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• ‘It’s Just the Beginning’: Art World Responds to Warren B. Kanders’s Resignation from Whitney Board

  26-07-2019 23:11 via artnews.com
  Andrea Fraser, Martha Rosler, Dan Cameron, and more discuss the controversial board member's departure—and what comes next. Read More
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• Why the ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Author Returned to Prison

  26-07-2019 22:44 via nytimes.com
  Piper Kerman, whose experiences and memoir inspired the Netflix prison dramedy, now works with inmates in correctional facilities.
  
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• Once Upon a Time … Sharon Tate Wasn’t Defined by Her Death

  26-07-2019 22:04 via nytimes.com
  The up-and-coming actress, who was murdered at age 26 by Manson family members, was in “Valley of the Dolls” and “The Wrecking Crew.”
  
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• Appalachian Arts Alliance Opening ArtStation in Hazard - WEKU

  26-07-2019 22:02 via weku.fm
  Appalachian Arts Alliance Opening ArtStation in Hazard  WEKUThe Appalachian Arts Alliance is close to opening the doors on their ArtStation in downtown Hazard. The space will be used for arts education and creating.
  
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• Review: Is Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Douglas’ Stand-Up? Theater? Yes, Please.

  26-07-2019 22:00 via nytimes.com
  A follow-up to the startling and divisive “Nanette” is just as startling and probably just as divisive.
  
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• Tavares to educate voters on possible performing arts center - Daily Commercial

  26-07-2019 21:36 via dailycommercial.com
  Tavares to educate voters on possible performing arts center  Daily CommercialTAVARES — The fate of a proposed $27 million Performing Arts Center and adjoining parking garage in downtown Tavares is in voters' hands, and officials ...
  
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• Four Wall Street Bankers Are Stuck in an Elevator — and It’s No Joke

  26-07-2019 21:19 via nytimes.com
  In Megan Goldin’s debut thriller, “The Escape Room,” cutthroat colleagues must figure out how to get out of an escape room and save their lives.
  
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• After Investigation, Neil deGrasse Tyson Will Keep His Job

  26-07-2019 21:15 via nytimes.com
  Dr. Tyson was accused of sexual misconduct. The American Museum of Natural History said he would remain director of the Hayden Planetarium.
  
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• ‘Till’ Brings a Tragedy to Life

  26-07-2019 21:02 via nytimes.com
  The New York Music Festival production tells the story of the summer when Emmett Till was murdered.
  
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• The Case for Keeping San Francisco’s Disputed George Washington Murals

  26-07-2019 20:58 via nytimes.com
  Exposure to art — even uncomfortable art — is healthy, stimulating, and worthy of students’ debate.
  
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• Here’s What Boris Johnson’s Election Means for the Arts, From Dwindling Cultural Funding to the Impact of a No-Deal Brexit - artnet News

  26-07-2019 20:36 via news.artnet.com
  Here’s What Boris Johnson’s Election Means for the Arts, From Dwindling Cultural Funding to the Impact of a No-Deal Brexit  artnet NewsAs Boris Johnson makes a no-deal Brexit his government's top priority, arts workers are concerned about the future of culture in the UK.
  
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• Review: A New ‘Tannhäuser’ Brings Burger King to Bayreuth

  26-07-2019 20:19 via nytimes.com
  With a drag queen and lowbrow pop culture, a rambunctious production transports Wagner’s opera to the present.
  
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• Omaha Performing Arts pulls the plug on one production, subs in another - Omaha World-Herald

  26-07-2019 20:15 via omaha.com
  Omaha Performing Arts pulls the plug on one production, subs in another  Omaha World-Herald'Margaritaville' musical to replace 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' at the Orpheum next season.
  
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• Santa Ana Arts Collective to host workshops to teach artists how to apply for affordable housing - Los Angeles Times

  26-07-2019 20:06 via latimes.com
  Santa Ana Arts Collective to host workshops to teach artists how to apply for affordable housing  Los Angeles TimesMeta Housing Corp. is nearly done transforming a five-story building on 17th and Main streets into the Santa Ana Arts Collective, and workshops on how artists ...
  
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• ‘Maze’ Review: Virtuoso Street Dance Sends Blurry Message

  26-07-2019 19:52 via nytimes.com
  This dance-theater work at the Shed shows off the brilliance of its dancers, but they founder for lack of direction.
  
