Arts
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Drake: Rap’s Biggest Fan
Hip-hop can sometimes discourage rappers from openly embracing their heroes, but Drake wears his enthusiasms loudly and, this past week, literally.
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‘Sugar Daddy’ Review: The Grief Comes Out in Laughs
In his show about mourning his boyfriend, the comedian Sam Morrison confronts overwhelming loss with punch lines and panache.
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The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?
The gift of 220 artworks from the artist’s foundation to the august Metropolitan Museum of Art seems at odds with the institution it hopes to become.
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He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback.
The tenor Limmie Pulliam, who made his debut at Carnegie Hall on Friday, hopes to break barriers for larger artists.
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A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise
In 2020, she released a lauded album exploring the Coltranes’ music. The next year, she broke her jaw in a crash and turned the harrowing experience into inspiration for a new LP, “Phoenix.”
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‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: Exit Through the Gift Shop
This week brought a more in-depth look at post-apocalyptic Boston as well as more details about what exactly has happened to the planet.
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Samuel West Takes Comfort in D&D, Mendelssohn and Ron Swanson’s Whiskey
The British actor, who appears in “All Creatures Great and Small” and “Slow Horses,” talks about bird-watching, history podcasts and why he stands up for rats.
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‘Room’ Will Be Staged on Broadway, Starring Adrienne Warren
Emma Donoghue adapted the show from her best-selling 2010 novel; she also wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film.
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Hilderbabes Take Nantucket
On a Friday night in January, Elin Hilderbrand strode into the ballroom of the Nantucket Hotel wearing a fuchsia sundress, jeweled flip flops and a smile as twinkly as the disco ball over her head. It was trivia night at the ninth Elin Hilderbrand ...
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Paul Harding Captures the Quiet Side of Calamity
In 1912, every resident of a mixed-race fishing community living on a small island called Malaga was evicted from their home by the state of Maine. The area is said to have been settled about a century earlier when, in 1794, a formerly enslaved Black ...