Art: Buddha?s Caves
On the lip of the Gobi Desert, sand and tourists threaten Mogaoku?s singular art.
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Television: After ?The Wire,? Moving On to Battles Beyond the Streets
The life of Ed Burns, a cop turned schoolteacher turned screenwriter and co-creator, becomes inspiration for HBO?s ?The Wire? and for a new mini-series.
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Film: Elves and Killer Beanstalks From Director?s Personal ?Hell?
The beasts of ?Hellboy II? began as drawings in Guillermo del Toro?s visual diary. The director offers a peek into that world.
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Music: So That?s What the Fat Lady Sang
Titling systems have demystified opera, establishing connections while breaking others.
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Music: In a Chaotic Industry, Beck Abides
Beck?s next move after releasing the final album under his contract: making it up as he goes along.
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Dance: Before the Games Begin, He Has Moves to Make
For the Olympics, a choreographer who sifts among ideas East and West.
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Dysfunctional Since Before It Was Cool
The playwright Christopher Durang talks about being ahead of the ?dysfunctional? curve, tangling with Catholicism and missing Wendy Wasserstein.
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Film: The ?Mamma Mia!? Factor, Times Three
?Mamma Mia!? comes to loud and flashy life on the big screen.
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Playlist: Debuts and Advances, Gnashes and Reveries
Releases from Ahmad Jamal, Judith Berkson, Tim Warfield, Withered and Ponytail.
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Displaced and Adrift in Los Angeles
?The Exiles,? a film about American Indians living on the edge of downtown Los Angeles in the 1950s, is both a chronicle and a casualty of neglect.
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Classical Recordings: Selections From Really Long (and Not So Long) Ago
Reviews of recordings by Concerto di Viole, Gloria Cheng and Oxford Camerata.
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Selling His Soul for the Part
Sean Hayes is making his New York stage debut in the Encores! revival of ?Damn Yankees.?
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Television: Who Let the Dogs On? You?d Be Surprised
A new reality show pits 12 dogs and their owners against one another for a $250,000 reward.
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Letter: American Girl: A Primer on Consumerism
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Letter: Jazz Ambassadors: Mission Accomplished
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Letter: Salvador Dalí: Not Closely Read Enough
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