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• Review: ‘The Boys’ Deconstructs the Superhero, With a Light Touch

  26-07-2019 19:51 via nytimes.com
  The team behind “Preacher” brings a new comic-book adaptation to Amazon Prime Video. It’s sort of like “Watchmen” with jokes.
  
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• 50 States of True Crime

  26-07-2019 19:30 via nytimes.com
  Every state has an infamous crime — and a book about it.
  
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• Lincoln Park Music Festival Transforming Neighboorhood To Arts and Cultural District - wbgo.org

  26-07-2019 19:26 via wbgo.org
  Lincoln Park Music Festival Transforming Neighboorhood To Arts and Cultural District  wbgo.orgThis year's Lincoln Park Music Festival takes place this weekend in Newark. The festival now in it's 14th year has grown to become the largest in the state.
  
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• San Francisco Should Not Destroy its Controversial Murals

  26-07-2019 19:04 via nytimes.com
  Exposure to art — even uncomfortable art — is healthy, stimulating, and worthy of students’ debate.
  
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• The Playlist: The Unstoppable ‘Old Town Road,’ and 11 More New Songs

  26-07-2019 18:59 via nytimes.com
  Hear tracks by King Princess, Rick Ross and Drake, Four Tet and others.
  
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• Ohio Arts Council supports Marion County arts with $75,000 - Marion Star

  26-07-2019 18:45 via marionstar.com
  Ohio Arts Council supports Marion County arts with $75,000  Marion StarMARION - The Ohio Arts Council Board recently approved more than $14.7 million in grants to Ohio artists and organizations statewide. Approximately $74,801 ...
  
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• How Many Streams Is a T-Shirt Worth? Breaking Down Chart Dilemmas.

  26-07-2019 17:56 via nytimes.com
  There’s more data about music consumption than ever before. That doesn’t mean we understand who’s the most popular.
  
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• The Mostly Mozart Festival, Without Mozart

  26-07-2019 17:53 via nytimes.com
  Lincoln Center’s summer festival shows its newfound variety, with five programs in two days and no music by its headliner.
  
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• ‘She Always Looked Out for Us’: the Glamorous Patron of Stablehands

  26-07-2019 17:25 via nytimes.com
  The death of Marylou Whitney, doyenne of the horse racing world, was keenly felt among the workers on Saratoga’s backstretch.
  
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• Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival in Columbus Circle this weekend - WSYR

  26-07-2019 17:10 via localsyr.com
  Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival in Columbus Circle this weekend  WSYRSYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival is taking place at Columbus Circle this weekend and it all starts at 10 a.m. on Friday.
  
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• Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen announces fall class schedule - Henrico Citizen

  26-07-2019 16:44 via henricocitizen.com
  Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen announces fall class schedule  Henrico CitizenRegistration is now open for The Cultural Arts Center's new fall semester, which features a variety of classes for all ages and abilities. Prices start at $25.
  
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• Arts Education Implementation Grants - Youth Today

  26-07-2019 16:43 via youthtoday.org
  Arts Education Implementation Grants  Youth TodayWe Welcome Your Comments GRANT FOCUS: Arts, Arts Education, Early Childhood Education, Youth Development Amount: Unspecified Deadline: Oct. 31, ...
  
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• Market Bleu Artisan Night Market Comes to the Contemporary Arts Center - Cincinnati CityBeat

  26-07-2019 16:31 via citybeat.com
  Market Bleu Artisan Night Market Comes to the Contemporary Arts Center  Cincinnati CityBeatThis quarterly market takes over the CAC with a selection of makers and fine artists.
  
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• Down but Not Out: Fiction Filled With Second Chances

  26-07-2019 16:22 via nytimes.com
  Three new novels trace the experiences of a sad sack bachelor, a lonely gardener and three women with ties to a home for “fallen” young ladies.
  
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• What Goes Into This Minute of Tap

  26-07-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Caleb Teicher talks about a sequence in “Bzzz,” with seven dancers and the beatboxer Chris Celiz.
  
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• Solace and Salvation in the Marvel Universe, at 12 Cents a Comic Book

  26-07-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  How Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Stan Lee shaped one boy’s life at a time when his family was in deep distress.
  
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• Painted on the Cave Wall, an Image of Modern Life

  26-07-2019 15:14 via nytimes.com
  An exhibition in Paris juxtaposes tools, fossils and Cro-Magnon skulls with works of modern and contemporary art.
  
