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• Please Stop With the Cheesy Documentary Re-Enactments

  09-04-2021 23:55 via nytimes.com
  
  We are awash in true-crime docs, and I have made my peace with the hunger for agony-as-entertainment. What I cannot accept is another pointless re-enactment scene.
  
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• The 2021 Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival is happening this weekend - KPRC Click2Houston

  09-04-2021 23:51 via click2houston.com
  
  The 2021 Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival is happening this weekend  KPRC Click2Houston
  
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• Paul Ritter, British Stage, Film and TV Actor, Dies at 54

  09-04-2021 23:42 via nytimes.com
  
  A familiar face to British theatergoers, he was also well known for his role as an eccentric father on the popular sitcom “Friday Night Dinner.”
  
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• Englewood Arts partners with Metropolitan Community College to offer hands-on learning - KSHB

  09-04-2021 23:39 via kshb.com
  
  Englewood Arts partners with Metropolitan Community College to offer hands-on learning  KSHB
  
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• Best Smart Coffee Makers for Busy Studios and Art Centers

  09-04-2021 23:30 via artnews.com
  
  A well-caffeinated studio is a well-run studio. The same goes for any creative workplace, where a freshly made pot of coffee can be just the thing to set a good mood for the day or keep you going as the hour gets late. Want to avoid quibbles over who forgot to brew the java? Pick up a smart coffee maker, which simplifies the process through automation. Many can be programmed to turn on at a certain time or be controlled by voice or through an app. Say goodbye to lost time spent waiting impatient
  
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• Peter Manso, Biographer of Brando and Mailer, Dies at 80

  09-04-2021 23:26 via nytimes.com
  
  His relationship with his subjects and critics could be tempestuous. His interview with Mayor Edward I. Koch for Playboy may have cost Koch the governorship
  
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• Patrons of the Nixon Centre plant seeds to Grow the Arts - Newnan Times-Herald

  09-04-2021 23:18 via times-herald.com
  
  Patrons of the Nixon Centre plant seeds to Grow the Arts  Newnan Times-Herald
  
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• Federal loan site troubles frustrate Capital Region arts groups - Times Union

  09-04-2021 23:18 via timesunion.com
  
  Federal loan site troubles frustrate Capital Region arts groups  Times Union
  
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• Capitol Center for Arts director to step down 7h ago - Concord Monitor

  09-04-2021 23:15 via concordmonitor.com
  
  Capitol Center for Arts director to step down 7h ago  Concord Monitor
  
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• Capitol Center for Arts director to step down 21h ago - Concord Monitor

  09-04-2021 23:15 via concordmonitor.com
  
  Capitol Center for Arts director to step down 21h ago  Concord Monitor
  
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• National Arts Centre Rejuvenation / Diamond Schmitt Architects - ArchDaily

  09-04-2021 23:00 via archdaily.com
  
  National Arts Centre Rejuvenation / Diamond Schmitt Architects  ArchDaily
  
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• NJ theaters and arts venues hope to rebound with federal aid | Video - NJ Spotlight

  09-04-2021 22:59 via njspotlight.com
  
  NJ theaters and arts venues hope to rebound with federal aid | Video  NJ Spotlight
  
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• ASU Gammage brings livestreamed arts to students in rural communities - The State Press

  09-04-2021 22:30 via statepress.com
  ASU Gammage brings livestreamed arts to students in rural communities  The State Press
  
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• New Gardner Museum Art Heist Documentary Offers a Fresh Take for the ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Crowd

  09-04-2021 22:17 via artnews.com
  
  When it took place in the early hours of March 18, as celebrations for St. Patrick’s Day were still going strong, the theft of 13 artworks, including a major painting each by Rembrandt and Vermeer, from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum became international news. Almost immediately, it was labeled the largest art heist the world had ever seen. Now, 31 years later, with the missing artworks valued together at $500 million, it still retains that title. In the intervening years,
  
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• Prince’s Unearthed, Disillusioned Funk, and 10 More New Songs

  09-04-2021 21:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Doja Cat featuring SZA, Twenty One Pilots and Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi.
  
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• The Late Prince Philip Was a Devoted Patron of the Arts and a Hobbyist Painter—Here Are Some of His Most Notable Pursuits - artnet News

  09-04-2021 21:42 via news.artnet.com
  
  The Late Prince Philip Was a Devoted Patron of the Arts and a Hobbyist Painter—Here Are Some of His Most Notable Pursuits  artnet News
  
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• Pocatello Arts Council Seeks Artists for Digital Exhibition - Idaho Falls Magazine

  09-04-2021 21:37 via idahofallsmagazine.com
  
  Pocatello Arts Council Seeks Artists for Digital Exhibition  Idaho Falls Magazine
  
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• Norman Stone, Vivacious Bay Area Collector and Arts Patron, Has Died at 82

