Books
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‘Days of Our Lives,’ NBC Mainstay Since 1965, Moves to Peacock
After more than 57 years and 14,000 episodes, NBC is moving “Days of Our Lives,” one of the last remaining…
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Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present
Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present “Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The…
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It Came From the ’80s
If you were a moviegoer in the 1980s, you were constantly presented with imaginative questions that seemed cosmic and existential.…
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If These Beautiful Ornaments Could Speak
“The Clamor of Ornament,” a dazzling new exhibition at the Drawing Center, gathers nearly 200 drawings, etchings, photographs, tunics and…
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Julie Benko Was the ‘Funny Girl’ No One Had Heard of, Until Now
Early on in the musical “Funny Girl,” a young and determined Fanny Brice sings a line that anyone even slightly…
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Rzewski for Lovers? A Pianist Mines a Prickly Modernist’s Gentler Side
The renowned composer and pianist Frederic Rzewski, who died last year, was celebrated for the committed nature of his leftist…
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Trevor Noah Weighs In on the Killing of Ayman al-Zawahri
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets…
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At the BlackStar Film Festival, a Revelatory Understanding of Cinema
Don’t call it the Black Sundance. Though it was dubbed that by Ebony magazine, the BlackStar Film Festival, now in…
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The Pedal Steel Gets Its Resurrection
When DaShawn Hickman was 4 years old, living just 32 steps from the tiny granite House of God church in…
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Review: Black Grace Dances Out a Different Kind of Buzz
I was expecting an energy boost, and then some. But Black Grace, a celebrated company from New Zealand known for…