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05/16/2008 11:47 PM
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Pen in One Hand, Cricket Bat in the Other
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The author Joseph O?Neill is a member of the Staten Island Cricket Club, and has just written a novel about the sport.
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05/16/2008 11:44 PM
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Talk of Larry King?s Successor Won?t Stop, but Neither Does Larry King
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Despite suggestions in various news reports that Katie Couric or Ryan Seacrest might eventually take over for him, Larry King sought to tamp down speculation that any succession was imminent.
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05/16/2008 11:45 PM
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Networks Anticipate the Fall Cautiously
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Aside from Fox, the changed pattern of how the networks presented their plans for September left fundamental questions unanswered.
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05/16/2008 11:43 PM
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Exhibition Review: Rethinking Locally: New Jersey Opens Big Museum Doors Again
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The New Jersey State Museum?s main building reopens in Trenton on Saturday after four years of renovation, but appeals for celebration are premature.
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05/16/2008 11:44 PM
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Music Review: A Traveling Festival Comes Back to Town, This Time With a New Slate of Works
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On Thursday evening, a representative ensemble from the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival performed at the Metropolitan Museum.
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05/16/2008 11:29 PM
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Dance Review: Robbins, Served Up in French Style
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The latest evening in New York City Ballet?s Jerome Robbins Celebration draws on the music of two refined composers: Ravel and Debussy.
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05/16/2008 11:28 PM
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Revised Plan by N.Y.U. Would Preserve Walls of Provincetown Playhouse
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The Manhattan borough president hailed the move as ?tremendous progress? in the talks between the university and community leaders about the site.
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05/16/2008 11:49 PM
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Television Review: Women of Rock, Here?s Your Musical Grandma
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All those interested in improving their chances of snagging the vice-presidential slot on one of the 2008 tickets should tune in ?The Sweet Lady With the Nasty Voice,? on Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel.
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05/16/2008 11:50 PM
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Television Review: The Doctor With a Dark Side Samples Boston
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Evil is always more compelling than virtue. This axiom of drama gets a workout in ?Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,? which will be shown on the Ion network on Saturday night.
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05/16/2008 11:31 PM
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Art Review: Unwrapping the Secrets of Ordinary Objects
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?Here?s the Thing: The Single Object Still Life? is a visually and philosophically engaging exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art.
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05/16/2008 11:35 PM
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Dance Review: Figures on a Stage, Alone, Together
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Nina Winthrop?s ?Minority,? which opened at the Flea Theater on Thursday, feels like real exploration, the beginnings of the creation of something new.
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05/16/2008 11:34 PM
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Theater Review: Middle East Meets West in a Small Syrian Hotel
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The Scottish playwright David Greig has done something daring by setting this comedy of clashing cultures in the hothouse Middle East.
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05/17/2008 01:07 AM
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Jimmy Slyde, Dancer and a Giant of Rhythm Tap, Dies at 80
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Mr. Slyde was one of the last great tap dancers of the big-band era, whose smooth moves carried him from swing and bebop to Broadway and the movies.
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05/16/2008 11:34 PM
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Bridge: No Hope for the Defense? Create a Distraction
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When you are defending and believe that declarer is slated to make his contract, try to find a diversionary tactic.
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05/16/2008 11:27 PM
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Arts, Briefly: Smithsonian Director Resigns
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Sharon F. Patton has resigned after five years as the director of the Smithsonian Institution?s National Museum of African Art, effective in December. In a statement, Ms. Patton said she had achieved much of what she set out to accomplish, but she also nodded to the appointment of a new leadership at the Smithsonian. (G. Wayne Clough, the president of Georgia Tech, is to assume the post of Smithsonian secretary, or chief executive, on July 1.) ?It seems to be the right time to leave,? Ms. Patton, 64, said. Under her leadership the museum?s collection of more than 9,000 African art objects grew to include the Walt Disney-Tishman collection of 500 pieces from nearly every country in Africa. She also increased programming for children and promoted contemporary artists. The Smithsonian has been through considerable turmoil over the last year and a half. Its previous secretary, Lawrence M. Small, resigned over revelations that he spent the institution?s money on luxuries like private jets. In a report on Thursday, the Government Accountability Office cited recent progress at the institution but said it still needed better internal controls.
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05/16/2008 11:26 PM
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Arts, Briefly: Stiller Eyes Sequel
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Ben Stiller has found another hallowed institution to flee. The sequel to ?Night at the Museum,? the 2006 hit in which he played a security guard trapped in the American Museum of Natural History when its exhibits come alive, will be shot at the Smithsonian?s National Air and Space Museum, below. ?Night at the Museum II: Escape From the Smithsonian,? scheduled for release in May 2009, is the first commercial film for which the museum has allowed itself to be used. ?The popularity of the first movie convinced us that this is an innovative way to capture the imagination and curiosity of a young audience,? Richard Kurin, the museum?s acting under secretary for history, art and culture, wrote in a memo that was posted on the blog Modern Art Notes at ArtsJournal.com. The cast includes Owen Wilson and Amy Adams. On-location shooting was scheduled to be completed next week.
