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Barbara Ann Teer, 71, Dies; Promoted Black Arts
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 02:56 AM, Fri
Ms. Teer, who founded the National Black Theater, gave up a promising career in commercial entertainment to concentrate on developing African-American culture in Harlem.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Eleanor Friede, 87, Is Dead; Edited 1970 Fable ‘Seagull’
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 02:54 AM, Fri
Ms. Friede was the book editor who sent “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” on its nonstop flight to publishing glory in 1970.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Comic-Con Brings Out the Stars, and Plugs for Movies
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 01:42 AM, Fri
Hugh Jackman, who was on hand to promote “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” found exactly the right words for the crowd at the 39th annual Comic-Con convention.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Art in Review
New York Times - Jul 25, 2008, 12:58 AM, Fri
David Wojnarowicz at P.P.O.W., Matthew Buckingham at Murray Guy and more.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Art Review: Artists Leap Into the Moment
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:25 PM, Thu
“How Soon Is Now?” at the Bronx Museum of the Arts is almost nothing but symptoms reflecting almost nothing but failings.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Art Review: Will the Revolution Be Museumized? Will There Be a Revolution?
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:24 PM, Thu
“That Was Then ... This Is Now” is an ambitious if disappointing effort to extend the activist spirit of the Vietnam War protest days into the Iraq war era.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Theater Review | 'Some Americans Abroad': This Blessed Plot, Those Incurable Anglophiles
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:13 PM, Thu
Only frantically Anglophile theatergoers are likely to derive much joy from this limp two hours of high-toned cultural tourism.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Books of The Times: Prowling in the Land of Unequal Opportunity
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:09 PM, Thu
The best of the pieces in this book about unequal opportunity in America are something quite different from journalism. They are small absurdist gems.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Antiques: Old Fabrics and New Designs
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:08 PM, Thu
Antiktex Ltd., a Manhattan company, is one of a handful of companies with large stocks of old fabrics.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Inside Art: Angels Appear, and Museums Rejoice
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:06 PM, Thu
A recently discovered drawing of the Archangel Gabriel by the Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Art Review | 'Pretty Ugly': Art Makes Such Weird Bedfellows
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:04 PM, Thu
Everyone-into-the-pool gallery group shows like “Pretty Ugly” are a welcome distraction in a steamy New York midsummer.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Art Review: Inspired by Vikings and Volcanoes
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 11:00 PM, Thu
Two exhibitions of Icelandic art are on view for another couple of weeks at Scandinavia House and the Luhring Augustine gallery.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Step Brothers': Once More to the Well of Goofball Comedy
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:57 PM, Thu
In “Step Brothers,” a middle-aged male arrested adolescent meets same.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'The Order of Myths': A Mardi Gras Story in Black and White
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:57 PM, Thu
“The Order of Myths” is a wise and soberly affecting documentary about the separate but unequal Mardi Gras festivities that take place each year in Mobile, Ala.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Back to Normandy': Returning to the Scene of a Crime Movie
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:56 PM, Thu
“Back to Normandy” takes a look at how the making of a film affected the village where it was set.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Baghead': Gabbing, Flirting, Drinking, Missing
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:55 PM, Thu
With “Baghead,” the Duplass brothers have sophisticated radar trained on the undercurrents of contemporary relationships.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Brideshead Revisited': Bright Young Things in Love and Pain
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:54 PM, Thu
“Brideshead Revisited,” directed by Julian Jarrold, is a strenuously picturesque adaptation of the novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'American Teen': Lives of Real Adolescents, in Very Deep Close-Up
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:54 PM, Thu
The documentary “American Teen” is the kind of movie the people in it might have made.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Music Review: From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple and a Finger-Busting Ravel
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:53 PM, Thu
Philippe Entremont gave a piano recital at Mannes College the New School for Music as part of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Theater Review | 'Dog Day Afternoon': Vintage Brooklyn Mayhem, Live on Stage
New York Times - Jul 24, 2008, 10:53 PM, Thu
The stage adaptation of “Dog Day Afternoon” is more a curiosity for fans of the movie than any elucidation on the Oscar-winning screenplay.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
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