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A Love Affair Gone Sour—With MZ Wallace

Inside a cult-favorite handbag brand that’s all about function-first frumpinesss By Millie Iselin   Showoffs.…


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A Landscape Painter Cruises the Nile

And discovers temples, monuments, tombs, and timelessness on a river with a surface so smooth,…


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Why Dance Matters: A Soaring Review

Celebrating a book that itself is a celebration By George Gelles   On her toes:…


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Paying Tribute to Joni Mitchell

The multi-award-winning singer, songwriter, environmentalist, activist—and painter—has always been in tune with the times By…


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Marilyn Maye: Celebrating 95

The ultimate performer who made a comeback in her senior years, Maye is a role…


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Real Estate—New York-Style

Should you sell? Should you buy? A savvy, straight-shooting realtor weighs the options in this…


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Breaking New Ground at the Met Opera

Contemporary works are making inroads. The classics? Not selling so well By Ian Strasfogel  …


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Balanchine!—In Book Form

Here comes a new biography, plus a nod to an esteemed classic about the choreography giant—followed by video…


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Confessions of an Absent Sister

Involving pain, bewilderment, and an overdue reunion at a psychiatric hospital in Oregon By Deborah…


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You’ve Never Heard of Soundies?

These three-minute nostalgia-laden music and dance blasts, played on jukeboxes with screens in the 1940s,…


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Paws-a-tively Ready for Their Close-Ups

Carmen González, who is very possibly New York’s ulti-mutt dog photographer, ruffs—oops, riffs—on her career…


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Dining with Strangers in their Home

Shared-economy alternatives to restaurant meals are a quick way of making new friends—no tips required…


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New York City’s Best Knitting Shops

Local yarn dens provide an antidote to high-level urban stress in a clubby setting. By…


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