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  • Amnon Weinstein, Who Restored Violins From the Holocaust, Dies at 84

    Many were left behind by victims of the gas chambers. He let the instruments be heard...

  • Free Blockbuster Libraries Offer an Alternative to Streaming

    The neighborhood lending libraries have popped up around North America, offering a nostalgic return to DVDs.

  • The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance

    An interracial soirée that included intellectual and artistic luminaries set in motion one of the most...

  • M. Emmet Walsh, ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Knives Out’ Actor, Dies at 88

    His roles in films like “Knives Out” and “Blade Runner” were sometimes big, sometimes small. But...

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    This Was Village Life in Britain 3,000 Years Ago

    The superbly preserved remains of a Bronze Age settlement offer a glimpse of a “colorful, rich,...

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    Andrew Crispo, Disgraced Manhattan Gallery Owner, Dies at 78

    His fall from the pinnacle of the New York art world involved murder, torture, tax evasion,...

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    Gylan Kain, 81, a Founder of the Last Poets and a Progenitor of Rap, Dies

    He spun gripping portraits of the Black experience starting in the 1960s with the seminal Harlem...

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    A Bronx Teacher Asked. Tommy Orange Answered.

    When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired...

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    Empty Frames and Other Oddities From the Unsolved Gardner Museum Heist

    After 34 years, not one of the 13 works stolen during the largest art theft in...

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    Esa-Pekka Salonen to Leave San Francisco Symphony

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, the ensemble’s music director, said that he no longer shared the same goals as...

  • ‘Dragon Ball’ Creator Akira Toriyama Dies Age 68

    His popular manga inspired numerous television, film and video game adaptations, reaching fans far beyond Japan’s...

  • Josette Molland, Who Told of Life in Nazi Camps Through Art, Dies at 100

    She endured horrors as a captured member of the French Resistance, and to ensure that her...

  • Gabriel García Márquez Wanted to Destroy His Last Novel. It’s About to Be Published.

    The publication of “Until August” adds a surprising twist to his legacy, and may stir questions...

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    ‘Dune’ Fans, Here’s a Documentary That Will Blow Your Mind

    ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ chronicles a director’s determination to film his vision of the saga, one that would...

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    In Calling Out Tucker Carlson, Jon Stewart Reminds Us He Has (Old-Fashioned) Skills

    The comedian has always had a sharp Borscht Belt approach, but only in his return to...

  • ‘Peetah’ Morgan of Reggae Band Morgan Heritage Dies at 46

    Known as “Peetah,” he and other children of the singer Denroy Morgan formed the group Morgan...

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    Wendy Williams Has Frontotemporal Dementia and Aphasia, Representatives Say

    Representatives for the former daytime talk show host announced her diagnoses two days before the release...

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    What to Know About This Crazily Crowded Broadway Spring Season

    Why are 18 shows opening in March and April, and which one is for you? Our...

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    6 Objects That Explain New Rules on Native Displays in Museums

    A look at how the Field Museum in Chicago is responding to recent federal regulations that...

  • Sam Mendes to Direct Four Beatles Films

    The Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes was given full rights to the band’s music and their life...

  • How Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Was Found Five Decades Later

    The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years...

  • Mojo Nixon, Who Mixed Roots and Punk Rock, Dies at 66

    A self-described voice of “the doomed, the damned, the weird,” he was known for satirical songs...