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A Painter’s Home That Celebrates Hawaii
WHEN THE FRENCH American muralist Jean Charlot arrived in postwar Hawaii in 1949 on a commission to paint a fresco…
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The Long, Long Wait for a Diabetes Cure
In the three decades since she was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Lisa Hepner has clung to a vague…
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U.S. Returns 30 Looted Antiquities to Cambodia
American and Cambodian officials urged museums and private collectors on Monday to investigate the origins of their Khmer art to…
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At Mostly Mozart Concerts, Casual Vibes and High Musical Values
The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra bears the name of a festival that no longer exists, but over the last three…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles History (in a Half-Shell)
There’s a great episode of “The Simpsons” in which Roger Myers Jr., a cartoon producer who runs the hit show…
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‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Review: An Adaptation That Needs Tailoring
CHICAGO — A movie-to-musical that wants to have its cake and eat it, too, and still fit into a sample…
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How New York City Got Its Fresh Water
NINETEEN RESERVOIRSOn Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York CityBy Lucy SanteWith photographs by Tim DavisIllustrated. 195…
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A Sparsely Populated Island, a Marital Spat and a Missing Husband
The mark of a promising series is that each installment can stand alone, and readers can begin with any book.…
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Even the Idea of Motherhood Is Lonely
DIARY OF A VOID, by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd and Lucy North Blame it on social media, on…
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The Heady Nihilism of Kotaro Isaka
THREE ASSASSINS, by Kotaro Isaka, translated by Sam Malissa The killings that take place in “Three Assassins” — and there…