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Jeff Nichols’s account of a landmark civil rights case, starring an Oscar-nominated Ruth Negga, comes to HBO. And Peter Capaldi ends his run as the Time Lord. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Billy McFarland, the entrepreneur behind the festival that collapsed spectacularly in April, was arrested on Friday night at his home in Manhattan. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler play a couple who embark on a nefarious scheme in which the odds are always in their favor. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In Madrid, the Prado Museum celebrates gay pride with a new show highlighting the sexual orientations of artists, their subjects and their collectors. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. Murray is releasing an album with the cellist Jan Vogler in September. He gave a taste of the program at a Times Talks event in Manhattan Thursday. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Operas in Britain, “Whipped Cream” at American Ballet Theater and the composing side of Jad Abumrad of “Radiolab” were among the highlights. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

On a new recording, the pianist Jan Lisiecki performs a set of variations on a Mozart melody, along with other overlooked Chopin works for piano and orchestra. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This Smithsonian Channel series gives history a human touch by colorizing footage from black-and-white decades. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

We walked through the Met with a steadicam on the busiest week of the year. (Featuring: Misty Copeland, Toscanini’s head, wigs, harps and a snow yak.) Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Operas in Britain, “Whipped Cream” at American Ballet Theater and the composing side of Jad Abumrad of “Radiolab” were among the highlights. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The sisters recalled their “vintage” T-shirts, which had their images superimposed over musicians like Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G. and the Doors. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

An art show in Lower Manhattan will feature 3D portraits created by an artist using the DNA of Ms. Manning. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The frothy Freeform mash-up of “Sex in the City,” “Girls” and “Central Park West” aims to depict the millennial viewers the network was built for. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The production, at the Glyndebourne Festival, picks up the evergreen question of how the art form should treat Shakespeare. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Hear 11 new songs that caught our critics' attention this week from Tyler, the Creator, the National and more. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A museum exhibition in Basel, Switzerland, explores the role of metronomes — and how performers have resisted being told how to play. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The city’s 32 boroughs are being asked to compete for the designation of Borough of Culture, which will come with a $1.3 million grant. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

At Tanglewood, the Mark Morris Dance Group performed four dances to Harrison’s music to mark his centenary, including the world premiere of “Numerator.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Political humor, “one of our national pastimes,” is a way of pushing back against America’s dominance. Its changes offer a lens into how Canada is changing, too. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

It’s a big city, with plenty to do, see, hear and watch. Here’s a sampling of cultural highlights this weekend and over the week ahead. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

On Analia Saban’s work: “Your first response is simply wonder,” says the museum director Michael Govan. “How did she bend that stone?” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

James Graham’s play focuses on Mr. Murdoch as a news baron in the making; and “Anatomy of a Suicide” is a shimmeringly powerful puzzle play. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Fanaticism about this Korean genre is on the rise in the United States, but it hasn’t cracked mainstream pop culture. A conversation about its growth, on Popcast. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Two jurors in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial say the panel disagreed about many things, especially the meaning of terms like “unconscious.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The auction house confirmed its position as a place to sell high-end contemporary art in London the week before Wimbledon tennis tournament, even if total sales were less than in 2015. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In one shot: backstage at the Metropolitan Opera, just before curtain. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The site, which offers low-cost monthly subscriptions, features an impressive collection of international titles. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The comedian and actor appears in the new film “The Big Sick” and next month will appear in the Epix series “Get Shorty.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The rapper’s 13th studio album, “4:44,” addresses many of the same themes as “Lemonade,” by his wife, Beyoncé. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Here’s a fun fact for you. Did you know that two different conductors have died while conducting Tristan und Isolde? Ok, so not exactly a fun fact, but you can’t deny that it’s interesting. I’m sure the conductors Felix Mottl and Joseph Keilberth would disagree, but you have to admit that death is a fascinating […] The post 4 Of Opera’s Best Deaths appeared first on Cennarium . Article source here: Cennarium

The cerebral choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker will present a piece set to John Coltrane’s jazz classic at the performing arts center in September. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

We’ve gathered episodes that feel thematically appropriate for the holiday. They are explicitly American and tell us a little bit about ourselves. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The “Late Show” host did not think he was still capable of being surprised by something President Trump said. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. Williams has made a career of bringing nuance and contrast to his roles, inspired by the swaggering characters he grew up with in East Flatbush. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In his first New York exhibition since 2011, Carsten Höller offers flying mushrooms and giant dice. Step into his work in 360 degrees at the Gagosian Gallery. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender and Ryan Gosling play lovers in the Austin, Tex., scene. And Naomi Watts takes a tame walk on the wild side. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