  09-04-2021 21:36 via artnews.com
  
  Norman Stone, a San Francisco arts patron and collector who, along with his wife Norah, was known for a renowned contemporary collection and larger-than-life style, died on April 2. He was 82. The news was first reported in the San Francisco Chronicle.
  The Stones began collecting art in the late 1980s, and ranked on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list each year between 1995 and 2019, the year Norah died. In the Bay Area social circuit, they were known for a flair for bold, complementary outfits
  
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• Darke County Endowment for the Arts grant application deadline approaching - WDTN.com

  09-04-2021 21:22 via wdtn.com
  Darke County Endowment for the Arts grant application deadline approaching  WDTN.com
  
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• Picasso, Sanyu Works Expected to Fetch $26 M. in Sotheby’s Hong Kong Auction

  09-04-2021 21:20 via artnews.com
  
  Prompted by growth in the Asian art market in the past year, Sotheby’s has unveiled plans to stage a curated five-lot auction titled “ICONS: Masterpieces from Across Time and Space,” which will featuring paintings by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Sanyu, and Zhang Daquian, as well as a Song Dynasty Bodhisattva sculpture from the 11th century. Scheduled to take place on April 18 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong gallery at One Pacific Place, just before Sotheby’s modern art
  
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• ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Same as the Old Boss?

  09-04-2021 20:55 via nytimes.com
  
  With this week’s episode, the TV version of Walker finally caught up with the one in the comics.
  
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• Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Dots the New York Botanical Garden

  09-04-2021 20:33 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist’s lifelong fascination with the natural world inspires monumental floral sculptures in the New York Botanical Garden.
  
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• Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Dots a Bronx Garden

  09-04-2021 20:33 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist’s lifelong fascination with the natural world inspires monumental floral sculptures in the New York Botanical Garden.
  
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• When Inspiration Strikes, Use the Best Wooden Travel Easels for Creating

  09-04-2021 20:30 via artnews.com
  
  When you have a good easel, you can focus on your masterpiece while working in comfort. Wooden easels, compared to aluminum easels, have a more classic and handsome look, and they’re often built with compartments or drawers to keep your tools. This makes them great for traveling, as they can double as storage so you have less to juggle. Some examples of wooden options are simple tabletop easels, A-frame ones, or French-style easels that feature roomy sketch boxes. Explore the best of them
  
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• Jamestown Arts Center welcomes new programs, events this spring - What'sUpNewp

  09-04-2021 20:24 via whatsupnewp.com
  
  Jamestown Arts Center welcomes new programs, events this spring  What'sUpNewp
  
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• DMX's Songs: Hear 10 Songs That Showed His Range

  09-04-2021 20:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The gruff, evocative Yonkers rapper was a singular talent in hip-hop. He died on Friday after suffering what his family called “a catastrophic cardiac arrest” a week earlier.
  
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• DMX Songs: Hear 10 Songs That Showed His Range

  09-04-2021 20:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The gruff, evocative Yonkers rapper was a singular talent in hip-hop. He died on Friday after suffering what his family called “a catastrophic cardiac arrest” a week earlier.
  
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• Liquid Arts Passport Offers Discounted Sips, Ways to Support Local Makers - 5280 | The Denver Magazine

  09-04-2021 19:54 via 5280.com
  
  Liquid Arts Passport Offers Discounted Sips, Ways to Support Local Makers  5280 | The Denver Magazine
  
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• Review: Kyle Abraham’s Calm Control of Bodies and Space

  09-04-2021 19:53 via nytimes.com
  
  The choreographer’s “When We Fell,” for New York City Ballet, is among the most beautiful dance films of the pandemic.
  
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• Local nonprofit teaching fine arts facing instrument shortage, seeking donations - KGBT-TV

  09-04-2021 19:47 via valleycentral.com
  Local nonprofit teaching fine arts facing instrument shortage, seeking donations  KGBT-TV
  
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• Taylor Swift Remade ‘Fearless’ as ‘Taylor’s Version.’ Let’s Discuss.

  09-04-2021 19:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Keeping a promise from when her master recordings were sold, Swift has faithfully rerecorded her 2008 album. Our critics and reporters explore its sound, and purpose.
  
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• Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign

  09-04-2021 19:40 via nytimes.com
  
  A new project is producing sign language covers of 10 seminal musical works recorded by Black female artists.
  
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• How to Resolve a Conflict When You Hate Your Opponent’s Guts

  09-04-2021 19:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Amanda Ripley’s “High Conflict” explores the kind of disputes that are so bad they feel existential — and how to get out of them.
  
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• Horse Riders, a City Street and a History Now Captured on Film

  09-04-2021 19:34 via nytimes.com
  
  The coming-of-age drama “Concrete Cowboy” is set amid the stables of Philadelphia’s Fletcher Street, a hub for Black equestrians for decades.
  
