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Arts
The Artists We Lost in 2023, in Their Words
The many creative people who died this year built their wisdom over lives generously long or much too short, through…
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Arts
‘Maestro’ Won’t Let Leonard Bernstein Fail
Bradley Cooper’s movie has an unrelenting focus on Bernstein’s marriage. What’s missing are his struggles as a musician.
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Arts
The World Has Finally Caught Up to Colman Domingo
Colman Domingo was at the Equinox on 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue when his agent called. A rush of hope…
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Arts
At City Ballet, History Is Made With Two Black Dewdrops
The pressure was on. India Bradley, making her debut as Dewdrop in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” exited the stage after…
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Arts
The Spellbinding Freedom of Baldur’s Gate 3
The rules are so complex an engineer with a Ph.D. was baffled. The setting was long the butt of jokes.…
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World
Hunter Biden Text Cited in Impeachment Inquiry Is Not What G.O.P. Suggests
A 2019 message from the president’s son alluded to giving his father half his salary. The back story offers unflattering…
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News
The Year the Leaf-Cutter Ants Took Manhattan
In January, the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to…
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News
Barring Trump From the Ballot Would Be a Mistake
When Donald Trump appeals the Colorado decision disqualifying him from the ballot in that state’s Republican primary, the Supreme Court…
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News
A Christmas Tale of Love and Heartbreak
My mom raised hell at her Catholic high school in the 1950s. Carol smoked, skipped class and talked back to…