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• Where to Stream Alan Parker’s Best Movies

  31-07-2020 23:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Though he may not have stamped a specific style on his work, he brought an intelligence and professionalism to each film, whether musicals or dark dramas.
  
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• Five former students of Cleveland School of the Arts sue school board, alleging sexual abuse by teacher - cleveland.com

  31-07-2020 23:16 via cleveland.com
  
  Five former students of Cleveland School of the Arts sue school board, alleging sexual abuse by teacher  cleveland.com
  
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• Outstanding students at Chief Sealth International High School win Allied Arts Foundation awards - Westside Seattle

  31-07-2020 23:15 via westsideseattle.com
  Outstanding students at Chief Sealth International High School win Allied Arts Foundation awards  Westside Seattle
  
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• Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss

  31-07-2020 23:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Six critics on the visual album rooted in her “Lion King”-inspired record “The Gift,” a grand statement of African-diaspora pride and creative power.
  
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• College of arts and letters announces multifaceted plan to 'counteract and challenge' systemic racism - Main Street Clarksville

  31-07-2020 23:00 via mainstreetclarksville.com
  College of arts and letters announces multifaceted plan to 'counteract and challenge' systemic racism  Main Street Clarksville
  
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• Arts Benicia issues fundraising appeal - Benicia Herald

  31-07-2020 22:52 via beniciaheraldonline.com
  Arts Benicia issues fundraising appeal  Benicia Herald
  
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• The Unschooled Artists

  31-07-2020 22:49 via nytimes.com
  
  Taking lessons in creativity from my kids.
  
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• Arts & Humanities Fellows Program Presents Series of Animated Shorts - Texas A&M University Today

  31-07-2020 22:43 via today.tamu.edu
  
  Arts & Humanities Fellows Program Presents Series of Animated Shorts  Texas A&M University Today
  
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• Arts events in Sarasota-Manatee July 30-Aug. 6 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

  31-07-2020 22:27 via heraldtribune.com
  
  Arts events in Sarasota-Manatee July 30-Aug. 6  Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  
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• Google Arts & Culture Celebrates Milwaukee for the First Time on Its Global Platform - Milwaukee Community Journal

  31-07-2020 22:20 via communityjournal.net
  Google Arts & Culture Celebrates Milwaukee for the First Time on Its Global Platform  Milwaukee Community Journal
  
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• The Museum of Fine Arts, Which Remains Closed, Confirms Layoffs - WBUR

  31-07-2020 22:16 via wbur.org
  
  The Museum of Fine Arts, Which Remains Closed, Confirms Layoffs  WBUR
  
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• The Most Soothing Man on TikTok

  31-07-2020 21:24 via nytimes.com
  
  By slowing down and soaking it all in, Larry Scott makes the whole TikTok experience … nice.
  
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• The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in August

  31-07-2020 21:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Every month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are our picks for August.
  
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• Stabbed in the Convent, Murdered in the Yard

  31-07-2020 21:12 via nytimes.com
  
  In the newest batch of crime novels, bodies accumulate at a rather alarming rate.
  
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• Who Was Pacita Abad, the Pioneering Filipina Painter Honored by Google Doodle?

  31-07-2020 21:07 via artnews.com
  
  On Friday Google’s homepage pays tribute to the prolific Philippine artist and activist Pacita Abad, who on this day in 1984 became the first woman to receive the Philippines’s 10 Outstanding Young Men award. Her pioneering painting practice foregrounded overlooked women—Indigenous Filipina, domestic workers from Pakistan, Cambodian refugees. “I am a painter who paints from the gut, but has a strong social conscience, and my early work often dealt with global social issue
  
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• 5 Things to Know About Shakuntala Devi

  31-07-2020 20:58 via nytimes.com
  
  A film about the Indian mathematics genius is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Here are five facts to get you more familiar.
  
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• Interlochen Center for the Arts to Host Virtual Adult Band Camp August 11 - 14 - 9&10 News

  31-07-2020 20:52 via 9and10news.com
  
  Interlochen Center for the Arts to Host Virtual Adult Band Camp August 11 - 14  9&10 News
  
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• What to do in SoCal Arts and Culture This Week (August 3 - 9) - KCET

  31-07-2020 20:47 via kcet.org
  
  What to do in SoCal Arts and Culture This Week (August 3 - 9)  KCET
  
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• Comfort Viewing: Why I Still Love ‘The Goldbergs’

  31-07-2020 20:21 via nytimes.com
  
  The period sitcom about a Jewish family in the ’80s has for seven seasons been a weekly gift of old-fashioned zingers.
  
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• Steven Soderbergh and Amy Seimetz Made the Pandemic Movies of the Moment

  31-07-2020 20:18 via nytimes.com
  
  His 2011 “Contagion” and her new thriller “She Dies Tomorrow” have added resonance now. “Why is this kind of imagery so compelling?” Soderbergh asked.
  
