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• Dreams and Waking Life Blur in a New Story Collection

  01-09-2020 23:50 via nytimes.com
  
  “Likes,” by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, shows an impressive control of language and a capacious sense of how much a short story can do.
  
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• There’ll Be a Theater Season. But How and Where and When?

  01-09-2020 23:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Announcing stage productions, and timing, has become a matter of wishful thinking, guesswork and experimentation. Case in point: the no-show plan.
  
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• Longtime CAA Agent Carin Sage Joining 3 Arts - Deadline

  01-09-2020 23:03 via deadline.com
  
  Longtime CAA Agent Carin Sage Joining 3 Arts  Deadline
  
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• There’ll Be a Season. But How and Where and When?

  01-09-2020 22:59 via nytimes.com
  
  Announcing stage productions, and timing, has become a matter of wishful thinking, guesswork and experimentation. Case in point: the no-show plan.
  
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• ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Review: Where to Begin?

  01-09-2020 22:52 via nytimes.com
  
  Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons play a couple on a trip to some very odd places in Charlie Kaufman’s latest film.
  
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• ‘The Mole Agent’ Review: Undercover, Where You Least Expect Him

  01-09-2020 22:48 via nytimes.com
  
  A very senior spy burrows into the secrets of a nursing home in this sometimes unsettling mix of documentary and drama.
  
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• ‘Class Action Park’ Review: Thanks for the Injuries

  01-09-2020 22:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The HBO Max documentary details the joys and horrors of New Jersey’s Action Park, a no-rules bacchanal of water slides and broken bones.
  
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• Roger Gastman’s New Venture: A Digital Art Fair

  01-09-2020 22:16 via nytimes.com
  
  The curator’s follow up to the traveling street art exhibition “Beyond the Streets” is a virtual showcase created in a partnership with NTWRK, a shopping platform.
  
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• Van Gogh Twitter Controversy, Explained: Why a Viral Tweet Tried to Cancel the Post-Impressionist

  01-09-2020 22:06 via artnews.com
  
  Over the past few days, hundreds of thousands of Twitter users have gotten involved in a heated debate, and it has nothing to do with politics, celebrities, or K-Pop stans—the subjects that typically populate one’s Twitter feed. The subject of that discourse was something far less likely: a famed 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh called Café Terrace at Night and a reinterpretation of the French Post-Impressionist’s masterpiece by contemporary Chinese artist Haixia Liu. H
  
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• Arts organizations and more will light up tonight for Red Alert RESTART - The Daily Gazette

  01-09-2020 21:44 via dailygazette.com
  
  Arts organizations and more will light up tonight for Red Alert RESTART  The Daily Gazette
  
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• In Europe’s Theaters, Outsiders Tread a Tricky Path

  01-09-2020 21:33 via nytimes.com
  
  The firing of the British artistic director of one of Paris’s most famous venues exposes fault lines between globalization and local tradition.
  
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• Realism and Revival

  01-09-2020 21:21 via artnews.com
  
  The last time Art in America devoted an issue to the subject of realism was nearly forty years ago, in the midst of a recession, on the cusp of the Reagan revolution, and at a time when art publications were filled with speculation about postmodernism. Photorealists and figurative painters aligned with feminist politics had taken up the realist mantle. So what, exactly, did that portend?
  In her essay for A.i.A.’s September 1981 issue, Linda Nochlin argued that the foundational avant-garde
  
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• Nan Goldin, Ryan McGinley, More Sell Works to Benefit Black Trans Community, Sex Workers

  01-09-2020 20:55 via artnews.com
  
  The nonprofit Towards Utopia launched an online print sale on Tuesday to benefit three organizations providing housing, grants, and other resources to Black trans people and sex workers. All proceeds after shipping and printing costs will be distributed equally to Gays and Lesbians Living In a Transgender Society (G.L.I.T.S.), Sex Workers Outreach Project Brooklyn, and For the Gworls.
  The sale, which was curated by K. O. Nnamdie of the New York–based Restaurant Projects and organized with
  
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• Arts and Heritage Development Council announces grants for creative community activities - Clarksville Now

  01-09-2020 20:54 via clarksvillenow.com
  
  Arts and Heritage Development Council announces grants for creative community activities  Clarksville Now
  
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• When Democracy Dies in Daylight

  01-09-2020 20:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Revisiting HBO’s “The Plot Against America” and its final, dire warning for election season.
  
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• 'The Plot Against America': A Dire Warning For Election Season

  01-09-2020 20:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Revisiting HBO’s “The Plot Against America” and its final, dire warning for election season.
  
