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• Billy Porter’s Jam-Packed Trip to London

  18-09-2019 23:39 via nytimes.com
  For the performer and red-carpet staple, London Fashion Week is filled with shows, parties — and lots of outfit changes.
  
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• ‘Downton Abbey’ Review: Back to the Past

  18-09-2019 23:13 via nytimes.com
  From its spectacularly detailed aesthetic to the characters’ march down well-worn personality paths, the movie argues insistently for the status quo.
  
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• ‘Little Gray Cells’: Brussels Gallery Weekend Celebrates Cerebral Fare in Belgian Hotspot’s Brightest Shows

  18-09-2019 22:58 via artnews.com
  The Belgian capital takes its art seriously—as evidenced by work still on view from a yearly event involving many venues. Read More
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• Lee Salem, Champion of Quirky Cartoonists, Is Dead at 73

  18-09-2019 22:45 via nytimes.com
  He nurtured an empire of influential comic strips, including “Cathy,” “Doonesbury,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” “The Boondocks” and “For Better or for Worse.”
  
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• A Death-Haunted Poetry Book Mulls Life’s Reversals of Fortune

  18-09-2019 22:31 via nytimes.com
  “Dunce,” by Mary Ruefle, confronts the extraordinary yet inescapable fact that all of us die.
  
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• What Does Alternative Rock Radio Sound Like in the Age of Spotify?

  18-09-2019 21:48 via nytimes.com
  At ALT 92.3 FM, where they don’t say “rock,” it’s a mix of millennial oldies and newer, pop-leaning and electronic folk from bands like Bastille and Smith & Thell.
  
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• Can You Describe Richard Serra in Three Words? Jerry Saltz, Joan Jonas, Larry Gagosian, and More Give It a Try

  18-09-2019 21:43 via artnews.com
  At the opening for the sculptor's three-part show at Gagosian gallery in New York, we queried art-world dignitaries. Read More
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• Niki de Saint Phalle, Pioneering French Feminist Artist, to Be Subject of Major Survey at MoMA PS1 in New York

  18-09-2019 21:00 via artnews.com
  Her work has been under-represented in American institutions. Read More
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• A Festival in the Bronx Will Explore Climate Change and Culture

  18-09-2019 20:52 via nytimes.com
  The free event this Saturday will be a “happening” of sorts, at the intersection of art and activism.
  
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• Charlotte arts groups just won Knight Foundation grants to capture the city’s spirit - Charlotte Observer

  18-09-2019 20:46 via charlotteobserver.com
  Charlotte arts groups just won Knight Foundation grants to capture the city’s spirit  Charlotte ObserverThe Knight Foundation names 12 winners of its new Celebrate Charlotte Arts .Nearly 200 artists and arts organizations applied for a share of the $200000 grant ...
  
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• The T List: What to Visit, Eat and Know About This Week

  18-09-2019 20:20 via nytimes.com
  The best of the Marrakesh medina, men’s skin care and more.
  
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• ‘He Held the Keys to the Gate’: Jay Sanders, Fred Moten, Charlemagne Palestine, and More Pay Tribute to Poet Steve Dalachinsky

  18-09-2019 20:15 via artnews.com
  The paragon of experimental music and art in New York died Monday at the age of 72. Read More
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• Review: Lennon and McCartney Wait Out a Storm in ‘Only Yesterday’

  18-09-2019 19:35 via nytimes.com
  Bob Stevens’s fond look at a life-changing night for the young Beatles should satisfy more than die-hard fans.
  
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• Luigi Colani, 91, Designer of Fanciful and Futuristic Objects, Dies

  18-09-2019 19:21 via nytimes.com
  Better known for far-out prototypes than actual products, he was seen by his admirers as a visionary in an unimaginative world.
  
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• Review: A Sad Noodle Debut by Rubberband

  18-09-2019 19:17 via nytimes.com
  The tone of Victor Quijada’s choreography is that of an emo band or of anguished adolescent poetry.
  
