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Monday, October 26, 2015

Arts

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Despite a slow economy and political instability, Lebanon’s capital is welcoming new luxury towers and a waterfront art space, and planning other art sites.

Review: ‘The Humans,’ a Family Thanksgiving for a Fearful Middle Class

This comedy-drama by Stephen Karam traces the connections and tensions in a Pennsylvania clan that is assembling in Manhattan for a holiday dinner.

Fritz Dietl, left, owner of Delaware Freeport, a fine arts storage facility, unpacks a piece of art work with operations manager Andreas Aigner inside his warehouse in Newark, Del.
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Fritz Dietl, left, owner of Delaware Freeport, a fine arts storage facility, unpacks a piece of art work with operations manager Andreas Aigner inside his warehouse in Newark, Del.

Laws allowing art to be shipped to and even bought and sold within a storage space with tax advantages has encouraged more art warehouses to open.

Books of The Times

Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’

A playful but serious look at the Supreme Court Justice from MSNBC’s Irin Carmon, and Shana Knizhnik, who started the “Notorious R.B.G.” Tumblr page.

Stacy Schiff’s ‘The Witches’ Shines a Torch on Salem Trials

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the mass hysteria that engulfed the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 and resulted in 19 hangings.

New York Philharmonic Discusses Temporary Home at Hunter College

The orchestra is considering moving its performance base to Hunter College for two years while its home, David Geffen Hall, is renovated.

Review: ‘How to Dance in Ohio,’ a Documentary on HBO, Follows Three Women on the Autism Spectrum

The filmmaker Alexander Shiva focuses on a social skills therapy program for young people on the autism spectrum in Columbus, Ohio.

Review: Shift in Direction Leads Disclosure’s ‘Caracal’ Tour to Madison Square Garden

The dance music duo of brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence has become more liner as it has become more popular.

Review: Choreography Is the Star at American Ballet Theater

Dancers performed a variety of works, including “The Green Table,” the antiwar classic choreographed by Kurt Jooss in 1932, at the David H. Koch Theater.

Review: ‘Rigoletto’ Goes to the Metropolitan Opera With a Chaperone

This Verdi opera, in which a custodian must be dispatched in the name of romance, was revived in a production that included a heavy-footed orchestra.

Review: With ‘Big Outdoor Site-Specific Stuff,’ Theater in Unlikely Locales

“BOSSS” is an attempt to dip a toe back into the rippling waters of environmental staging, this time at Hudson River Park.

ArtsBeat

Junot Díaz Criticized by Dominican Republic Consul

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, who was born in the Dominican Republic, was stripped of an Order of Merit medal.

ArtsBeat

‘Goosebumps’ and ‘The Martian’ Beat New Films at Box Office

“The Last Witch Hunter” flopped, and “Steve Jobs” struggled to find a mainstream audience.

Review: In ‘Hard Love,’ a Couple Divided by Religion and Big Questions

In Motti Lerner’s sober drama, a divorced couple meet after 20 years, stirring up divisive issues of faith and individual choice.

Grace Notes

Following a Musical Thread That Ties One Life Together

Years after falling in love with a radio show theme song, a man befriends the composer and his wife — and sees his memories committed to canvas.

Maureen O’Hara, Irish-Born Star Who Played Strong-Willed Beauties, Dies at 95

Ms. O’Hara became a star in escapist movies of the 1940s and ’50s, appearing in “How Green Was My Valley,” “Miracle on 34th Street” and “The Quiet Man.”

Jerome Kass, Writer for Broadway, Film and TV, Dies at 78

Mr. Kass was nominated for a Tony for the 1978 musical “Ballroom,” based on his Emmy-nominated teleplay about a Bronx widow who visits a dance hall.

Inside Sotheby’s $500 Million Bet on Restoring Image of Ex-Chairman

A. Alfred Taubman dragged Sotheby’s into a price-fixing scandal. Now, after his death, the auction house is trumpeting the sale of his treasures.

Drake: Rapper, Actor, Meme

The “Hotline Bling” video confirms that Drake understands Internet obsession better than any other artist — and is creating work to feed it.

Ask a Show Runner: Submit Questions for Noah Hawley of ‘Fargo’

The FX crime drama returned for its second season this month set in a new decade, with a new cast.

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Art Matters
The New Digital Art Service That Puts Color First

ColorSearch, founded by ArtBinder’s Alexandra Chemla, uses the mathematical value of artworks’ colors to allow users to search visually.

TV Recaps

‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 3: Thanks, but No Thanks

On Sunday the group battled the walker herd and a core character fought for his life.

‘The Affair’ Season 2, Episode 4: A Bad Day for Everyone

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‘The Leftovers’ Season 2, Episode 4: Gone Girls

This week’s episode turns its focus back to Miracle and confirms that the departure has finally touched the allegedly untouchable.

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