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• Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Is an ‘Instant American Classic’ About Our Abiding Sin

  31-07-2020 20:13 via nytimes.com
  
  Wilkerson’s new book makes unsettling comparisons between India’s treatment of its untouchables, Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews and America’s treatment of African-Americans.
  
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• Muppet Meta Mania, Revived for the Streaming Era

  31-07-2020 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Muppets were made of, by and for TV. Two new shows, “Muppets Now” on Disney+ and “The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo” on HBO Max, reimagine the media-savvy furry friends for a new age.
  
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• Arts District New Orleans Introduces Month Long Event, "White Linen Light" - Big Easy Magazine

  31-07-2020 19:59 via bigeasymagazine.com
  
  Arts District New Orleans Introduces Month Long Event, "White Linen Light"  Big Easy Magazine
  
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• Allied Arts raises more than $3.4 million through annual campaign - Oklahoman.com

  31-07-2020 19:59 via oklahoman.com
  
  Allied Arts raises more than $3.4 million through annual campaign  Oklahoman.com
  
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• Alan Parker, Versatile Film Director, Is Dead at 76

  31-07-2020 19:53 via nytimes.com
  
  “Midnight Express” and “Mississippi Burning” brought him Oscar nominations, and many of his other films, including “Fame,” were acclaimed.
  
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• The Best Studio Easels for Creating Your Next Painting

  31-07-2020 19:45 via artnews.com
  
  For many, easels are an essential part of the painting process. Artists have used them for millennia: One of the first recorded uses of an easel dates back 2,000 years to the Romans; medieval monks used them to display precious illuminated manuscripts. Easels gained popularity during the Renaissance as artists created fewer paintings directly on walls and more on canvases. Today easels usually are made of wood, aluminum, or plastic. They are adjustable to fit a variety of canvas sizes; many also
  
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• Provincetown: Go for the Mask Compliance, Stay for a Show

  31-07-2020 19:39 via nytimes.com
  
  In this gay haven known for its nightlife, the crowds are smaller this summer. And the nightclubs are closed. But by the pool, the show goes on.
  
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• Controversial Restoration of Ghent Altarpiece Accepted by Researchers in New Paper

  31-07-2020 19:30 via artnews.com
  
  Researchers at the University of Antwerp and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., have released a study supporting the restoration last year of the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) by Northern Renaissance painter Jan van Eyck. Critics of the restoration had called attention to work done on a central panel of the work depicting the “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.”
  Last year’s restoration effort left the lamb depicted in the work with new, human-like facial features, including
  
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• Prairie du Sac's River Arts Inc. offers string art class - HNGnews.com

  31-07-2020 19:27 via hngnews.com
  Prairie du Sac's River Arts Inc. offers string art class  HNGnews.com
  
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• Wega Arts hosts Drive Up Weekend - Waupaca County News

  31-07-2020 19:09 via waupacanow.com
  
  Wega Arts hosts Drive Up Weekend  Waupaca County News
  
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• Dobby Dobson, Versatile Jamaican Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 78

  31-07-2020 19:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Best known for his hit “I’m a Loving Pauper,” he was a significant figure in the evolution of Jamaican music. He died of the coronavirus.
  
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• Review: A Sci-Fi Classic Featuring a Multiverse of Stooges

  31-07-2020 19:01 via nytimes.com
  
  In “The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy,” an experimental theater lab operating from a closet adapts a timely tale about the solitude of cramped quarters.
  
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• Why the Working Class Votes Against Its Economic Interests

  31-07-2020 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Two new books, Robert B. Reich’s “The System” and Zephyr Teachout’s “Break ’Em Up,” examine the impact of economic inequality in America.
  
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• The User-Centric Museum, Archival Flame Wars, and a Boarded Up Website

  31-07-2020 18:12 via artnews.com
  
  Yesterday Annelisa Stephan, the Getty Museum’s assistant director for digital content strategy and user experience design, joined me on Instagram Live to talk about the institution’s online-first approach to connecting with audiences and how it led her department to start the #gettychallenge and share images from the collection in “Animal Crossing.” When Stephan began working at the Getty in 2004, museums were asking how they could put what they do online. Now they’
  
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• The Best Glass Boards for Writing and Drawing

  31-07-2020 17:47 via artnews.com
  
  Whiteboards, a modern solution to the age-old chalk dust problem, come in many different materials, including porcelain, painted steel, and melamine. If that weren’t enough, they now also come in glass. Sleek and polished, glass whiteboards look great in offices and classrooms alike, and because glass is a nonporous, smooth material, dry-erase markers won’t stain its surface. Browse our selection of the best options below.
  