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• An Indoor Sea and Miles of Metalwork: Antony Gormley’s Crowning Moment

  18-09-2019 18:38 via nytimes.com
  The British sculptor says he wants to transport visitors to “the threshold between the known and the unknown” at his ambitious new show in the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
  
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• Madonna Is Still Taking Chances

  18-09-2019 18:29 via nytimes.com
  Her Madame X show reimagines pop spectacle for a theater stage, merging her newest music and calls for political awareness with striking intimacy.
  
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• A Collection That Owes Its Existence to a ‘Carpe Diem’ Event

  18-09-2019 18:24 via nytimes.com
  Ellen Marmur’s skin cancer reset her course. For more than a decade she’s been on a quest to add beauty to her surroundings.
  
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• Multicultural young musicians in OneBeat play Orlando's Timucua Arts Foundation - Orlando Weekly

  18-09-2019 17:41 via orlandoweekly.com
  Multicultural young musicians in OneBeat play Orlando's Timucua Arts Foundation  Orlando WeeklySeven years ago, New York-based Bang on a Can's Found Sound Nation and the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs ...
  
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• Live 765: Greater Lafayette's arts & entertainment calendar for Sept. 19-Oct. 2 - Journal & Courier

  18-09-2019 17:30 via jconline.com
  Live 765: Greater Lafayette's arts & entertainment calendar for Sept. 19-Oct. 2  Journal & CourierTake a look at area arts events over the next two weeks.
  
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• What Reconstruction-Era Laws Can Teach Our Democracy

  18-09-2019 17:03 via nytimes.com
  “The Second Founding,” by the historian Eric Foner, argues that the radical promise of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments — all passed after the Civil War — remains unfulfilled today.
  
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• Moonstone Festival, a female focused music and arts fest, happening Nov. 16th at Sloss Docks. Win VIP tickets! - Bham Now

  18-09-2019 16:55 via bhamnow.com
  Moonstone Festival, a female focused music and arts fest, happening Nov. 16th at Sloss Docks. Win VIP tickets!  Bham NowMoonstone Festival, a one day music and arts festival is happening November 16th at Sloss Docks, and you don't want to miss it. The festival will celebrate and ...
  
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• Eight Great Things to See at the London Design Festival

  18-09-2019 16:54 via nytimes.com
  A labyrinth in front of Westminster Cathedral, a Kengo Kuma bamboo structure outside the V&A, and much more.
  
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• Local artists exhibit horse regalia from recent Dakota Wicohan arts program - Redwood Falls Gazette

  18-09-2019 16:50 via redwoodfallsgazette.com
  Local artists exhibit horse regalia from recent Dakota Wicohan arts program  Redwood Falls GazetteThere are myriad sources which are used to exhibit one's artistic talents and abilities. While one artist might paint on canvas, another utilizes a piece of marble to ...
  
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• ​​​​​​​All Arts To Air Broadcast and Streaming Premiere of The Hip Hop Nutcracker on September 27 - New Jersey Stage

  18-09-2019 16:41 via newjerseystage.com
  ​​​​​​​All Arts To Air Broadcast and Streaming Premiere of The Hip Hop Nutcracker on September 27  New Jersey Stage(NEWARK, NJ) -- The Hip Hop Nutcracker , a national touring production of a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky's timeless music, is set to ...
  
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• Smartphone tours, magnet school, a dance on the pier offered at first Collier arts meeting - Naples Daily News

  18-09-2019 16:39 via naplesnews.com
  Smartphone tours, magnet school, a dance on the pier offered at first Collier arts meeting  Naples Daily NewsWhat do we want to see for the arts in Collier County? Ideas range from smartphone public-art apps to an arts magnet school. But plan developers want more.
  