How young is too young to pick up the lessons of activism? Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

It’s rare that I write posts like this anymore. I’ve shifted focus towards other areas that offer more impact for our close tribe which leaves less time to sit down and let my thoughts flow.. something I used to treasure, a form of therapy that came to me through a desire to connect, to belong. Uncharted . Have you ever heard that song by Sara Bareilles? “Jump start my kaleidoscope heart Love to watch the colors fade They may not make sense But they sure as hell made me I won’t go as a passenger, no Waiting for the road to be laid Though I may be going down I’m taking flame over burning out Compare Where you are to where you want to be And you’ll get nowhere” I’ve had this song on repeat for the last few months. I’ve always loved it but lately it’s struck a new chord, it carries more weight than it ever has. More weight and more comfort. Every moment of the last few years has been uncharted. It’s scary to do something you’ve never done, right? Feel something you’ve never...

Scott McPherson’s 1991 Off Broadway hit about duty to self and to others makes its Broadway debut in a very different world. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This cabaret at the Triad offers broad sendups of President Trump for the two-drink-minimum crowd, but it’s hard to be farcical when real life is so bizarre. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This superhero is back in a reboot that features both new faces and familiar fights. Tom Holland wears the suit, but Michael Keaton owns the movie. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. DeCarlo saw the song reach No. 1 on the pop charts in 1969 and live on as an indelible sports stadium taunt. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. Abrahams cast a wide net, from folk songs to street rhymes, chants, proverbs and other oral traditions, in the United States and the Caribbean. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. DeCarlo saw the song reach No. 1 on the pop charts in 1969 and live on as an indelible sports stadium taunt. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This documentary takes up where the fictional ‘Timbuktu’ left off, focusing on the urgency of four major Malian musicians. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A documentary assembled from archival video offers a glimpse of the 40th president’s character, but focuses mostly on relations with the Soviets. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Our guide to cultural events in New York City for families with children and teenagers. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This film, produced by Jackie Chan, is a tense sci-fi action thriller with a strong female lead. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Recommendations for other outdoor performances, scheduled around the holiday and beyond, suggested by reporters and critics of The New York Times. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Our guide to new art shows, and some that will be closing soon. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Our guide to film series and special screenings. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The documentary offers a glimpse into the fecund mind of a writer-naturalist. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Our guide to dance performances. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Fresh off the success of her adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense & Sensibility,” Kate Hamill takes on “Pride & Prejudice.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Previews, openings and some last-chance picks. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Our guide to pop and rock shows and the best of live jazz. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A show at Storm King Art Center reunites six of Smith’s eight white monumental steel sculptures for the first time since they left their original home. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Across the city, public spaces are filled with sculpture and other artworks that reward the attentive viewer. Here’s one critic’s summertime tour. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This biopic, starring Karolina Gruszka, highlights about six years in the life of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A documentary by Jamie Kastner is about a fugitive convicted in the deaths of eight people at a golf course in the Virgin Islands. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Elsa Dorfman, a subject of seemingly modest import for a documentary, emerges here as an artist of deep compassion, empathy, humor and wisdom. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A German biopic tells the story of Georg Elser, a carpenter who tried to blow up the Führer in 1939. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Ms. Floyer’s works play with perceptual biases in a dazzling show at 303 Gallery. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The film borrows from Boccaccio, with a sprinkling of Monty Python, for this irreverent comedy set in an Italian convent. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A woman returns to the site of a family murder only to find the evil spirit that caused it is still hanging around. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The latest installment of our Instagram series #SpeakingInDance features a spare duet from Mr. Abraham's latest work. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The author’s memoir is a Dickensian anthology of the physical and mental intensities of growing up poor in Georgia. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The New York filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is part of an eclectic group of guest curators selecting French films to screen in New York City parks. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Galas were held for the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, Monmouth County Historical Association and the American Institute for Stuttering. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener talk about making their dance process public during a residency in Madison Square Park. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

“The Art of Spider-Man” at the Society of Illustrators in New York features one superfan’s collection of original Marvel artwork. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A first show of paintings on paper, some dating back 30 years, offers a key to this complex, always challenging artist. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

4 musicals you can produce on a small budget to set you on the right track. The post 4 Musicals You Can Put On With A Low Budget appeared first on Cennarium . Article source here: Cennarium

The California rapper on his experimental new album, “Big Fish Theory,” and the unrealistic expectations of hip-hop. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Victoria Rogers, a supporter of black contemporary artists, has persuaded her mother, Desirée Rogers, to invest in them as well. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