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• The Best Drafting Lamps for Shedding Light on Your Work

  31-07-2020 17:45 via artnews.com
  
  Bright ideas deserve a bright light. Illuminate your work space with a good drafting lamp, which helps you see your work better and keeps your eyes from getting fatigued. Drafting lamps differ from regular lamps in that they usually use LEDs and have an adjustable arm. To help you select the proper light for your work space, we’ve rounded up our picks of the best options out there. 
  
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• The Best Bulletin Boards for Documenting Your Process

  31-07-2020 17:43 via artnews.com
  
  A bulletin board is a mainstay in any school, office, or home space. You can use one to make classroom and hallway displays; tack up important documents, calendars, and schedules; keep sentimental notes and small mementos; or post messages, artwork, and photos. Though they can be made of metal, fabric, or foam board, most are made of cork. Which one should you pick? For guidance, browse our selection of the best bulletin boards below. 
  
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• Cameron Rowland’s Difficult Art Broaches Heady Ideas About Slavery—But Who Is the Work For?

  31-07-2020 17:43 via artnews.com
  
  [The extended image captions above and below are styled according to the artist’s insistence.]
  Few young artists anywhere have garnered as much attention as quickly as Cameron Rowland. Not yet 35 years old, they won a $625,000 MacArthur “genius” fellowship and the inaugural $100,000 Nomura Emerging Award in 2019, and their work is now held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago. But Rowland’s subject matter is tough and knotty, and seemin
  
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• Randonautica: What Is It and Are the Stories Real?

  31-07-2020 17:42 via nytimes.com
  
  An app that generates coordinates for adventurers claims to turn your thoughts into reality. TikTok and YouTube creators want you to believe it — but you shouldn’t.
  
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• The Best Day Planners To Keep Track Of Your Schedule

  31-07-2020 17:39 via artnews.com
  
  Calendar applications are convenient, but no smartphone tool can truly replace a material planner. It’s helpful to have one physical space where you can write down all your important dates and deadlines and be able to flip through it to compare weeks or months at a glance. Planners keep you organized, but more than that, they are diaries of how you’ve spent your time and how your life has changed from year to year. We’ve found some of the best planners to suit a range of planni
  
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• Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’

  31-07-2020 17:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Killer robots may not seem like soothing fare, but unlike real life, the world’s horrors come to an end when the movie does.
  
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• The Best Drafting Brushes for Sweeping Away Debris

  31-07-2020 17:31 via artnews.com
  
  Clear your workspace of debris, rid your sculptures of shavings, and clean graphite dust and eraser bits from your drawings (without smudging!) with a drafting brush. Drafting brushes come in many shapes and sizes, but most have a wooden handle and either natural or synthetic fiber bristles. Useful for everything from cleaning a computer keyboard to clearing pages of stray media, a drafting brush helps keep both your work and your workspace pristine. Browse our selection of the best options belo
  
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• The Best Artist Drawing Boards for Drafting and Sketching

  31-07-2020 17:28 via artnews.com
  
  More portable than a drafting table and larger than a clipboard, a drawing board is an essential item for draftspeople of all levels. Drawing boards keep your drawing paper securely clipped to a hard sketching surface. Slip one into a portfolio for travel, and prop it up in your lap or lay it on a table for drawing. Boards come in a variety of materials including Masonite, plastic, wood, and resin. Whether you’re looking for a flat board or an option with an adjustable angled top, we&rsquo
  
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• Malik B., Longtime Member of the Roots, Is Dead at 47

  31-07-2020 17:12 via nytimes.com
  
  He brought his understatedly gritty lyrics and cadence to the band during its formative years. After he went solo, he dropped in on a few Roots albums.
  
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• Theater groups keep the arts rolling with Zoom productions - Lansing State Journal

  31-07-2020 16:24 via lansingstatejournal.com
  Theater groups keep the arts rolling with Zoom productions  Lansing State Journal
  
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• Atlantic Center for the Arts awarded grant to help blind, low-sighted youth - Orlando Sentinel

  31-07-2020 16:23 via orlandosentinel.com
  Atlantic Center for the Arts awarded grant to help blind, low-sighted youth  Orlando Sentinel
  
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• Darks Arts, Light Ride - Surfline.com Surf News

  31-07-2020 16:18 via surfline.com
  
  Darks Arts, Light Ride  Surfline.com Surf News
  
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• The ‘Wildcat’ Episode, or, Did Broadway Love Lucy?

  31-07-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  With her sitcom over and marriage finished, Lucille Ball fulfilled an old dream: a stint on Broadway. It did not go well.
  
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• Monsters vs. Aliens

  31-07-2020 15:56 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything,” a Mexican-American girl lights candles in the desert for her deported mother. Then a spacecraft arrives.
  
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• Billie Eilish’s Isolation Awakening, and 8 More New Songs

  31-07-2020 15:55 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Laura Veirs, A.G. Cook, Bill Frisell and others.
  
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