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Two Detroit Shows Focus on Art of the Civil Rights Movement

Photo “Three Queens” (1971), by Wadsworth Jarrell. Credit Detroit Institute of Arts Flower-power highs and social-justice explosions: That was 1967 in America. The highs soon ended. But 50 years on, the explosions resonate. And one of them, the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, is being revisited in its source city. Of dozens …

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At MoMA, a Weeklong Tribute to Early 3-D

Photo “Those Redheads from Seattle” (1953), presented in 3-D. Credit 3-D Film Archive The Museum of Modern Art embarks on a kitschy, back-to-the-future sort of journey Friday, Sept. 1, when it begins a weeklong festival called “3-D Funhouse” that revisits an earlier generation’s efforts to make three-dimensional movies. Though the …

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On Netflix’s ‘Narcos,’ the Battle Turns to the Cali Cartel

Photo Pedro Pascal in Season 3 of “Narcos.” Credit Juan Pablo Gutierrez/Netflix The historical Netflix drama “Narcos” could easily have concluded after its riveting second season, which ended with the death of Pablo Escobar, the Colombian drug lord, in a rooftop shootout. But, in the show as in real life, …

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John McCain, others slam President Trump over Joe Arpaio pardon

Brian Snyder | AP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined onstage by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (L) at a campaign rally in Marshalltown, Iowa January 26, 2016, after Arpaio endorsed Trump. President Donald Trump is under fire for pardoning the former Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday. Arpaio, …

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Terese Capucilli to Be Feted at Fini International Dance Festival

Photo The choreographer Antonio Fini with Lauren Jaeger. Credit Rachel Neville In 1984, a New York Times story proclaimed Terese Capucilli “the most powerful dramatic dancer of the decade” for her interpretations of signature roles by the matriarch of modern dance, Martha Graham. Ms. Capucilli, part of the last generation …

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Harvey destruction likely just starting, expert says

Adrees Latif / Reuters Traffic lights lie on a street after being knocked down, as Hurricane Harvey approaches in Corpus Christi, Texas. Don’t be fooled by Hurricane Harvey’s quick, eight-hour transition from a Category 4 monster with sustained winds of 130 mph winds to a Category 1 with 90 mph …

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For Latino Artists in Sci-Fi Show, Everyone’s an Alien

Starting Sept. 16, Ms. Cortez’s “Memory Insertion Capsule” will greet visitors to “Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas,” an exhibition at the University of California, Riverside that shows Latin American and Latin-heritage artists mining the tropes of science fiction. Photo Adál’s “Coconauts in Space,” from 2016, at …

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Is ‘Wonder Woman’ Feminist? James Cameron’s Comments Draw a Rebuke.

Photo Patty Jenkins, left, the director of “Wonder Woman,” defended her film on Twitter after James Cameron told The Guardian that Wonder Woman was “an objectified icon.” Credit From left: Amy Lombard for The New York Times; Nick Ut/Associated Press Comments from James Cameron criticizing “Wonder Woman” received a swift …

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Man with knife assaults two police officers outside Buckingham Palace

GOR | Getty Images Police teams secure the roads behind a cordoned area following an apparent attack on two police officers at Buckingham Palace on August 25, 2017 in London, England. Two officers were slightly injured while arresting the man who was carrying a bladed weapon. A man with a …

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Belgian soldiers shoot dead knife attacker in Brussels

LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ | AFP | Getty Images Policemen stand guard the Boulevard Emile Jacqmain – Emile Jacqmainlaan in the city centre of Brussels on August 25, 2017, where a man is alleged to have attacked soldiers with a knife and was shot. Belgian soldiers shot dead a man in the …

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