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BAM Announces a Female-Led Next Wave and Fall Season
The arts institution, which has shrunk its programming in recent years, unveiled its fall lineup.
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Stephen A. Smith’s Relentless, Preposterous, Probably Inevitable Road to Political Clout
Stephen A. Smith has had something on his mind for a while now. “Let me switch to a subject near and dear to my heart,” he said on his podcast recently. “Me.” Mr. Smith, 57, is the terminally expressive face of sports media, ESPN’s $100 million ...
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He’s Made a Home at the World’s Most Popular Cemetery
No two days are the same for Benoît Gallot, whose title since 2018 has been “curator” at the storied Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, the resting place of choice for the great and good of France and those who love them. He might manage a team meeting ...
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Broadway, Backstage
Broadway stars make it look easy — hitting a high C, crying on demand, landing a complex turn with taps, doing all that as many as eight times a week. But behind the curtain, before a show, the groundwork is laid: the vocal cord steaming, the fight ...
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The Story of Sexual Abuse, Bribery and Suicide That Shocked a Small Town
Early one morning in September 2024, two teams of F.B.I. agents descended simultaneously on a pair of homes in Orange County, New York. The agents arrived to serve arrest warrants on Mout’z Soudani, 76, a local real estate investor, and Stewart ...
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A Celebration of Pigeons? They Have Their Fans.
The High Line is planning a pigeon festival. “People love them or hate them,” the park’s executive director said.