Arts
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Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo
The trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn will premiere “The Blues and Its People,” a suite inspired by Baraka’s influential text, to mark its 60th anniversary.
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He Smeared Feces on a Critic, and Lost a Job. Now, He Wants to be Heard.
Marco Goecke on Thursday lost his position as ballet director at Hanover’s main opera house. The reaction has “been a bit blown up,” he says.
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‘The 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Bite-Size Global Tales
This year’s selections include a film about the disappearance of a sibling and one about the appearance of 100,000 walruses.
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‘Pacifiction’ Review: Trouble in Paradise
Albert Serra’s languorous new film is a dreamy meditation on post-colonial geopolitics.
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Choreographer Smears Dog Feces on Critic After Negative Review
Marco Goecke has been suspended from his position as ballet director at Hanover’s main opera house after he smeared excrement on a critic’s face.
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For Burt Bacharach, ‘Promises, Promises’ Was One Broadway Hit Too Many
The perfectionist composer was content with being a one-hit musical-theater wonder, calling the experience the hardest thing he had ever done.
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Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul’s 10 Essential Songs
The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his trio’s catalog arrives on streaming services.
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A Vehicle for Social Justice, Bound for the Frieze Art Fair
Ruben Ochoa is using his family’s old tortilla delivery van to highlight the harassment endured by Los Angeles street vendors.
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Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music
Players from the ensemble came to New York to perform works by Bach, Telemann and Johann Gottlieb Janitsch at the 92nd Street Y, New York.
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Amrit Kaur of ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ Runs on ‘Super Soul Sunday’ Podcasts
The actress, one of the stars of the HBO Max comedy, wakes up with elaborate chai rituals and unwinds with “90 Day Fiancé” episodes.