Arts

Review: An Invitation to the Dance, Simple and Subtle

Review: An Invitation to the Dance, Simple and Subtle

Siobhan Burke
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Politics

DD Dorvillier’s solo at the Chocolate Factory evokes a dream state as it digs into the same river of dance twice.


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At Comic Con, Emergency Tailors Keep Cosplayers in Character

At Comic Con, Emergency Tailors Keep Cosplayers in Character

George Gene Gustines
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Politics

Armed with glue guns, Popsicle sticks, safety pins and more, a hub of costume repairers stands at the ready to make sure all goes according to fantasy.


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At 150, Charles Ives Still Reflects the Darkness and Hope of America

At 150, Charles Ives Still Reflects the Darkness and Hope of America

Jeremy Denk
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Politics

This pioneering composer is not the easiest to love. But while he explores the poison of American nationalism, his music also offers an antidote.


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Bruce Campbell on ‘Hysteria!’ and Why the Satanic Panic Never Ended

Bruce Campbell on ‘Hysteria!’ and Why the Satanic Panic Never Ended

Erik Piepenburg
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Politics

The Peacock horror comedy finds timeliness in a dark chapter of American history. “Satan was always an existential threat,” the actor said.


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At CBS, Everything Old Is New Again, Including ‘NCIS’

At CBS, Everything Old Is New Again, Including ‘NCIS’

Mike Hale
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Politics

Everything old is new again: an “NCIS” spinoff, a “Young Sheldon” spinoff, a “Good Wife” spinoff and … “Matlock”?


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Gaming’s Uneven Progress Toward Diverse Female Figures

Gaming’s Uneven Progress Toward Diverse Female Figures

Jamal Michel
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Politics

A vocal group that says women in video games are being defeminized wants to return to 1990s babes like Lara Croft.


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At Paris Art Basel, the Ultrarich Come to Town

At Paris Art Basel, the Ultrarich Come to Town

Scott Reyburn
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Politics

The inaugural edition at the restored Grand Palais featured works at price levels never seen before at Paris’s fall art fair.


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Draw Sports Fans to an Art Museum? That’s the Goal.

Draw Sports Fans to an Art Museum? That’s the Goal.

Emmanuel Morgan
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Politics

Through design objects and artwork by former athletes, “Get in the Game” at SFMOMA examines the central, and often provocative, role that sports occupy in American culture.


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‘Fantastical’ Is a Catfishing Horror Story About Toxic Fandom

‘Fantastical’ Is a Catfishing Horror Story About Toxic Fandom

Alissa Wilkinson
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Politics

“Fanatical,” an eye-popping film directed by Erin Lee Carr, details the bizarre 16-year ordeal that the duo and their fans endured.


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Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty to Stealing from Her Elite Clientele

Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty to Stealing from Her Elite Clientele

Sarah Maslin Nir
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Politics

Lisa Schiff acknowledges stealing millions from major collectors who trusted her to buy them fashionable art.


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FKA twigs’s Electro-Pop Enticement, and 8 More New Songs

FKA twigs’s Electro-Pop Enticement, and 8 More New Songs

Jon Pareles
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Politics

Hear tracks by Haley Heynderickx, Cymande, Bonzie and others.


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Five International Movies to Stream Now

Five International Movies to Stream Now

Devika Girish
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Politics

In this month’s picks, a shy vampire in Canada comes of age, two men in India spar over a parking spot and a Chilean secretary dreams of life as a killer.


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‘It’s Florida, Man’ Reveals the Lives Behind Bizarre News Stories

‘It’s Florida, Man’ Reveals the Lives Behind Bizarre News Stories

Margaret Lyons
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Politics

The HBO series uses familiar comedic actors in cheeky re-enactments of real Florida events, most of them subjects of past viral news reports.


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9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week

9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week

The New York Times
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Politics

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.


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She Shared Her Notes with John Steinbeck. It was Her Novel’s Undoing.

She Shared Her Notes with John Steinbeck. It was Her Novel’s Undoing.

Robert Ito
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Politics

Sanora Babb’s interviews about the Dust Bowl informed ‘The Grapes of Wrath.” The book’s success led to the cancellation of her own book contract. “Riding Like the Wind” tells her life story.


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