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She’s Shaking Up Classical Music While Confronting Illness
The pianist Alice Sara Ott, who makes her New York Philharmonic debut this week, is upending concert culture — and…
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Who ‘Won’ Covid? It Depends How You Measure.
Twenty months ago, in July 2022, I wrote a long essay sketching what I called the “pretty brutal” endemic future…
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Son of Dominican Republic Politician Is Fatally Shot in Houston, Police Say
Luis Alfredo Pacheco Rojas, 34, son of Alfredo Pacheco, the president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic,…
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Demetri Martin Confronts the Paradoxes of a Veteran Standup Career
In his new Netflix special, “Demetri Deconstructed,” he tries a more conceptual approach than the simplicity he was known for.
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Biden Outraged After Israel’s Military Claims Aid Convoy Attack Was a Mistake
President Biden said he was “outraged and heartbroken” by the killing of seven humanitarian aid workers in a strike by…
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Eli Noyes, Animator Who Turned Clay and Sand Into Art, Dies at 81
His innovative stop-motion animation influenced a generation of filmmakers, including the creators of Wallace and Gromit.
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What I Saw Working at The National Enquirer During Donald Trump’s Rise
On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, I was outside Manhattan criminal court. It was a sunny spring day, and the Secret…
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Christopher Durang, the Surrealist of Snark
In works like “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” the playwright would force you to laugh, not to dull…
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Alice Randall Made Country History. Black Women Are Helping Tell Hers.
In “My Black Country,” the musician and author who cracked a Nashville color barrier is telling her story — and…
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Whitney Museum Names Chief Curator
Kim Conaty will steer exhibitions and the permanent collection, saying she will pay close attention to work by Latino and…