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• When Merce Cunningham Took On a New Collaborator: The Computer

  01-09-2020 20:08 via nytimes.com
  
  In his 70s, Cunningham, the modern dance innovator, started a new creative period, discovering new possibilities for human movement.
  
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• This Way to Chloë Bass’s Outdoor Art Show

  01-09-2020 20:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist’s exhibition in St. Nicholas Park, mounted by the Studio Museum in Harlem, revolves around questions like: “How much of life is coping?”
  
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• False Grit

  01-09-2020 19:56 via artnews.com
  
  On January 3, 2017, Kim Kardashian West posted a picture to Instagram featuring her husband, rapper Kanye West, and her two children Saint and North, standing outside doing nothing. The caption read simply “family.” Fans flocked to the unremarkable photo, which rapidly amassed more than four million likes. A friend texted me: “Kim’s back on IG.” It was the reality TV star’s first post in almost three months. After Kardashian was tied up and robbed by jewel thi
  
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• Real Work

  01-09-2020 19:30 via artnews.com
  
  The Realist movement begins in earnest with an image of work. In an 1849 letter to the critic Francis Wey, Gustave Courbet describes the painting he has just completed:
  On one side is an old man of seventy, bent over his work, his sledgehammer raised, his skin parched by the sun, his head shaded by a straw hat; his trousers, of coarse material, are completely patched; and in his cracked sabots you can see his bare heels sticking out of socks that were once blue. On the other side is a young man
  
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• ‘I Hate New York’ Review: The Club Kids Are Still Standing

  01-09-2020 18:32 via nytimes.com
  
  A documentary follows Amanda Lepore, Sophia Lamar, Chloe Dzubilo and T De Long over a 10-year period.
  
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• Her Town Depended on the Mill. Was It Also Making the Residents Sick?

  01-09-2020 18:25 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Mill Town,” Kerri Arsenault uncovers her family’s long history in northern Maine and an epidemic of cancer that may be intimately connected to the community’s main employer.
  
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• Investing in the Arts Will Speed Economic Recovery - Bloomberg

  01-09-2020 18:00 via bloomberg.com
  Investing in the Arts Will Speed Economic Recovery  Bloomberg
  
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• Remembering Riley Gale of Power Trip, a Thrash Titan

  01-09-2020 17:07 via nytimes.com
  
  The band’s 34-year-old frontman helped break down barriers between scenes, and was known for singularly wild live shows.
  
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• Graham Company to Draw on Deep Archives for Its Coming Season

  01-09-2020 17:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The modern dance troupe has been sharing content online since the pandemic began but now will organize programs thematically.
  
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• Kendra Scott Appointed Professor of Practice at UT College of Fine Arts - UT News | The University of Texas at Austin

  01-09-2020 17:01 via news.utexas.edu
  
  Kendra Scott Appointed Professor of Practice at UT College of Fine Arts  UT News | The University of Texas at Austin
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Governor Baker visits Museum of Fine Arts Station in Boston to provide COVID-19 update - NEWS10 ABC

  01-09-2020 16:29 via news10.com
  WATCH LIVE: Governor Baker visits Museum of Fine Arts Station in Boston to provide COVID-19 update  NEWS10 ABC
  
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• What's New on Netflix, Amazon and More in September

  01-09-2020 16:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Every month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are our picks for September.
  
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• What to Watch in September: The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More

  01-09-2020 16:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Every month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are our picks for September.
  
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• From tiramisu to pistachio, Loca Latte in Sussex features more than 50 flavors for coffee drinks, and fresh foods - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  01-09-2020 16:07 via jsonline.com
  From tiramisu to pistachio, Loca Latte in Sussex features more than 50 flavors for coffee drinks, and fresh foods  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
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• Love Theater? Jesse Green Recommends Streaming Options

  01-09-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Times’s Culture editor has questions. Our critic has answers.
  
