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• ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Dark Nights, Troubled Souls, Hairy Men

  16-10-2019 23:17 via nytimes.com
  Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe play antagonistic lighthouse keepers in a twisted tale of men and loneliness.
  
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• 2 Killed at Home of Ron Ely, Actor Who Played Tarzan

  16-10-2019 23:16 via nytimes.com
  The actor was not among those killed at the Santa Barbara property.
  
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• Artist Accuses Gucci of Ripping Off Her Art for Ad Campaign—Fashion Brand Responds

  16-10-2019 23:07 via artnews.com
  Sharona Franklin claimed that the brand decided not to commission her when the company learned of her disability. Read More
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• Tim Burton’s Show at the Neon Museum Show in Las Vegas Is a Fantastical Love Letter to the City: See Inside

  16-10-2019 22:52 via artnews.com
  The exhibition features never-before-seen works by the Beetlejuice filmmaker, who grew up being fascinated by the city. Read More
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• WBUR To Expand Arts & Culture Reporting With $1M Grant From The Barr Foundation - WBUR

  16-10-2019 22:50 via wbur.org
  WBUR To Expand Arts & Culture Reporting With $1M Grant From The Barr Foundation  WBUR
  
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• A Liberal Uneasy in the World of #MeToo Feminism

  16-10-2019 22:39 via nytimes.com
  In “The Problem With Everything,” the essayist Meghan Daum scrutinizes the resurgent women’s movement, uncovering a nexus of social justice activism, marketing and empty rhetoric.
  
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• Overlooked No More: Lotte Reiniger, Animator Who Created Magic With Scissors and Paper

  16-10-2019 22:28 via nytimes.com
  Even before Disney, Reiniger told fanciful stories in animated films with her hand-cut paper silhouettes.
  
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• How a Rundown 19th-Century Stone Farmhouse Became a Cozy Family Retreat

  16-10-2019 22:11 via nytimes.com
  The husband-and-wife duo behind the homewares store Mjölk are discovering a slower lifestyle north of Lake Ontario.
  
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• Nick Cave Photographs Two Colorful Days in His Life

  16-10-2019 21:55 via nytimes.com
  We sent the artist an instant camera, and he shared a characteristically joyful glimpse into his world.
  
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• A Novel of Jamaica Brimming With Magic, Passion and History

  16-10-2019 21:49 via nytimes.com
  In “A Tall History of Sugar,” Curdella Forbes uses skin as a prism to examine color, race, colonialism, heritage and — most important — love.
  
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• In Letters to the World, a New Wave of Memoirs Draws on the Intimate

  16-10-2019 21:47 via nytimes.com
  From Ta-Nehisi Coates to Terese Marie Mailhot to Imani Perry, writers are letting their audiences eavesdrop on private conversations. Parul Sehgal asks what it means.
  
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• Review: A Startling ‘Swan Lake’ That’s Hard to Recognize

  16-10-2019 21:39 via nytimes.com
  In a work opening with a goat tethered to a cinder block, the closest we get to Tchaikovsky’s ballet is four dancers representing swans.
  
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• ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Review: Back to Crack Wise and Crush Skulls

  16-10-2019 21:33 via nytimes.com
  After 10 years, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin are still murdering the pop-culture clichés.
  
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• Review: Kyle Abraham, Looking Gorgeous While Stuck in Place

  16-10-2019 21:20 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Abraham’s program at the Joyce was partly hopeful, partly disappointing.
  
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• Vagabon Found Her Voice in Indie Rock. Then Found a New One.

  16-10-2019 21:11 via nytimes.com
  On her second album, “Vagabon,” Laetitia Tamko shifts away from the style that brought her an international audience with “Infinite Worlds” two years ago.
  
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• Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail To Host Live Arts Performances - WABE 90.1 FM

  16-10-2019 20:59 via wabe.org
  Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail To Host Live Arts Performances  WABE 90.1 FM
  
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• Floating Points, Electronic Music’s King of Pain

  16-10-2019 20:48 via nytimes.com
  The last time the English musician Sam Shepherd made an album, it took five years. His intense new record, “Crush,” took five weeks. What changed?
  
