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Anjelica Huston Looks Back

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:57:23 EST

On the '70s fashion scene in New York City, ditching it all for Jack and Hollywood, and moving forward after the death of her husband.

Go East, Monsieur

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:37:59 EST

American Symphony Orchestra's program, "Orientalism in France," at Carnegie Hall Friday, evokes the color, beauty and atmosphere of the region as composed for a Western sensibility.

Curt Schilling's New Pitch: A Fantasy Videogame

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:00 EST

Curt Schilling, one of the most famous pitchers in recent Major League Baseball history, has a new career now as the head of a videogame company. His new game, "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning," a single-player, role-playing videogame, will be released Tuesday.

The Short List: Steven Van Zandt Goes to Norway in 'Lilyhammer'

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:16 EST

Netflix premieres a fish-out-of-water series; plus eerie new stories from Dan Chaon and a new album from Bahamas.

Successful Silliness

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:57:57 EST

The National Theatre's new production of 1773 comedy "She Stoops to Conquer" offers a raucously enjoyable evening.

Spitting Out the Seeds

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:20:55 EST

Each week in Curtain Raisers, we invite a local theater artist to attend a show of his or her choosing and discuss the results. On Thursday, the actor and director Arian Moayed opted to see Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs."

Fénelon's Gnarled 'Orchard'

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:52:45 EST

In director Georges Lavaudant's staging of "The Cherry Orchard" at the Palais Garnier in Paris, the new opera is a series of soliloquies, set to music that can't seem to find its way.

A Foreigner at Home

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:42:07 EST

Anthology Film Archives pays tribute to the seminal New York filmmaker Amos Poe, who helped lead the downtown cinema scene out of the underground in the late 70s and early 80s.

Still Angry After All These Years

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:07:52 EST

It's easy to see why John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" was so electrifying when it was first staged half a century ago. What's surprising is that Sam Gold's revival should be so theatrically potent.

From Broadway to About Broadway

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:12:36 EST

After his musical closes, director Michael Mayer focuses on a TV show about a musical: "Smash."

The Secret Appeal of 'Downton Abbey'

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:21:06 EST

Why do we adore a celebration of British pecking orders? Because hierarchies are as American as apple pie.

From Out of a Featureless Crowd

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:52:58 EST

For centuries up until the Renaissance, portraits adhered to strict, near abstract conventions that smoothed over individual attributes.

The Master Builder of Towers of Flowers

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:08:59 EST

As in-house florist for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Remco van Vliet creates arrangements that are usually 10 to 12 feet high. Those he does for parties sometimes reach 20 feet, making his arrangements perhaps the tallest in the city.

The Jet Set

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:38:34 EST

Thomas Flohr's upstart VistaJet is modeling itself as a luxury designer brand, featuring graffiti-tagged planes, chic stewardess uniforms and a foxy top exec who happens to be the owner's 25-year-old daughter.

Rudy Van Gelder: New Jersey Jazz Revolution

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:53:14 EST

Rudy Van Gelder has been an engineer to the jazz greats, forever changing the way sound is recorded in the studio. On Saturday the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will honor Mr. Van Gelder with a Trustees Award.

Animator Looks to Break Through

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:28:12 EST

Disney and John Lasseter hope to boost the U.S. box-office punch of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese company behind 'Spirited Away' and other award-winning movies, with "The Secret World of Arrietty," based on "The Borrowers."

Don't Miss: Feb. 4-10

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:41:53 EST

Exhibitions listed this week include baseball cards featuring African-American pioneers in the major leagues, Eugène Atget's photos and Bill Traylor's drawings.

Hot Covers! Weddings and Breakups

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:43:07 EST

Kardashians and others who owe their fame to reality TV accounted for about 40% of the covers of six major celebrity weeklies in 2011.

A Very Long Farewell to Béla Tarr

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:38 EST

This week's film calendar leads off with a career tribute to Hungarian master Bela Tarr at Film Society of Lincoln Center, followed by the sexy Cinekink series at Anthology Film Archives and "The Miners Hymns' at Film Forum.

Artist Transformed Everyday Craft Materials Into Art

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:36:41 EST

Mike Kelley, a Los Angeles artist who rose to fame in the 1980s by making fun-house sculptures from stuffed animals, has died, police said Wednesday. He was 57.

Disney, Univision Mull News Channel

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:41 EST

Walt Disney and Univision are in talks to create a new 24-hour cable-news channel that will broadcast in English.

