-06-2019 19:37 via nytimes.com
  Human trafficking lies somewhere beneath the polite socializing in Kate Atkinson’s latest Jackson Brodie mystery, “Big Sky.”
  
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• Martin Roth, Artist Who Nurtured Living Organisms, Is Dead at 41

  17-06-2019 19:33 via artnews.com
  He cared for snails in a sculpture and once released a goldfish at the Met. Read More
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• Photos: 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Fashion - Sidelines Online

  17-06-2019 19:30 via mtsusidelines.com
  Photos: 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Fashion  Sidelines OnlinePhotos by Tiffany Brady/MTSU Seigenthaler News *Service*. Bright colors, glitter and fashion, oh my! Attendees showcased their festival fashion this past ...
  
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• Bill Cosby’s Father’s Day Tweet Using ‘America’s Dad’ Yields Outrage

  17-06-2019 19:22 via nytimes.com
  The entertainer, who is serving a prison sentence for sexual assault, asked to send out the message for the holiday, his spokesman said.
  
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• 'Pop' goes the rocket: Arts Fest workshop to ignite kids' curiosity in STEM - Penn State News

  17-06-2019 19:18 via news.psu.edu
  'Pop' goes the rocket: Arts Fest workshop to ignite kids' curiosity in STEM  Penn State NewsFestival-goers are invited to make pop rockets July 13 at Penn State's Art of Discovery booth at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The workshop is ...
  
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• 9 Art Events to Attend in New York: Titus Kaphar, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Antonio Ramos, and More

  17-06-2019 19:06 via artnews.com
  A guide to the next seven days. Read More
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• River to River arts festival starts this week - Tribeca Citizen

  17-06-2019 19:05 via tribecacitizen.com
  River to River arts festival starts this week  Tribeca CitizenThe Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's annual festival of the arts downtown starts July 18 and has events and installations running through June 29. All events ...
  
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• ‘Hillary and Clinton’ to End Broadway Run Early

  17-06-2019 18:58 via nytimes.com
  Lucas Hnath’s play about a familiar-sounding power couple will wrap up on June 23.
  
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• Sceptre Brewing Arts open in Oakhurst - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  17-06-2019 18:40 via ajc.com
  Sceptre Brewing Arts open in Oakhurst  Atlanta Journal ConstitutionSceptre Brewing Arts will open to the public in “soft open” mode from 5 p.m.-midnight at 630 East Lake Drive in Oakhurst, in the space previously occupied by ...
  
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• Head to Revelers Hall in the Bishop Arts District for Live Music - D Magazine

  17-06-2019 18:30 via dmagazine.com
  Head to Revelers Hall in the Bishop Arts District for Live Music  D MagazineCorey McCombs, Jason Roberts, and Amy Cowan set out to capture the essence of New Orleans with Revelers Hall, which opened this past March in the Bishop ...
  
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• Springfield, Mass., School District Hires An Arts Teacher For Every Building - New England Public Radio

  17-06-2019 18:18 via nepr.net
  Springfield, Mass., School District Hires An Arts Teacher For Every Building  New England Public RadioStarting next year, every student in Springfield, Massachusetts, public schools will receive art and music instruction.
  
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• The Baltimore Symphony, Seeking Cuts, Locks Out Its Musicians

  17-06-2019 18:11 via nytimes.com
  The orchestra wants to give its musicians fewer weeks of work. The players say that will affect quality.
  
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• Table Talk: Glacier Confection closes original location in Tulsa Arts District - Tulsa World

  17-06-2019 18:08 via tulsaworld.com
  Table Talk: Glacier Confection closes original location in Tulsa Arts District  Tulsa WorldIt is consolidating operations at its Glacier Bean to Bar store, also in the Tulsa Arts District.
  
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• Some Greeley artists are making a career out of the growing arts and crafts industry - Greeley Tribune

  17-06-2019 18:00 via greeleytribune.com
  Some Greeley artists are making a career out of the growing arts and crafts industry  Greeley TribuneThe arts and crafts industry has come a long way over the past few years. No longer are craft shows dominated by retired people selling quilts, outdoor spinners ...
  
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