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• Rutherford Arts Alliance announces first juried art show - Murfreesboro Voice

  18-09-2019 16:32 via murfreesborovoice.com
  Rutherford Arts Alliance announces first juried art show  Murfreesboro VoiceRutherford Arts Alliance will host its first juried art show from Oct. 1 – Nov. 15 at the City Hall Rotunda Gallery, 111 W. Vine St., the nonprofit announced.
  
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• Celebrate the arts while helping a good cause: Careers Industries’ famous Art Gala returns - WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee

  18-09-2019 16:29 via fox6now.com
  Celebrate the arts while helping a good cause: Careers Industries’ famous Art Gala returns  WITI FOX 6 MilwaukeeMILWAUKEE -- Celebrating the arts while helping out a good cause. Joe Greene from Careers Industries joins FOX6 WakeUp with details on the Art Gala.
  
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• Ann Patchett Will Eventually Discuss Her Book

  18-09-2019 16:23 via nytimes.com
  “The Dutch House,” a novel whose creation she compared to burning a cake, is coming out soon. Let’s change the subject.
  
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• Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council sees new changes, opportunities | RiverTowns - River Towns

  18-09-2019 16:08 via rivertowns.net
  Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council sees new changes, opportunities | RiverTowns  River TownsThe Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council is going through a time of change, which includes a new president, new board members and a new arts study that is ...
  
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• Alicia Keys Talks Visual Arts of "Show Me Love" - HYPEBEAST

  18-09-2019 16:06 via hypebeast.com
  Alicia Keys Talks Visual Arts of "Show Me Love"  HYPEBEAST“I think that, to be totally candid, I have for a long time been very afraid of being excellent.” This is how Alicia Keys — a 15-time Grammy Award winner (who also ...
  
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• Kal Penn Isn’t Making a Political Point with His Immigration Sitcom

  18-09-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  “Sunnyside” is about trying to navigate the United States citizenship process, but its aims are more comic than didactic.
  
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• The 10 Best Martial Arts Movies - ComingSoon.net

  18-09-2019 15:57 via comingsoon.net
  The 10 Best Martial Arts Movies  ComingSoon.netComingsoon.net is training hard to gain enough expertise to rank the very best martial arts movies ever made. Check out our selections in the gallery below!
  
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• Combining engineering and arts in theater set design - University of Georgia

  18-09-2019 15:39 via news.uga.edu
  Combining engineering and arts in theater set design  University of GeorgiaWhen Hannah Fordham came to the University of Georgia, she expected to major in engineering. She enjoyed STEAM club in high school and thought an ...
  
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• Giving Clinton a Framework for Arts Growth - Zip06.com

  18-09-2019 15:19 via zip06.com
  Giving Clinton a Framework for Arts Growth  Zip06.comIn an effort to support Clinton's art scene as well as hopefully attract new visitors, the town recently formed its own arts organization, the Clinton Arts Council ...
  
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• Ragnar Kjartansson Makes #1 Work, Tribeca Ascends, and More: Morning Links from September 18, 2019

  18-09-2019 15:00 via artnews.com
  Here's what we're reading this morning. Read More
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• Why Can’t New York City Build More Gems Like This Queens Library?

  18-09-2019 14:35 via nytimes.com
  The Hunters Point Community Library is one of the finest public buildings New York has produced this century. But it cost more than $40 million, took a decade and almost died.
  
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• Friends of the Arts Trivia Night 'On TV,' November 2 - News - Illinois State University News

  18-09-2019 14:30 via news.illinoisstate.edu
  Friends of the Arts Trivia Night 'On TV,' November 2 - News  Illinois State University NewsSave the date! You will not want to miss this year's Friends of the Arts (FOA) Trivia Night, Saturday, November 2, in the Rosa Parks Conference Room at ...
  
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• George the Poet Is Pushing Podcasting’s Limits

  18-09-2019 14:29 via nytimes.com
  The London rapper and spoken-word practitioner brings music and verse together, and adds some politics and social observation.
  
