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Churchly Sanctuary for Music Cuts Back
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On a path to becoming a major cultural force downtown, Trinity Church blinks.
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The songs of Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn open the Lyrics & Lyricists season at the 92nd Street Y.
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The chief curator at Tate Modern in London is to join the Metropolitan to raise its profile in contemporary art.
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Several curators narrate an interactive tour of the renovated second-floor galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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'Downton Abbey' Delivers Big Audience for PBS
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Brad Pitt's funny acceptance speech was among the highlights of the New York Film Critics Circle dinner.
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Books of The Times: ‘The Artist of Disappearance’ by Anita Desai
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Finding Comedy Amid the Carnage
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In several recent London productions, any jolliness on view moves very much toward murder or darkness — or everlasting hell.
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The bar code is turning 60, and its younger rival, the QR code, is threatening to become as ubiquitous as the original, and is usurping some of its functions.
Qatar Looks to Balance Its Arts Scene
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In Doha, Qatar, the arts scene looks to mix the rapid building of museums and invitations to big-name artists with an exploration of its own cultural heritage.
A Dancer Who Still Pushes the Boundaries
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"The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir," Toni Bentley's story of how she reclaimed her sexual fulfillment, has turned into a one-woman play at one of Madrid's most successful alternative theaters.
Making the Life of a Modern Nomad Into Literature
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The Egyptian novelist Miral al-Tahawy grew up in a traditional Bedouin village, and now teaches Arab literature in Arizona. She has transformed her life’s displacements into award-winning books.
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Anger at the architects of Ireland's economic collapse is being translated into new work, and empty buildings are being turned into galleries -- or into the subjects of new artworks.
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