El Capitan's Nose in a Day

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:59 EST

In Yosemite National Park, no climb on El Capitan is more famous than the Nose. Michael J. Ybarra sets out to scale it in one day.

A Musical for Marilyn Monroe

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:12:30 EST

NBC's "Smash" starts off as a musical with a Marilyn Monroe fixation, but soon leaves the legend behind as its drama of rivalry and ambition takes flight.

Roberta Flack Puts Her Soul into the Beatles

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:17 EST

The 74-year-old singer's new album, "Let It Be Roberta," is a soul-house reloading of Beatles hits.

Ideas Calendar: Feb. 4-10

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:37:21 EST

On the agenda: obsolete law in Washington, Harvard professors and the Ming dynasty in San Francisco.

A Rush to Save Afghan Buried Treasure

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:40:15 EST

Archaeologists are racing to save Afghanistan's cultural heritage before the Chinese start digging on one of the world's most valuable new copper mines.

Action Film 'Chronicle' Leads Weekend Sales

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:59:50 EST

Action film "Chronicle," about three teenagers who gain superpowers, grossed $22 million at the weekend box office, putting it in the top position.

Made Better in Japan

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:43:00 EST

For decades, Japan simply imported wares of foreign cultures, but recession has led to invention. The country has begun creating the finest American denim, French cuisine and Italian espresso in the world.

'W.E.' Is a Messy Windsor Knot

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:28:27 EST

Meanwhile, "The Woman in Black" features Daniel Radcliffe and the deathly horror flick, and "Windfall" shows "green" energy's dark side.

For R.E.M. Fans, Famous Trestle Faces Day of Reckoning

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:43:06 EST

An old train trestle that appeared on the back cover of an R.E.M. album is crumbling, prompting some fans to try to preserve it—before its day of reckoning.

Surrealism's Startling Appeal

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:07:58 EST

The greats of European Surrealism come under the hammer at auctions in London. Miró leads with monumental canvasses that are a rarity at auction. Other Surrealist artists on offer include Magritte, Dali, Tanguy, Picabia and Ernst.

Metallica Unveils Rock Festival in New Jersey

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:38:21 EST

For the second summer in a row, a major rock festival will touch down at the disused Bader Field Airport in Atlantic City, N.J.—this one developed and hosted by metal titans Metallica.

How Will the Future Judge Him?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:56 EST

How should museums handle Mike Kelley, an artist whose stance was one of perpetual irreverence?

For the Love of a Fickle Woman

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:25:13 EST

With his third feature film, François Truffaut injected the French New Wave with an exhilarating does of life in "Jules and Jim."

He Made a Career Out of Acting Ordinary

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:22:38 EST

Spencer Tracy's seeming lack of distinction resonated with moviegoers of the Depression and Vietnam eras.

In Paris, Islamic Art Under a Flying Carpet

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:30:36 EST

The Louvre's new project, designed by Italy's Mario Bellini and France's Rudy Ricciotti, will debut in September.

Shaky Cameras, Glimpses of Menace

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:40:58 EST

The makers of the "Paranormal Activity" movies bring their horror formula to TV.

TV on DVD

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:53:26 EST

New releases of past television series include "Downton Abbey: Season 2" and a double episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" from Quentin Tarantino.

Invading Cuba, Packing Artworks

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:43:18 EST

Ella Fontanals-Cisneros of Miami will bring part of her collection to Havana.

Downtown, Bringing a Corpse to Life

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:17:18 EST

A new artist group, FAM NYC, is opening its first project downtown just as the tents are set to up at Lincoln Center. Why? Because "the whole community of New York doesn't have to get so pulled into Fashion Week."

Changing the Way We See Art

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:36:26 EST

Anne Pasternak has installed floral carpeting in Grand Central and soothed a mourning city by bringing light to the September 11 memorial. Meet the visionary forging the path of public art.

When Artists' Kodaks Were Supercool

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:39:14 EST

"Snapshot: Painters and Photography," looks at what seven late-19th-century European artists did with their new Kodak hand-held cameras.

Renoir at the Frick

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:49:48 EST

Nine full-length paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir hang together for the first time at an exhibit opening Tuesday at the Frick Collection in New York.

Elizabeth Taylor Pieces Outdo Estimates

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:42:35 EST

Christie's kicked off London's major winter art auctions by selling several Impressionist and modern paintings from Elizabeth Taylor's estate, including a £10.1 million ($15.9 million) Vincent van Gogh.

With Little to Cheer Besides Balanchine

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:45:24 EST

New York City Ballet's current winter season is a bleak one indeed.