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• DMX, Rapper Who Dominated Billboard Charts, Dies at 50

  09-04-2021 19:29 via nytimes.com
  
  A muscular and intense figure, he released a string of No. 1 albums that reflected his gritty past and featured a gruff and unmistakable lyrical style.
  
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• DMX: Hear 10 Essential Songs

  09-04-2021 19:24 via nytimes.com
  
  The gruff, evocative Yonkers rapper was a singular talent in hip-hop. He died on Friday after suffering what his family called “a catastrophic cardiac arrest” a week earlier.
  
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• Netflix's ‘The Crown’ Changed Prince Philip’s Image

  09-04-2021 19:23 via nytimes.com
  
  The Netflix show exposed a new generation to the prince’s life and helped reshape those already familiar with his legacy.
  
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• DMX's Music Was a Profound Vessel for His Pain

  09-04-2021 19:13 via nytimes.com
  
  The rapper, who died Friday, had no imitators because there was no way to falsify the life that forged him. He was a colossus, a fire-starter and a healer.
  
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• DMX, a Profound Vessel for Pain

  09-04-2021 18:55 via nytimes.com
  
  The rapper, who died Friday, had no imitators because there was no way to falsify the life that forged him. He was a colossus, a fire-starter and a healer.
  
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• Letter from the Editors: The Arts Issue - CU Columbia Spectator

  09-04-2021 18:54 via columbiaspectator.com
  
  Letter from the Editors: The Arts Issue  CU Columbia Spectator
  
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• Matthew McConaughey headlines upcoming virtual event from Arts and Letters Live - The Dallas Morning News

  09-04-2021 18:51 via dallasnews.com
  
  Matthew McConaughey headlines upcoming virtual event from Arts and Letters Live  The Dallas Morning News
  
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• Six Arrested for Vandalizing Epic Richard Serra Sculpture in Qatari Desert

  09-04-2021 18:48 via artnews.com
  
  Six people have been arrested in Qatar for vandalizing a giant Richard Serra sculpture in the country’s desert. The Qatar Museums, which manages the upkeep of the piece, titled East West/West East (2014), announced the arrests on Instagram and said they had occurred within the past two months. “Legal procedures are in process against” the suspected vandals, the Qatar Museums said.
  In a prior post, the Qatar Museums said the vandalism took place on December 28 and that an unspec
  
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• DMX, Who Dominated Billboard Charts, Dies at 50

  09-04-2021 18:46 via nytimes.com
  
  A muscular and intense figure, he released a string of No. 1 albums that reflected his gritty past and featured a gruff and unmistakable lyrical style.
  
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• Campus update on Arts Everywhere, vaccines and fall planning | UNC-Chapel Hill - UNC Chapell Hill

  09-04-2021 18:42 via unc.edu
  
  Campus update on Arts Everywhere, vaccines and fall planning | UNC-Chapel Hill  UNC Chapell Hill
  
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• Best Microphone Stands for Hands-Free Presentations and Performances

  09-04-2021 18:36 via artnews.com
  
  Whether you’re a musician, an artist who works frequently with sound, or an arts professional who uses a mic at public events, you know that having to hold a microphone for long periods isn’t a pleasant experience. A mic stand will free up your hands while consistently picking up sound. Some stands are designed for use while sitting down at a table or desk; others are ideal for situations when you’ll be standing. We’ve determined the best products for a variety of uses an
  
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• Classic Mondrian with $25 M. Estimate to Be Offered at Christie’s in May

  09-04-2021 18:31 via artnews.com
  
  On Monday, April 12, Christie’s will take the wraps off a 1927 Piet Mondrian painting in Hong Kong. The work will be offered in the house’s 20th Century art evening sale on May 11 in New York without an estimate, but the whisper number is around $25 million. After a three-day sojourn in Hong Kong, Composition: No. II with Yellow, Red and Blue (1927) will be transported to London where it will be on view from April 20–22.
  The work is a prime example of Mondrian’s famous &l
  
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• Would You Spend $899 for a Kitty Scratcher?

  09-04-2021 18:26 via nytimes.com
  
  Vegetable-dyed scratch pads and organic catnip leaf? The money grows on these cat trees.
  
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• They Hooked Up at Her Bachelorette Party. Now He’s Stalking Her.

  09-04-2021 18:25 via nytimes.com
  
  Our thriller columnist weighs in on Peter Swanson’s “Every Vow You Break” and two other thoroughly unsettling new novels.
  
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• Review: Reveling in the Tap Magic of Ayodele Casel

  09-04-2021 18:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Casel’s joyful and generous spirit is as vivid as ever in a new virtual presentation by the Joyce Theater.
  
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• Himes retiring as dean of SFA College of Fine Arts - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

  09-04-2021 18:00 via dailysentinel.com
  Himes retiring as dean of SFA College of Fine Arts  Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
  
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