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• Arts writer John Townsend, a champion of Twin Cities theater, dies at 60 - Star Tribune

  31-10-2019 23:23 via startribune.com
  Arts writer John Townsend, a champion of Twin Cities theater, dies at 60  Star Tribune
  
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• One Photographer’s Exploration of the Paranormal

  31-10-2019 22:29 via nytimes.com
  Shannon Taggart spent nearly two decades capturing the rituals of Spiritualism, a movement founded on attempts to communicate with the dead, for her new book, “Séance.”
  
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• New York’s Cultural Affairs Leader Makes Surprise Exit

  31-10-2019 22:04 via nytimes.com
  The departure of Tom Finkelpearl, the city’s cultural affairs commissioner, was announced Thursday by Mayor de Blasio. He will stay on until the end of the year.
  
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• After Closure in Face of Fire Engulfing L.A., Getty Center Will Reopen Saturday

  31-10-2019 21:47 via artnews.com
  The Museum of Sonoma County in Northern California opened its doors again on Thursday, and will remain free to visitors through the weekend. Read More
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• After Closure in Face of Fire Engulfing L.A., Getty Center in Will Reopen Saturday

  31-10-2019 21:47 via artnews.com
  The Museum of Sonoma County in Northern California opened its doors again on Thursday, and will remain free to visitors through the weekend. Read More
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• Apple TV Plus: More Than ‘The Morning Show’

  31-10-2019 21:26 via nytimes.com
  The star-studded news drama has received most of the attention, but there are other shows, too. Here’s what we think of “Dickinson,” “For All Mankind” and “See.”
  
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• Cuba Gooding Jr. Faces Third Set of Groping Charges

  31-10-2019 21:19 via nytimes.com
  In an indictment unsealed Thursday, another accuser came forward to complain that the actor had touched “intimate parts.”
  
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• Kadri Gopalnath, 69, Dies; Brought the Saxophone to Indian Music

  31-10-2019 21:13 via nytimes.com
  Drawn to an instrument that sounded exotic to him, he became one of the most prominent classical musicians in India.
  
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• Dirty Looks Names Curators for Closely Watched Los Angeles Queer Art Event

  31-10-2019 20:43 via artnews.com
  On Location's 2020 edition will feature two newly commissioned works by artists. Read More
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• Tefaf Shakes Things Up With Cross-Collecting

  31-10-2019 20:30 via nytimes.com
  Some dealers at the European Fine Art Fair are mixing media, millenniums and mind-sets, trying for a collage effect.
  
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• Review: Black Grace, From New Zealand With Incredible Speed

  31-10-2019 19:59 via nytimes.com
  The distinguishing spirit of this dance troupe, directed by Neil Ieremia, is an exhilarating, seemingly inexhaustible energy.
  
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• Menlo Park's new arts nonprofit forges ahead | News - The Almanac Online

  31-10-2019 19:59 via almanacnews.com
  Menlo Park's new arts nonprofit forges ahead | News  The Almanac Online
  
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• Menlo Park's new arts nonprofit forges ahead | News | Almanac Online | - The Almanac Online

  31-10-2019 19:59 via almanacnews.com
  Menlo Park's new arts nonprofit forges ahead | News | Almanac Online |  The Almanac Online
  
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• Laurie Anderson and More Join 2020 Under the Radar Festival

  31-10-2019 19:55 via nytimes.com
  The performance artist will take viewers to the moon as part of the Public Theater’s next lineup of international artists.
  
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• Spanish investor eyes tower in downtown Dallas' Arts District - The Dallas Morning News

  31-10-2019 19:54 via dallasnews.com
  Spanish investor eyes tower in downtown Dallas' Arts District  The Dallas Morning News
  
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• With Michael Novak in Charge, the Paul Taylor Company Blooms

  31-10-2019 19:47 via nytimes.com
  In his first Lincoln Center season, Mr. Novak has overseen a stellar Kyle Abraham premiere, along with guest appearances by Misty Copeland and Michael Trusnovec.
  
