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• The Pandemic’s Future — and Ours

  03-11-2020 23:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Apollo’s Arrow,” by Nicholas A. Christakis, looks at the coronavirus from several angles and suggests some possibilities in the months and years to come.
  
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• November 5, Arts and Entertainment Source: Activities - Vallejo Times-Herald

  03-11-2020 22:41 via timesheraldonline.com
  
  November 5, Arts and Entertainment Source: Activities  Vallejo Times-Herald
  
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• Mexico's leading brass ensemble joins the Performing Arts Series this fall - Nevada Today

  03-11-2020 21:15 via unr.edu
  
  Mexico's leading brass ensemble joins the Performing Arts Series this fall  Nevada Today
  
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• Bob Dylan’s First Musical Had a Devil of a Time

  03-11-2020 20:52 via nytimes.com
  
  The task: write songs for Archibald MacLeish’s adaptation of a classic New England morality tale. What audiences saw (briefly): A play without music.
  
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• Gagosian Gallery Director Sam Orlofsky Terminated Amid Misconduct Investigation

  03-11-2020 20:40 via artnews.com
  
  Sam Orlofsky, a New York–based director at the mega-gallery Gagosian, has been terminated as part of an investigation into his alleged misconduct. He had been with the gallery since 2001 and had in that time become one of the most prominent figures involved with the enterprise.
  Reached for comment, a Gagosian representative sent ARTnews a letter to staff from Larry Gagosian, the gallery’s founder, in which he states that an unnamed “colleague” was let go as part of the in
  
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• On Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions,’ Intimacy Is a Topic and an Aesthetic

  03-11-2020 20:31 via nytimes.com
  
  The singer continues to make the mainstream pop album a looser, weirder and more conversational space on her sixth LP.
  
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• A ‘Wicked’ Challenge and Other Tough Questions for Ben Brantley

  03-11-2020 18:41 via nytimes.com
  
  The New York Times theater critic, who stepped down after 27 years, recently responded to readers, including one hungry for a do-over on his review of a blockbuster musical.
  
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• I’m a Chess Expert. Here’s What ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Gets Right

  03-11-2020 18:09 via nytimes.com
  
  The Netflix show about a female chess prodigy in the 1950s and ’60s is one of the best screen adaptations of the game yet. But there are a few wrong moves.
  
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• Australian Government Pledges Millions Toward Repatriation of Indigenous Artifacts

  03-11-2020 17:55 via artnews.com
  
  The Australian government has pledged A$10.1 million (about $7.2 million) in additional funds over four years toward the return Indigenous cultural heritage objects held in collections overseas. The pilot program was launched in 2018 with a A$2 million ($1.4 million) budget by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), a national institution that supports the cultural resurgence of Australia’s native peoples. “We wanted to help the nation und
  
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• ‘Song Exploder’ and the Inexhaustible Hustle of Hrishikesh Hirway

  03-11-2020 17:50 via nytimes.com
  
  The creator of several podcasts and a new television series is a popular investigator of the creative process. But his most personal case remains unsolved.
  
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• New Study Suggests van Gogh Suffered from ‘Several Comorbid Disorders’

  03-11-2020 17:14 via artnews.com
  
  A new study by the International Journal of Bipolar Disorders claims that the Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh likely suffered from delirium associated with alcohol withdrawal in the years leading up to his suicide in 1890. Rather than assign a single illness to the artist, as some previous studies have, the paper attempts “to assess all mental symptoms ever reported by Van Gogh in his letters or as found in other sources.”
  In addition to interviewing art historians a
  
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• Best Practices: Lu Yang’s Otherworldly Avatars Imagine New Possibilities for the Body

  03-11-2020 16:52 via artnews.com
  
  Five years ago, Lu Yang made a genderless rendering of himself the protagonist of Lu Yang Delusional Mandala, a 2015 video in which the artist’s avatar wears a baseball cap and dances through a computer-generated version of outer space. Not that the figure is carefree. The viewer is given to understand that there is a tumor in the avatar’s brain, and at times it seems to be in pain. At various points in the 16-minute piece, it is probed by diagnostic machines. The avatar dies and liv
  
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• Kylie Minogue Swoons for Prince (and Ennio Morricone)

  03-11-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Australian dance-pop institution ran down her list of cultural must-haves as she prepared to release her 15th album, “Disco.”
  