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• Art21 Details Next Season of Beloved TV Series, Spotlighting Anish Kapoor, John Akomfrah, and More

  01-09-2020 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  The nonprofit Art21 has revealed the 12 artists and collectives who will be featured across three episodes in the tenth season of its Emmy-nominated television series Art in the Twenty-First Century, premiering on PBS and online on September 18. Each installment this season will be dedicated to a different location, focusing on London, Beijing, and the United States–Mexico border, respectively.
  The first episode, which spotlights artists working in the English capital, will showcase the pr
  
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• Sondra Radvanovsky & Keri Alkema Release Save the Arts Video - OperaWire

  01-09-2020 15:50 via operawire.com
  
  Sondra Radvanovsky & Keri Alkema Release Save the Arts Video  OperaWire
  
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• They can play: Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School to allow fall sports - Ellwood City Ledger

  01-09-2020 15:38 via ellwoodcityledger.com
  They can play: Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School to allow fall sports  Ellwood City Ledger
  
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• GUEST COLUMN: Creatively saving the arts in Cambridge - Wicked Local Cambridge

  01-09-2020 15:21 via cambridge.wickedlocal.com
  GUEST COLUMN: Creatively saving the arts in Cambridge  Wicked Local Cambridge
  
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• ‘Robin’s Wish’ Review: Celebrating a Life, Highlighting a Disease

  01-09-2020 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary on Robin Williams alternates between paying tribute to him and shedding light on Lewy body dementia, which was diagnosed in him after his death.
  
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• Rehabilitation Begins at National Museum of Beirut, Basel Gets a New Space, and More: Morning Links from September 1, 2020

  01-09-2020 15:00 via artnews.com
  
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  Staff members from the Louvre began work on a joint rehabilitation project at the National Museum of Beirut, which was damaged extensively by last month’s explosions in the city’s port area. “The aim is to secure the building and the collections as quickly as possible by repairing the doors, windows and security system.” [The Art News
  
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• Duluth martial arts studio will teach you to fight like a science fiction hero - Duluth News Tribune

  01-09-2020 15:00 via duluthnewstribune.com
  
  Duluth martial arts studio will teach you to fight like a science fiction hero  Duluth News Tribune
  
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• Determined to Salvage the Fall, Cabaret Plots Its (Outdoor, Online) Return

  01-09-2020 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Making performances more accessible to audiences is part of the mission. Presenting shows that reflect the moment is another.
  
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• Apollo Chamber Players Awarded Prestigious Mid-America Arts Alliance Grant - WFMZ Allentown

  01-09-2020 14:43 via wfmz.com
  Apollo Chamber Players Awarded Prestigious Mid-America Arts Alliance Grant  WFMZ Allentown
  
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• Arts Place Awards Contract for Legacy Capital Project - Winchester News Gazette

  01-09-2020 14:30 via winchesternewsgazette.com
  Arts Place Awards Contract for Legacy Capital Project  Winchester News Gazette
  
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• Wintergreen Arts Center Moves to New Site at the Aroostook Center Mall - WAGM

  01-09-2020 14:09 via wagmtv.com
  
  Wintergreen Arts Center Moves to New Site at the Aroostook Center Mall  WAGM
  
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• The Remarkable Life and Work of Guitar Maker Freeman Vines - Smithsonian Magazine

  01-09-2020 14:00 via smithsonianmag.com
  
  The Remarkable Life and Work of Guitar Maker Freeman Vines  Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• Denver Arts and Culture Institutions Deal With Six Months of COVID-19 | Westword - Westword

  01-09-2020 13:55 via westword.com
  
  Denver Arts and Culture Institutions Deal With Six Months of COVID-19 | Westword  Westword
  
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• Despite pandemic, execs play golf to raise money for Milwaukee arts groups: Slideshow - Milwaukee Business Journal

  01-09-2020 13:34 via bizjournals.com
  Despite pandemic, execs play golf to raise money for Milwaukee arts groups: Slideshow  Milwaukee Business Journal
  
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• Boston's Museum Of Fine Arts Turns 150, Celebrates Monet's 'Lasting Impression' - NPR

  01-09-2020 13:01 via npr.org
  Boston's Museum Of Fine Arts Turns 150, Celebrates Monet's 'Lasting Impression'  NPR
  
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• Students Blockade College as Hungary Boosts State Sway Over Arts - Bloomberg

  01-09-2020 12:33 via bloomberg.com
  Students Blockade College as Hungary Boosts State Sway Over Arts  Bloomberg
  
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• Bird-Watching With Nick Flynn and Lili Taylor

  01-09-2020 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The couple have been quarantining in upstate New York, using a camera and baby monitors to bring the outdoors inside.
  
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• First to Close, Last to Reopen: Arts Venues Feel the Pandemic Squeeze - WOSU

  01-09-2020 11:51 via radio.wosu.org
  First to Close, Last to Reopen: Arts Venues Feel the Pandemic Squeeze  WOSU
  
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• Advocate of Lebanon's arts dies after suffering injuries in blast - Reuters

  01-09-2020 11:41 via reuters.com
  
  Advocate of Lebanon's arts dies after suffering injuries in blast  Reuters
  
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