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• The National Museum Of Women In The Arts' Latest Exhibit Lets Local Artists Of Color Tell Their Own Stories - DCist

  31-10-2019 19:12 via dcist.com
  The National Museum Of Women In The Arts' Latest Exhibit Lets Local Artists Of Color Tell Their Own Stories  DCist
  
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• MoMA’s Revisionism Is Piecemeal and Problem-Filled: Feminist Art Historian Maura Reilly on the Museum’s Rehang

  31-10-2019 19:12 via artnews.com
  "The problem is that with a revisionist strategy there is still a binary opposition in place." Read More
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• Review: In ‘Hamnet,’ Shakespeare’s Son Takes the Stage

  31-10-2019 19:06 via nytimes.com
  In this Irish production, an 11-year-old actor plays the child who died too soon to get to know his immortal father.
  
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• ‘Harriet’ Review: Becoming Moses

  31-10-2019 18:53 via nytimes.com
  Cynthia Erivo and Kasi Lemmons bring Harriet Tubman to life onscreen.
  
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• Hans Haacke, at the New Museum, Takes No Prisoners

  31-10-2019 18:14 via nytimes.com
  The godfather of art-as-exposé has his first major survey in America in 30 years. He has some questions to put to you, too.
  
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• Review: At the Philharmonic, a Major Return Played Safe

  31-10-2019 18:02 via nytimes.com
  The conductor Philippe Jordan, not seen at the New York Philharmonic since 2007, is back but with repertory staples and mixed success.
  
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• Nine Shows to Catch at the New York Comedy Festival

  31-10-2019 17:50 via nytimes.com
  Beginning Monday, the event will pop up across the city. These rising stars could be the next festival’s headliners.
  
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• ‘American Son’ Review: Missing Teen, Missing Story

  31-10-2019 17:49 via nytimes.com
  The son of an interracial couple disappears, but something else gets lost along the way as well.
  
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• ‘Light From Light’ Review: Is This House Haunted?

  31-10-2019 17:13 via nytimes.com
  Marin Ireland and Jim Gaffigan star in Paul Harrill’s second feature, a tender film about paranormal activity.
  
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• One of Britain’s Top Young Composers (Just Don’t Call Her Classical)

  31-10-2019 16:31 via nytimes.com
  Anna Meredith has written music for orchestras and choirs. But her latest venture is an album with her band.
  
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• Tom Finkelpearl, One of New York’s Foremost Arts Leaders, Leaves City’s Department of Cultural Affairs

  31-10-2019 16:04 via artnews.com
  The news comes shortly after a controversy ensued over a sculpture due to replace a controversial monument. Read More
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• Tom Finkelpearl, One of New York's Foremost Arts Leaders, Departs Department of Cultural Affairs - - ARTnews

  31-10-2019 16:04 via artnews.com
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• Netflix Expands Into a World Full of Censors

  31-10-2019 16:04 via nytimes.com
  The streaming giant is having to navigate different political and moral landscapes, and calls for government oversight, as it seeks subscribers worldwide.
  
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• Mike Cloud Invents a New Kind of Portrait Painting

  31-10-2019 15:11 via artnews.com
  "The question is, how do you paint people as real, as suffering, without exploiting them emotionally?" the artist said. Read More
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• ‘Joker’ Stairs Become a Bronx Tourist Draw. Hope You’re in Shape.

  31-10-2019 15:04 via nytimes.com
  Visitors have been flocking to a long set of Instagram-ready outdoor steps in the Highbridge neighborhood where a memorable scene of the movie was shot.
  
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• New Looks in ‘Frozen 2’ for Sisters on an Adventure

  31-10-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  As the royals of Arendelle travel through woods and water, their clothes have to keep up. Introducing ice boots and travel cloaks.
  
