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The Kamala Harris Moment Has Arrived
One of Kamala Harris’s most memorable moments during the 2020 presidential election cycle was when, during a Democratic primary debate,…
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Review: In ‘Sally & Tom,’ Plantation Scandal Meets Backstage Farce
The 30-year relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson is the basis for Suzan-Lori Parks’s hilarious and harrowing nesting doll…
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Barbara Joans, Anthropologist Who Studied Biker Culture, Dies at 89
In her 60s, she hit the open road on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of academic research:…
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Abortion Is Remaking Our Political Landscape. Why Aren’t Guns?
Why don’t we talk more about guns? Not that the issue doesn’t come up. But think about the public debate…
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Anne Innis Dagg, Who Studied Giraffes in the Wild, Dies at 91
She was believed to be the first Western scientist to study the animals in their natural habitat, but she struggled…
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Abe Koogler’s New Play Is an Ode to Intense Culinary Experiences
In “Staff Meal,” in previews at Playwrights Horizons, a restaurant becomes a refuge as the world ends.
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Before She Became Music’s Greatest Teacher, She Wrote an Opera
Nadia Boulanger’s “La Ville Morte” was repeatedly thwarted by death and World War I, then nearly lost. Finally, it is…
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Keith Haring’s Legacy Is Not Found at the Museum
Three decades after his death, his work is still sold on products and in stores. But his concept of public…
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The Language of Gender Identity
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Marian Zazeela, an Artist of Light and Design, Dies at 83
She pivoted from painting to lighting exhibitions, performance art, graphic design and minimalist music, performed with her husband, the composer…