Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Laureate of Russian Misery, Has an English-Language Milestone
The writer Svetlana Alexievich, the author of oral histories who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, has given voice to thousands of ordinary Russians.
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Your Last Chance to See One of New York’s Great Gallery Spaces
The final Artists Space exhibition at 38 Green Street stars Lukas Duwenhögger, a mesmerizing German artist who is barely known in this country.
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CreditLewis Jacobs/Sony Pictures Television, via AMC The Less You Know About ‘Preacher’ the Better. Just Watch It.
This new AMC show follows “The Walking Dead” playbook. Can it also deliver the kind of characters that made “Mad Men” great?
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Cannes Keeps Its Traditions, Including Its Boos
Though on alert, the film festival has maintained form in jeering some films, like Sean Penn’s “The Last Face,” and lauding others, like Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson.”
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CreditMysteryland USA 50 Essential Summer Festivals
Listen to Beethoven’s Ninth at the foot of the Grand Tetons. Take in “Macbeth,” set in Ethiopia. Or see what Skrillex can concoct at the site of Woodstock. This season offers inspired contradictions, premieres and crowd-pleasing favorites.
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CreditRichard Termine for The New York Times The Blues? Overcoming Hard Times Through Swinging Elegance
Two new bluesy jazz albums, by J.D. Allen and Noah Preminger, reflect the cultural critic Albert Murray’s living influence on the music.
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Mr. Levine’s entrance to conduct the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in a program of Russian favorites on Thursday night drew a long and loud ovation.
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CreditDavid Kasnic for The New York Times Popcast: Chance the Rapper and Drake
A discussion of how Chance the Rapper and Drake can both be explained via their triangulation with Kanye West.
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CreditRon Batzdorff/Starz What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Party Down,’ ‘Preacher’ and ‘Phoenix’
From the Watching team, expert TV and movie recommendations for the next few days.