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• Startled Marmot and a Fox Lead the Way at Wildlife Photography Awards

  16-10-2019 20:40 via nytimes.com
  The winning image showcases “the humor and horror” of nature, the Natural History Museum in London said.
  
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• A sure home run: Central Jersey’s newest performing arts venue and a new musical about baseball and friendship - NJ.com

  16-10-2019 20:31 via nj.com
  A sure home run: Central Jersey’s newest performing arts venue and a new musical about baseball and friendship  NJ.com
  
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• The T List: What to Know About, See and Drink This Week

  16-10-2019 20:21 via nytimes.com
  Quilt-like jackets, rare teas and more ideas from the editors of T Magazine.
  
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• Dealer Rudolf Zwirner (David’s Dad) Cofounded the First Art Fair—Now He’s Not So Hot on Them

  16-10-2019 20:04 via artnews.com
  "Art fairs are extremely dangerous and expensive for younger galleries," the Cologne legend said in an interview. Read More
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• ‘Art Workers Don’t Kiss Ass’: Looking Back on the Formation of MoMA’s Pioneering Union in the 1970s

  16-10-2019 20:04 via artnews.com
  Art workers' rights experts respond to the union's continuing impact. Read More
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• African-American Art Quilts Find a Museum Home in California

  16-10-2019 20:00 via nytimes.com
  The collector Eli Leon left almost 3,000 quilts by African-American artists to Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive as a bequest.
  
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• Banksy Opens Online Shop of Affordable Wares, But There Is a Big Catch

  16-10-2019 19:56 via artnews.com
  Pieces in the shop are available for as little as $12.80, but only a lucky few will be able to buy them. Read More
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• Why the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys Are Not Ready for They and Them

  16-10-2019 19:46 via nytimes.com
  Asia Kate Dillon of “Billions” is calling on the Television Academy to scrap gendered categories. But the organization and others have no plans for change, for now.
  
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• ‘Vitruvian Man’ Will Be in the Louvre’s Leonardo Show, After All

  16-10-2019 19:31 via nytimes.com
  An Italian court threw out a last-minute appeal to halt the drawing from leaving Italy. Critics fear it is too fragile to travel.
  
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• After 35 Years at Playwrights Horizons, He’s Ready to Seek New Ones

  16-10-2019 19:30 via nytimes.com
  Tim Sanford, the longtime artistic director at the prestigious Off Broadway theater, will turn over the reins to his deputy, Adam Greenfield.
  
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• How Noel Fielding Went From a Hedonist to a Host of ‘The Great British Baking Show’

  16-10-2019 19:16 via nytimes.com
  The alternative comedian became an indie darling with “The Mighty Boosh.” Fronting Britain’s favorite reality show has taken some adjustment.
  
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• Mark your calendar! Huntsville Arts Week takes place Oct. 18-27 - WHNT News 19

  16-10-2019 18:58 via whnt.com
  Mark your calendar! Huntsville Arts Week takes place Oct. 18-27  WHNT News 19
  
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• Michael Friedman Died in 2017. Now 9 Albums of His Work Are Coming.

  16-10-2019 18:55 via nytimes.com
  The first three are to be released Friday by Ghostlight Records and the Civilians theater company.
  
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• Firm at Center of Panama Papers Sues Netflix Over ‘The Laundromat’

  16-10-2019 18:49 via nytimes.com
  The law firm, Mossack Fonseca, objects to the way the film portrays them as villains at the center of a web of illegal offshore activities.
  
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• In Reversal, Italian Court Rules That ‘Vitruvian Man’ Can Travel to Louvre for Leonardo da Vinci Retrospective After All

  16-10-2019 18:41 via artnews.com
  Some historians and activists had argued that the work is too fragile to travel. Read More
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• Community Connection: Pre-Holiday Arts and Crafts Show - KRTV Great Falls News

  16-10-2019 18:38 via krtv.com
  Community Connection: Pre-Holiday Arts and Crafts Show  KRTV Great Falls News
  
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• Oxford Professor Is Accused of Selling Ancient Texts to Hobby Lobby

  16-10-2019 18:22 via nytimes.com
  An investigation found that Bible fragments in a museum started by the owners of the arts-and-crafts chain had been illegally taken from the university.
  