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• Turmoil on the Whitney Board, a Fake Presidential Seal, Robert Mapplethorpe, and More: Morning Links from July 26, 2019

  26-07-2019 15:00 via artnews.com
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• Electronic Arts and NFL Announce EA SPORTS Madden NFL 20 Championship Series - Yahoo Finance

  26-07-2019 15:00 via finance.yahoo.com
  Electronic Arts and NFL Announce EA SPORTS Madden NFL 20 Championship Series  Yahoo FinanceNew Competitive Format Directly Connects to the NFL Season with All 32 NFL Clubs Represented; Pizza Hut and SNICKERS® Announced as Sponsors.
  
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• Brett Whiteley Partied with Bob Dylan. Now His Life Is an Opera.

  26-07-2019 14:21 via nytimes.com
  The Australian artist, a 1960s sensation, is at the center of an effort by Opera Australia to draw younger audiences.
  
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• Artists Explore Materials' Second Lives at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai - - ARTnews

  26-07-2019 14:00 via artnews.com
  Artists Explore Materials' Second Lives at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai -  ARTnewsToday's show: The group exhibition “Second Hand” is on view at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai through Saturday, November 23. The show features works, ...
  
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• Artists Explore Materials’ Second Lives at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai

  26-07-2019 14:00 via artnews.com
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• Angela Bassett Proves Who’s Queen in ‘Otherhood’

  26-07-2019 14:00 via nytimes.com
  She talks about her new Netflix movie — and the recent travails of her co-star Felicity Huffman.
  
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• How Thor Transforms in ‘Avengers: Endgame’

  26-07-2019 13:05 via nytimes.com
  The directors Anthony and Joe Russo discuss a scene with a lackadaisical, beer-guzzling Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth.
  
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• Center for the Arts to highlight Rattlers, Crane Wives - Petoskey News-Review

  26-07-2019 13:00 via petoskeynews.com
  Center for the Arts to highlight Rattlers, Crane Wives  Petoskey News-ReviewBAY HARBOR — A now annual tradition in Bay Harbor will continue to feature two regional bands this year with the Great Lakes Center for the Arts Great Lakes ...
  
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• ‘Avengers: Endgame’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  26-07-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Anthony and Joe Russo narrate a sequence from their film featuring Chris Hemsworth.
  
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• Why the ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Author Went Back to Prison

  26-07-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Piper Kerman, whose experiences and memoir inspired the Netflix prison dramedy, now works with inmates in correctional facilities.
  
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• Argyros Center to present The Mystical Arts of Tibet - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

  26-07-2019 12:00 via mtexpress.com
  Argyros Center to present The Mystical Arts of Tibet  Idaho Mountain Express and GuideTibetan arts and culture will come to the Wood River Valley for five days this summer, July 30-Aug. 3. People are invited to join the Drepung Loseling monks as ...
  
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• How Did We Get From Compassionate Conservatism to the Party of Trump?

  26-07-2019 11:58 via nytimes.com
  Tim Alberta speaks to us about “American Carnage,” his gripping new account of the Republican Party.
  
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• Learn about dogs, birds and bees at Nature and Arts Festival: 39 free things to do July 26-28 - PennLive.com

  26-07-2019 11:49 via expo.pennlive.com
  Learn about dogs, birds and bees at Nature and Arts Festival: 39 free things to do July 26-28  PennLive.comHoney bees are one of the many topics to be discussed at the Ned Smith Center's Nature and Arts Festival on Saturday, July 27. (Dan Gleiter, PennLive, June ...
  
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• We Asked 13 Novelists, From Lee Child to Ruth Ware, ‘What’s the Best Murder You Ever Wrote?’

  26-07-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Karin Slaughter killed a character with antifreeze; Peter Swanson used cashews and a missing EpiPen. Welcome to the devious minds of thriller writers.
  
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• Taxidermy, Velvet and Candlelight: A Lush Victorian Horror Story

  26-07-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In Elizabeth Macneal’s debut novel, “The Doll Factory,” a taxidermist becomes obsessed with a young painter.
  
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• She Grew Up in a House Without Books. A Teacher Helped Her Realize She Could Write One Herself.

  26-07-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  At the end of her sophomore year in college, Mary Beth Keane’s writing teacher gave her a summer reading list that changed her life.
  
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• New in Paperback: ‘The Family Tabor,’ ‘Into the Hands of the Soldiers’

  26-07-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
  
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• Meet the ‘Orchestra of the Street’ Bringing Classical Music to Rio’s Favelas

  26-07-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In a city known for samba, “nobody expects a black, poor woman to play the violin.”
  
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