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Barenboim: What Beethoven’s Ninth Teaches Us
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was first performed exactly 200 years ago Tuesday and has since become probably the work…
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News
Laurent Cantet, Whose Films Explored France’s Undersides, Dies at 63
His acclaimed “The Class” walked a provocative line between documentary and fiction. In that film and others, he explored the…
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World
Driver Dies After Crashing Into Barrier Near the White House
The Secret Service said the incident posed no threat to the public, and President Biden was in Delaware at the…
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Books
Madonna Brings Massive Free Concert to Rio, Capping Celebration Tour
The pop superstar performed a final date on her global trek marking four decades of hits: a set on Copacabana…
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Style
These Couples Survived a Lot. Then Came Retirement.
This spring, Barbara and Joe, a retired couple in their 60s, sat down with me at a bistro in suburban…
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Business
Got an Idea for a Toy? Toymakers Want to Hear From You.
Companies like Lego and Mattel have divisions that seek out design concepts directly from collectors and other highly dedicated fan…
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Books
Review: At New York City Ballet’s Gala, the Usual With a Twist
The two premieres — one by Justin Peck, one by Amy Hall Garner — were gala-style pieces that felt more…
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Newyork
‘Horrified, I Watched the Beads Come Off and Bounce Onto the Asphalt’
A beloved necklace breaks in Midtown, an overheard snippet and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s…
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Style
Miranda July Is Ready to Get ‘Maximum Weird’
It was not exactly urgent to get the rug, but the larger question the rug had to answer was urgent…
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World
Hundreds of Bahraini Political Prisoners Freed in ‘Bittersweet’ Royal Pardon
Amid deepening tensions in the Middle East, Bahraini activists said that the mass pardon, while welcome, was incomplete, and called…