“Game of Thrones” returns to HBO on July 16, and we’re looking back at the first six seasons. Season 1 established the show’s central conflicts from its very first moments. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Hilary Knight, illustrator of the ‘Eloise’ books and quite a lot more, is the subject of two exhibitions of his work. He tours them both. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

“It turns out, 13 rich white guys alone in a room isn’t how good legislation happens,” Ms. Bee said. “It’s how ‘Suicide Squad’ happens.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig revisit their familiar characters, but the goings-on show signs of wear even as the energy level escalates. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This Netflix drama, starring Naomi Watts as a woman leading a double life, is an example of how competence alone doesn’t make a series worth watching. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Charlie Hunnam mesmerizes as a British explorer lured time and again into the Amazon. And a French pediatrician obsesses over a woman who may or may not be dead. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Think that it doesn’t matter what a writer wears? A new book says otherwise. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is expanding to a record 8,427 people; if all accept, female and minority membership would rise. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The New York Asian Film Festival spotlights a contemporary reboot of a venerable Japanese genre known as roman porno. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

These writers and performers are using the warmer months to take some risks, test themselves and expand their talents onstage. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In Lauren Yee’s play, the disappearance of a child short-circuits language and takes over reality itself. But it can be survived. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In Diksha Basu’s debut novel, set in a wealthy enclave of New Delhi, characters with old and new money feel status anxiety. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The vinyl boom has helped fuel a banner year for rap reissues, including records by Dr. Octagon, UGK and Afiliashun. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

For a summer exhibition titled “99 Cents or Less,” the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit has begun to resemble a dollar shop. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Ernest Greene’s third album is a smooth, disorienting meditation on the idea of woozy sounds as refuge. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

An interview with Jad Abumrad, the MacArthur “genius” radio producer who moonlights as a composer and will perform a work in progress this week. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

On this week’s podcast, Kathryn Hahn and John Cho read stories about the highs and lows of those ubiquitous summer ceremonies. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

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A tribute at the Tang Museum honors one of the founders of Jack Shainman Gallery. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. Allen will be bending the music of Blakey, who was also a drummer, into a grooving Afrobeat sound at Le Poisson Rouge. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Dominique Morisseau is one of the theater’s most penetrating voices. In her latest play, she focuses on issues of class and education. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

ABT concludes its spring season with “Tchaikovsky Spectacular,” which mixes and matches works set to his well-known ballet music. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Discovery Channel takes a sobering look at the havoc wrought by “the most dangerous animal in the world.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. Sorey, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, will play a five-day residency at the Stone in the East Village. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A revamped Lyrics & Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y has drawn Mr. Groff, a two-time Tony nominee, for five performances next January. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn celebrates no-budget horror with movies like “The Necro Files” and “Black Devil Doll From Hell.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A new music video for a song off the “Hamilton Mixtape” soundtrack takes direct aim at President Trump’s immigration rhetoric. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Hollywood agency will bring two of Cobain’s paintings to his hometown for the Seattle Art Fair. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. Palin, a founding member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, relishes his central role in the PBS mystery “Remember Me” as a manipulative older man. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

We all know there are films made from successful musicals and musicals made from successful films, but did you know about the spinning wheels of musical films based on stage musicals that were based on regular films? If you are confused don’t fear, we were too. Here is a small list of musical films that […] The post 5 Musical Films Based on Musicals Based on Films appeared first on Cennarium . Article source here: Cennarium

The bandleader Paul Shaffer will host the festival, which is to include performances from many of the musicians whose careers were shaped there. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The director discusses a sequence featuring Colin Farrell and Kirsten Dunst. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The company’s 25th year under Kevin McKenzie will feature premieres by Alexei Ratmansky, Jessica Lang and Benjamin Millepied. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Sofia Coppola narrates a sequence featuring Colin Farrell and Kirsten Dunst. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The director, Nigel Redden, announced on Wednesday that he would leave the position after this summer’s festival, his 20th. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This week’s arc led viewers to believe there would be a physical altercation between black and white hopefuls, but it delivered only a deception. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The character — disaster-prone but good-natured and always polite — was the hero of children’s novels, picture books and animated television series. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mr. Colbert found something he has in common with President Trump: Both enjoyed taking shots at CNN this week. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

“Will,” which features the playwright in his formative years, is heavy on the tattoos and piercings. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Take a 360-degree tour through “Lumen,” Jenny Sabin’s photoluminescent installation at MoMA PS1. Ms. Sabin won the museum’s Young Architects Program. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A South Korean girl embarks on an odyssey to save her massive pet pig in “Okja.” And Liza finds that telling the truth isn’t as easy as she had hoped in “Younger.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Ms. Allen’s dense but agile piano playing formed a bridge between jazz’s midcentury past and its stylistically diffuse present. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section