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• Nick Cave Speaks Truth to Power, Venice Flood Plan Leaves Areas Vulnerable, and More: Morning Links from November 3, 2020

  03-11-2020 15:19 via artnews.com
  
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  Artist Nick Cave made a big public artwork timed with the election at Jack Shainman Gallery’s satellite location called the School in Kinderhook, New York. [Curbed]
  With the polls open for the presidential election in America, the Art Newspaper looked back on its coverage of politics in the arts during the past four ye
  
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• Watching Writers Pace the Streets, and Seeing Symptoms of Social Ills

  03-11-2020 14:57 via nytimes.com
  
  In “The Walker,” Matthew Beaumont profiles some of literature’s most obsessive pedestrians to analyze their troubled relationships to their eras.
  
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• When a Dance Collective Was Like a Rock Band

  03-11-2020 14:54 via nytimes.com
  
  Wendy Perron’s book about the Grand Union explores this group of improvisers, who could transform “almost nothing” into “an unforgettable something.”
  
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• Ian Bostridge on Schubert’s Hidden Depths

  03-11-2020 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The tenor’s new recording of “Die Schöne Müllerin” encompasses that song cycle’s rustic allure and its dark complexities.
  
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• Coronavirus Study in Germany Offers Hope for Concertgoers

  03-11-2020 12:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Findings from a test event with 1,200 attendees suggest that indoor concerts have a “low” impact on infection rates, providing they are well ventilated and follow hygiene protocols.
  
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• Letters to the Editor: Find hope, joy in arts during pandemic - Charleston Post Courier

  03-11-2020 12:01 via postandcourier.com
  
  Letters to the Editor: Find hope, joy in arts during pandemic  Charleston Post Courier
  
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• Sumter School District program offers creative arts workshop - Sumter Item

  03-11-2020 12:00 via theitem.com
  
  Sumter School District program offers creative arts workshop  Sumter Item
  
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• Carmel seeks applications for 2021 City Arts Grants - The Times

  03-11-2020 11:53 via thetimes24-7.com
  Carmel seeks applications for 2021 City Arts Grants  The Times
  
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• Book Review: ‘To Be a Man: Stories,’ by Nicole Krauss

  03-11-2020 11:35 via nytimes.com
  
  In her first collection, “To Be a Man,” characters are caught between the forces of family, faith and personal freedom.
  
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• New Bedford area filmmaker, a Fall River native, dreams big for arts community - Fall River Herald News

  03-11-2020 11:19 via heraldnews.com
  New Bedford area filmmaker, a Fall River native, dreams big for arts community  Fall River Herald News
  
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• Her Grandmother Taught Her How to Steal. Now What?

  03-11-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In her debut novel, “White Ivy,” Susie Yang explores the life of a complicated character.
  
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• Book Review: ‘Britain at Bay,’ by Alan Allport

  03-11-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Alan Allport’s “Britain at Bay” looks at the early years of World War II and has some surprising things to say about Britain’s leaders.
  
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• Arts and Crafts Tools Market 2020: Rising with Immense Development Trends across the Globe by 2027 - Aerospace Journal

  03-11-2020 10:58 via aerospace-journal.com
  Arts and Crafts Tools Market 2020: Rising with Immense Development Trends across the Globe by 2027  Aerospace Journal
  
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• 'The Edge of Order': Wönzimer's new exhibit | Arts and Culture - LA Downtown News Online

  03-11-2020 10:00 via ladowntownnews.com
  
  'The Edge of Order': Wönzimer's new exhibit | Arts and Culture  LA Downtown News Online
  
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• Portrait of an Artist: John Manuel Arias | Arts - Harvard Crimson

  03-11-2020 09:00 via thecrimson.com
  
  Portrait of an Artist: John Manuel Arias | Arts  Harvard Crimson
  
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• 'Piranesi' is a Beautifully Infinite Quarantine | Arts - Harvard Crimson

  03-11-2020 09:00 via thecrimson.com
  
  'Piranesi' is a Beautifully Infinite Quarantine | Arts  Harvard Crimson
  
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• Glendale Arts and Culture Program approves grants | News - Glendale Star

  03-11-2020 09:00 via glendalestar.com
  
  Glendale Arts and Culture Program approves grants | News  Glendale Star
  
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• Artists Discuss Activism Through Arts in Ed School Panel | News - Harvard Crimson

  03-11-2020 09:00 via thecrimson.com
  
  Artists Discuss Activism Through Arts in Ed School Panel | News  Harvard Crimson
  
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• America Is Going Full ‘Mad Max’ for Election Day, Late Night Says

  03-11-2020 08:35 via nytimes.com
  
  “Right now, they’re erecting a massive protective fence around the White House in the event that things get crazy,” Jimmy Kimmel said. “It took four years, but Trump finally got his wall built.”
  