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05/16/2008 11:25 PM
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Arts, Briefly: R. Kelly Jury Selected
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A panel of eight men and four women will decide the fate of R. Kelly, the R&B star whose much-delayed trial on child pornography charges is to begin Tuesday in Chicago. During jury selection, which ended Thursday, the defense accused the prosecution of eliminating some African-Americans from the pool of candidates, while the prosecution countered that it had also eliminated some white males, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. The final group of jurors includes an African-American woman married to a Baptist preacher, a young white woman who is an aspiring police officer, a 68-year-old Romanian immigrant and a recent college graduate who was once arrested for marijuana possession. Mr. Kelly was indicted on June 5, 2002, after the appearance of a videotape that prosecutors say shows him having sex with a girl as young as 13. He has pleaded not guilty. On Friday, the judge, Vincent Gaughan, rejected a motion that news organizations have access to sealed court transcripts and records of the case.
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05/16/2008 11:25 PM
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Arts, Briefly: Lou Reed to Play D.J.
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Lou Reed will take a break from promoting his forthcoming concert film, ?Berlin,? to host a two-hour radio show on the Sirius Satellite Network. Starting Saturday on Channel 70, ?Lou Reed?s New York Shuffle? will broadcast a mix of rock, country and jazz, the kind of programming that Mr. Reed said he has enjoyed for years. He will share host duties with the producer Hal Willner, who was the music director of ?Berlin.? The staged concert, based on Mr. Reed?s 1973 album of the same name, was taped at St. Ann?s Warehouse in Brooklyn in December 2006. The film version, directed by Julian Schnabel, is to open in New York and Los Angeles on July 18. Requests for Mr. Reed?s radio show will soon be taken at loureed.com.
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05/16/2008 11:25 PM
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Arts, Briefly: Painting Damaged
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During the removal of an installation at the National Gallery in London, ?Marcia,? a 500-year-old painting by the 16th-century master Domenico Beccafumi, slipped out of its frame, causing one of its three large panels to break away from the other two. The Art Newspaper, which reported the incident, called it ?one of the most serious handling accidents known to have occurred in a U.K. museum in living memory.? The painting, one of three by Beccafumi depicting classical heroines, was part of the ?Renaissance Siena? exhibition, which closed early this year. The damage was not made public until recently, when minutes of a National Gallery trustee meeting on Feb. 8 were posted online. Museum authorities ordered an investigation which is still going on, the publication reported, but the panels were restored immediately and the painting is now on public view. ?Under present lighting in the gallery, the vertical strip of damage can hardly be seen when looked at straight on although it is just visible when the painting is viewed from the left side,? Martin Bailey wrote in The Art Newspaper.
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05/16/2008 11:27 PM
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Arts, Briefly: Do the Superfriends Have Library Cards?
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One of the world?s largest collections of comic art has found a home in Columbus, Ohio. According to The Associated Press, the Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State University will soon exhibit about 200,000 works from the International Museum of Cartoon Art, founded by the cartoonist Mort Walker (?Beetle Bailey?) in Greenwich, Conn., in 1974. The museum, most recently located in a villa in Boca Raton, Fla., was $2 million in debt and closed in 2002. Plans to have its memorabilia ? including a Walt Disney storyboard for an early Mickey Mouse cartoon and original drawings for ?Dick Tracy,? above ? moved to Yale University or be displayed at the Empire State Building fizzled. But Ohio State has plans for the sketches, films, figurines, toys and collectibles, which will double its existing collection, the library?s curator, Lucy Shelton Caswell, told The Associated Press. Ms. Caswell, a former board member of the International Museum of Cartoon Art, said new space was being sought for the collection, expected to go on display in the summer.
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05/16/2008 11:25 PM
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Arts, Briefly: Finales Boost CBS
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Finales of ?CSI? and ?Without a Trace? lifted CBS into first place in the ratings on Thursday. According to Nielsen?s estimates, ?CSI? attracted 17.7 million viewers to CBS at 9 p.m., the night?s largest audience, while ?Without a Trace? won the 10 p.m. hour with 14.5 million viewers. Despite CBS?s edge in total viewers, the network ranked third for the night among adults 18 to 49, just behind NBC, which got a boost from the season finales of ?My Name Is Earl? at 8 (7.1 million), ?The Office? at 9 (8.1 million) and ?ER? at 10 (8.4 million). ABC, trailed by both networks in that demographic, broadcast the night?s top two shows among the 18-to-49 set, ?Grey?s Anatomy? at 9 and ?Lost? at 10, which delivered 15.2 million and 11.4 million total viewers respectively. Fox finished fourth overall.
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