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Listening to Music Is Better When It’s a Conversation Among Friends
At group listening sessions, everybody gets a turn to speak by choosing a song.
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Arts
When the Voice You Hear Is Not the Actor You See
The playwright Lucas Hnath has been making magic with the sound of speech. Now he’s directing a play by Mona…
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Books
Filming ‘Virginia Woolf,’ the Battles Weren’t Just Onscreen
COCKTAILS WITH GEORGE AND MARTHA: Movies, Marriage and the Making of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ by Philip Gefter What…
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Is Soccer Ready to Retire Its Last Taboo?
A new documentary about gay players tells a story that is, in some ways, no longer a story.
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My Son Refuses to Play With an Outcast. Does That Make Him a Bully?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how a parent might address social exclusion among a group of schoolchildren.
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Bud Harrelson, Shortstop on Championship Mets Teams, Dies at 79
An outstanding fielder, he helped the team win the 1969 and 1973 World Series and stayed with the Mets as…
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The All-Time-Great Coach Who Makes Football Fun
Andy Reid, the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, has won more than 250 games in his career, fourth all-time,…
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World
WordleBot’s New Preferred Opening Word: Trace
We’re adding words to the bot’s dictionary, and wiping the slate to make way for a new starter.
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Arts
The Saxophone Master Shabaka Hutchings Is on a Fresh Journey: Flutes
The British musician is an artist in residence at Winter Jazzfest in New York this week, playing an instrument group…
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Arts
Review: For Jews, an Unanswered ‘Prayer for the French Republic’
In Joshua Harmon’s play about the legacies of antisemitism, a Parisian family must decide when it’s time to get out.