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After al-Assad’s Ouster, Many Syrians Struggle With Returning Home
Syria’s interim president has said that millions would return after President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, but many houses and other buildings were destroyed in 13 years of civil war.
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‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers
People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity.
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Orchid Explosions in ‘Mexican Modernism’ at the Botanical Garden
This year’s show pays elegant, effusively colorful tribute to the Mexican architect Luis Barragán and his signature palette of orange and creamy pink.
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Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some artists today.
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Madison Square Park’s Conservancy Names New Chief Curator
The organization in New York has selected Denise Markonish, the chief curator of Mass MoCA, to lead its next chapter.
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Meow Wolf to Open New York Edition of Its Immersive Art Program
The Santa Fe, N.M., company has found success tapping into the experience economy and artistic psychedelia.
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Baltimorons, For Worse, Magic Hour
Filmmakers often underestimate how important it can be to feel their love for their characters. When a writer/director sees the people on-screen as three-dimensional people with hopes, dreams, and fears instead of just cogs in the machine of their plot, it’s much easier for us to do the same. For example, Richard Linklater loves Jesse…
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: One More Shot, Mermaid, Sweetness
A lot of films have tried to do their own version of the plot of 1993’s “Groundhog Day,” the first Hollywood feature that combined videogame-play rules (the hero is stuck in a time loop, and if the clock runs out or he dies, he starts over) with earnest fantasies of self-improvement (he learns from his…
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‘Blood Moon’ Total Lunar Eclipse: When and How to Watch
Earth’s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon.
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Wine Businesses Fear Disaster in Threat of Huge Tariffs
President Trump’s threat to impose 200 percent fees on European wines could harm importers, distributors, retailers and restaurants without necessarily helping U.S. producers.