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• Detroitisit - Omar S and Red Bull Arts Team Up on New Kind of Detroit Exhibition - Detroitisit

  03-11-2020 07:17 via detroitisit.com
  
  Detroitisit - Omar S and Red Bull Arts Team Up on New Kind of Detroit Exhibition  Detroitisit
  
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• NKU School of the Arts streams 'Edges' to kick off 2020-21 Theatre Season this week (Nov. 5-8) - User-generated content

  03-11-2020 06:50 via nkytribune.com
  NKU School of the Arts streams 'Edges' to kick off 2020-21 Theatre Season this week (Nov. 5-8)  User-generated content
  
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• Artsbridge taking applications for Fine Arts scholarship | News, Sports, Jobs - Parkersburg News

  03-11-2020 06:47 via newsandsentinel.com
  Artsbridge taking applications for Fine Arts scholarship | News, Sports, Jobs  Parkersburg News
  
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• Arts Organizations Worldwide Partner for 'Global Ode to Joy' Project - OperaWire

  03-11-2020 06:03 via operawire.com
  
  Arts Organizations Worldwide Partner for 'Global Ode to Joy' Project  OperaWire
  
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• 150 Years of the Arts at Lock Haven University - Lock Haven Express

  03-11-2020 06:03 via lockhaven.com
  150 Years of the Arts at Lock Haven University  Lock Haven Express
  
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• The Paramount Arts Center to present 'An Evening with James Edward Holley' - Huntington Herald Dispatch

  03-11-2020 06:00 via herald-dispatch.com
  
  The Paramount Arts Center to present 'An Evening with James Edward Holley'  Huntington Herald Dispatch
  
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• OPINION | Liberal arts education is more conducive to academic success - Tulane Hullabaloo

  03-11-2020 05:51 via tulanehullabaloo.com
  
  OPINION | Liberal arts education is more conducive to academic success  Tulane Hullabaloo
  
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• Sean Connery's Style Made James Bond

  03-11-2020 05:09 via nytimes.com
  
  The yardstick of James Bond’s suavely murderous upper-class style was forever set by Sean Connery.
  
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• Council might put more money into tourism, arts coronavirus relief grants - BethesdaMagazine.com

  03-11-2020 03:45 via bethesdamagazine.com
  
  Council might put more money into tourism, arts coronavirus relief grants  BethesdaMagazine.com
  
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• Chimichurri spices up Bishop Arts - Advocate Media

  03-11-2020 02:45 via oakcliff.advocatemag.com
  
  Chimichurri spices up Bishop Arts  Advocate Media
  
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• Goldman Global Arts to Partner with Michelle Obama's WHEN WE ALL VOTE - Social Miami

  03-11-2020 01:57 via socialmiami.com
  
  Goldman Global Arts to Partner with Michelle Obama's WHEN WE ALL VOTE  Social Miami
  
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• Caldwell Arts Academy students present visual, performing art to showcase Dia de los Muertos - Tyler Morning Telegraph

  03-11-2020 01:52 via tylerpaper.com
  
  Caldwell Arts Academy students present visual, performing art to showcase Dia de los Muertos  Tyler Morning Telegraph
  
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• Joan Bingham, Catalyst in a Publishing Merger, Dies at 85

  03-11-2020 01:34 via nytimes.com
  
  She helped produce the Grove Atlantic publishing house, then oversaw prize winners as its executive editor.
  
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• Marvel's Next Master of the Mystic Arts Adopted a WEIRD Pet | CBR - CBR - Comic Book Resources

  03-11-2020 01:10 via cbr.com
  Marvel's Next Master of the Mystic Arts Adopted a WEIRD Pet | CBR  CBR - Comic Book Resources
  
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• BFMC/HPN holding drive-thru coffee, arts and crafts for seniors - KERO 23ABC News

  03-11-2020 01:01 via turnto23.com
  
  BFMC/HPN holding drive-thru coffee, arts and crafts for seniors  KERO 23ABC News
  
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• Inside The Arts: New Orleans Film Fest Kicks Off This Week - WWNO

  03-11-2020 00:44 via wwno.org
  
  Inside The Arts: New Orleans Film Fest Kicks Off This Week  WWNO
  
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• ‘Jeopardy!’ Greats Who Battled for Top Title Get New Show, 'The Chase'

  03-11-2020 00:11 via nytimes.com
  
  On ABC’s “The Chase,” based on a British quiz show, contestants will face off against a trivia powerhouse — either Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer or Brad Rutter.
  
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