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• ‘His Dark Materials’: Witches, Quests and Talking Animals

  31-10-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  After years in development, this adaptation of Philip Pullman’s best-selling trilogy arrives as HBO’s next fantasy epic.
  
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• Anna, Elsa and the Costume Designers Who Create Their Looks

  31-10-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  Now that computers can render intricately detailed outfits, the little-known behind-the-scenes job has become crucial in animated movies like “Frozen 2.”
  
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• ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: Edward Norton Fights the Power Broker

  31-10-2019 14:42 via nytimes.com
  The actor directs and stars (along with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Alec Baldwin) in a big, ambitious adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s prizewinning novel.
  
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• ‘American Dharma’ Review: What Makes Steve Bannon Tick?

  31-10-2019 14:21 via nytimes.com
  Errol Morris fails to crack his subject in this documentary — but maybe that’s the point.
  
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• ‘The World Is Full of Secrets’ Review: Teen Tales of Terror

  31-10-2019 14:02 via nytimes.com
  Stories of murder and violation abound in this unsettling, and ultimately unsatisfying, horror film.
  
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• World’s Biggest Art Prize Goes to Doris Salcedo, Lawsuit Over Christie’s Diamond, and More: Morning Links from October 31, 2019

  31-10-2019 14:00 via artnews.com
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• Sharing the View From Way, Way Down Under

  31-10-2019 14:00 via nytimes.com
  Jill Heinerth talks about her new memoir, “Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver.”
  
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• He stopped playing guitar after he left the Army and picked it up again for arts therapy - Battle Creek Enquirer

  31-10-2019 12:14 via battlecreekenquirer.com
  He stopped playing guitar after he left the Army and picked it up again for arts therapy  Battle Creek Enquirer
  
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• ‘To Be of Service’ Review: Veterans Heal With the Help of Dogs

  31-10-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Josh Aronson’s documentary follows former military members whose service dogs help them cope with post-traumatic stress.
  
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• ‘The Apollo’ Review: Showtime for a Legendary Harlem Theater

  31-10-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Roger Ross Williams’s documentary about the Apollo Theater explores the venue’s identity as a destination for black expression.
  
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• ‘Queen of Hearts’ Review: A Gut-Wrenching Family Drama

  31-10-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  The film includes go-for-broke performances and an explicit sex scene.
  
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• ‘Gay Chorus Deep South’ Review: Singing Down Homophobia

  31-10-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  On a tour of states that have enacted laws restricting the rights of LGBTQ people, music makes a difference on a personal level.
  
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• ‘Cubby’ Review: Offbeat? Definitely. Out of Touch? That Too.

  31-10-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  It’s written and directed by its star, Mark Blane, playing the anagrammatic Mark Nabel, who seems to live in some alternate reality.
  
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• ‘Adopt a Highway’ Review: Ethan Hawke as a Silent and Sympathetic Ex-Con

  31-10-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  This quiet drama centers on a man who, soon after leaving prison, finds an abandoned child.
  
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• SouthShore Seafood & Arts Festival combines two annual events - Tampa Bay Times

  31-10-2019 11:49 via tampabay.com
  SouthShore Seafood & Arts Festival combines two annual events  Tampa Bay Times
  
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• Gaming Arts Continues to Build on Strong Momentum Following a Successful G2E 2019 - PRNewswire

  31-10-2019 11:00 via prnewswire.com
  Gaming Arts Continues to Build on Strong Momentum Following a Successful G2E 2019  PRNewswire
  
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• Doris Salcedo Wins $1 M. Nomura Award, World’s Largest Art Prize

  31-10-2019 11:00 via artnews.com
  With the funds, she will continue a famed series of installations about grief, loss, and Colombia's civil war. Read More
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• What Greta Gerwig Saw in ‘Little Women’: ‘Those Are My Girls’

  31-10-2019 10:00 via nytimes.com
  The filmmaker didn’t so much adapt the Louisa May Alcott novel as excavate it. Think of it as a modern screenwriter in conversation with a proto-modern novelist.
  
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