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• The Arts Friendly Awards celebrate the freedom to create Saturday - WWAY NewsChannel 3

  16-10-2019 18:14 via wwaytv3.com
  The Arts Friendly Awards celebrate the freedom to create Saturday  WWAY NewsChannel 3
  
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• Cat Marnell Is Back From the Brink

  16-10-2019 18:00 via nytimes.com
  In her new audiobook “Self-Tanner for the Soul,” the quasi-reformed party girl tells listeners that you can, in fact, run away from your problems.
  
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• Van Wezel Foundation Grants $600000 to Support Arts Education - Sarasota

  16-10-2019 16:58 via sarasotamagazine.com
  Van Wezel Foundation Grants $600000 to Support Arts Education  Sarasota
  
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• Australian Booksellers Block Sales of Ronan Farrow’s Book

  16-10-2019 16:44 via nytimes.com
  “Catch and Kill” was pulled from two of Australia’s biggest online book retailers amid legal threats from the former National Enquirer editor who features prominently in the book.
  
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• 8 Days a Week: Arts & Entertainment Highlights, Oct. 16-23 - Charleston Post Courier

  16-10-2019 16:29 via postandcourier.com
  8 Days a Week: Arts & Entertainment Highlights, Oct. 16-23  Charleston Post Courier
  
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• ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Musical Is Coming to Broadway

  16-10-2019 16:12 via nytimes.com
  The 1993 comedy has a Broadway-friendly family plot, but filling one of Robin Williams’s most memorable roles could be risky.
  
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• When We Laugh at Nazis, Maybe the Joke’s on Us

  16-10-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  More than a half-century after Mel Brooks made “The Producers,” mocking Hitler isn’t what it used to be.
  
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• Love Elaine Stritch? Thank the Parts She Didn’t Get

  16-10-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The legendary stage actress’s character was shaped as much by the roles she lost as those she won. These are some of the ones that got away.
  
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• Flannery O’Connor Documentary Wins New Award From Library of Congress

  16-10-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The filmmakers Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco will be awarded the first Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, which comes with a $200,000 finishing grant.
  
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• What Was That Debate About? About Three Hours

  16-10-2019 15:26 via nytimes.com
  A maximalist marathon on CNN made room for a lot of moments, but it begged for some editing.
  
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• Sly Fox to open restaurant in GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading - Reading Eagle

  16-10-2019 15:04 via readingeagle.com
  Sly Fox to open restaurant in GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading  Reading Eagle
  
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• New Van Gogh Museum Director, Collector Stefan Edlis Dies, and More: Morning Links from October 16, 2019

  16-10-2019 15:00 via artnews.com
  Here's what we're reading this morning. Read More
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• Van Gogh Museum’s Next Director Will Be Mauritshuis Leader, in Major Move Atop Dutch Museum World

  16-10-2019 14:08 via artnews.com
  She takes the place of Axel Rüger, who stepped down to run the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Read More
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• ‘Arts In The Dark’ Parade In The Loop Celebrates Local Artists - CBS Pittsburgh

  16-10-2019 11:56 via chicago.cbslocal.com
  ‘Arts In The Dark’ Parade In The Loop Celebrates Local Artists  CBS Pittsburgh
  
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• Who Will Watch ‘Watchmen’?

  16-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Damon Lindelof, creator of the HBO comic adaptation, and Regina King, its star, discuss why the show is a Rorschach test of its own.
  
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• ‘Watchmen’ Is Coming. (Actually, It Never Left.)

  16-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A new adaptation of the graphic novel “Watchmen” is coming to HBO. The original changed superhero tales — and pop culture at large — forever.
  
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