Books
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Buffalo Museum to Reopen in May
The former Albright-Knox Art Gallery, now named the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, will reopen to the public on May 25,…
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The Trisha Brown Company Hires a Choreographer Not Named Trisha Brown
For all of its 52-year history, the Trisha Brown Dance Company has exclusively presented work by its founding artistic director,…
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Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries
EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…
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Deal to Merge Two Publishing Giants Is on the Verge of Collapse
Penguin Random House’s deal to buy Simon & Schuster, a rival publisher, is close to collapsing after Simon & Schuster’s…
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Review: In ‘Sandra,’ a Search for a Friend Leads to Self-Discovery
David Cale’s new play, “Sandra,” is packed with classic thriller tropes, as if he had challenged himself to cram as…
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Review: In ‘Difficult Grace,’ a Cellist Moves Beyond Classical Confines
The cellist Seth Parker Woods presented an evening-long, multimedia program titled “Difficult Grace” Saturday evening at the 92nd Street Y’s…
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Christie’s Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for ‘Further Study’
Christie’s said Sunday that it was withdrawing a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that it had been planning to auction this month…
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In Life and Music, Ned Rorem Was Unwaveringly Himself
Several years ago, during one in a series of visits I made to Ned Rorem’s apartment, he said with his…
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Sheriff’s Report on ‘Rust’ Shooting Doesn’t Find Source of Live Rounds
A 551-page report detailing the investigation by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office into the fatal shooting of a cinematographer…
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In ‘G-Man,’ a J. Edgar Hoover as Complex as the Country He Served
G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, by Beverly Gage J. Edgar Hoover, who served as…