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• Mansfield Arts Festival to show off local artistic talent, Saturday - Richland Source

  18-09-2019 14:00 via richlandsource.com
  Mansfield Arts Festival to show off local artistic talent, Saturday  Richland SourceThe inaugural Mansfield Arts Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 21 from noon to 7 p.m. at the square in Downtown Mansfield.
  
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• Oktoberfests, dog parties, aerial arts at TMORA: A-List 9.18 - City Pages

  18-09-2019 13:57 via citypages.com
  Oktoberfests, dog parties, aerial arts at TMORA: A-List 9.18  City PagesCheck out all the cool stuff to do. 0. "After the Explosion: Documenting Chernobyl" Collection of the Museum of Russian Art. WEDNESDAY 9.18. After the ...
  
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• Yadkin Arts Council to stage 'Young Frankenstein' - Yadkin Ripple

  18-09-2019 13:49 via yadkinripple.com
  Yadkin Arts Council to stage 'Young Frankenstein'  Yadkin RippleThe Yadkin Arts Council will stage a production of “Young Frankenstein” next month at the Willingham Theater. Audiences will get a sneak peek at the ...
  
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• Arts In Common: ‘Inspiring Creative Expression’ for 10th anniversary - Community Advocate

  18-09-2019 13:27 via communityadvocate.com
  Arts In Common: ‘Inspiring Creative Expression’ for 10th anniversary  Community AdvocateSubmitted by Jenny Silverberg, AIC Co-Chair Westborough – This year, the Westborough Cultural Council will be celebrating its 10th annual Arts In Common ...
  
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• Peoria to debut monthly Second Saturdays food and arts festival - KTAR.com

  18-09-2019 13:05 via ktar.com
  Peoria to debut monthly Second Saturdays food and arts festival  KTAR.comPHOENIX – A West Valley suburb is launching a free, family-friendly monthly food and arts festival in October. Second Saturdays will debut in Old Town Peoria ...
  
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• TriBeCa, the New Art Stroll

  18-09-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  With the decline of retail, storefronts in the Triangle Below Canal Street are filling with galleries — it’s New York City’s most unlikely new art scene.
  
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• Five sets to find at Borderland Music + Arts Festival - Buffalo News

  18-09-2019 13:00 via buffalonews.com
  Five sets to find at Borderland Music + Arts Festival  Buffalo NewsBecause of its spot on the calendar, this year's Borderland Music + Arts Festival — set for Sept. 21 and 22 in East Aurora's bucolic Knox Farm State Park — can ...
  
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• Arts beat: Neil Simon in Lockport, Coltrane celebration, lifetime in art and classical Sunday - Buffalo News

  18-09-2019 13:00 via buffalonews.com
  Arts beat: Neil Simon in Lockport, Coltrane celebration, lifetime in art and classical Sunday  Buffalo NewsPlaywright Neil Simon is feeling the love in Western New York this season with two of his comic classics being presented on local stages. Rumors is now on ...
  
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• Arts Centre Melbourne Offers Inaugural Fellowship For Nation's Leading Performing Arts Collection - Broadway World

  18-09-2019 12:54 via broadwayworld.com
  Arts Centre Melbourne Offers Inaugural Fellowship For Nation's Leading Performing Arts Collection  Broadway WorldFor the first time, Arts Centre Melbourne will offer a research Fellowship open to anyone with an interest or expertise in any performing arts discipline, or form of ...
  
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• Queens Has a Striking New Library. Why Can’t the City Build More Gems Like This?

  18-09-2019 12:31 via nytimes.com
  The Hunters Point Community Library is one of the finest public buildings New York has produced this century. But it cost more than $40 million, took a decade and almost died.
  
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• Inaugural Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair invites controversy - Jackson Hole News&Guide

  18-09-2019 12:30 via jhnewsandguide.com
  Inaugural Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair invites controversy  Jackson Hole News&GuideThirty-five years ago Labor Day meant the start of the offseason in Jackson.
  
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