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  1. Dancing in an Emotional Washing Machine

    Botis Seva, a rising British choreographer who mixes hip-hop and contemporary dance, brings his Olivier Award-winning “BLKDOG” to New York.

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    Botis Seva, photographed in The Hague, where he is making a piece for Nederlands Dans Theater. His “BLKDOG” will have its United States premiere at the Joyce Theater, performed by his group Far From the Norm.
    CreditJussi Puikkonen for The New York Times
  2. Oasis Adds North American Shows to Reunion Tour

    Liam and Noel Gallagher’s band will stop in three American cities plus Toronto and Mexico City in August and September 2025.

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    Liam and Noel Gallagher are coming together for their band’s first concerts since its implosion 15 years ago.
    CreditAssociated Press
  3. Disoriented in America: Two Political Plays Reflect a Changed Country

    The Off Broadway plays “Fatherland” and “Blood of the Lamb” explore the grief, anger and fear of no longer recognizing the country you love.

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    Ron Bottitta, left, and Patrick Keleher in “Fatherland” at New York City Center Stage II. Keleher plays the teenager who turned in his father to the F.B.I. after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
    CreditMaria Baranova
    Critic’s Notebook
  4. Donors Say a Scarred Island Could Become a Park

    Austin and Allison McChord have pledged to transform an abandoned industrial site into an ecological waterfront park as a gift to Norwalk, Conn., their hometown.

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    Rendering of the marsh and waterfront on Manresa Island, currently a brownfield site. A Norwalk, Conn., couple is proposing to transform the tract into ecological park for the city.
    Creditvia SCAPE and Bjarke Ingels Group
  5. Have We Gotten Aubrey Plaza Wrong This Whole Time?

    Don’t let her deadpan sense of humor fool you. In projects like Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” she puts everything she has on the line.

     By Kyle Buchanan and

    CreditCaroline Tompkins for The New York Times
  1. Sean Combs’s White Parties Were Edgy, A-List Affairs. Were They More?

    The events helped the music mogul raise his profile. But one woman who worked at them has said in court papers that the parties had a dark side, too.

     By Jesse McKinley and

    Sean Combs promoted his voting organization Citizen Change at the 2004 White Party in Bridgehampton, N.Y. But his events weren’t only known of altruism.
    CreditMaxine Hicks for The New York Times
  2. Partying With Sean Combs: Old Stories Gain New Life

    For decades, Combs and other celebrities have commented on his party lifestyle. Here’s some of what they have publicly said.

     By Maya Salam and

    Sean Combs’s own words about his party lifestyle are getting renewed focus in the wake of his arrest.
    CreditShareif Ziyadat/Getty Images
  3. ‘S.N.L.’ Recap: Maya Rudolph Returns to Play Kamala Harris

    The 50th season began with several surprise guests and alumni — including Dana Carvey, Jim Gaffigan and Andy Samberg — playing figures in the 2024 election.

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    The 50th season of “S.N.L.” opened with a sketch featuring several cast alumni, including Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and Dana Carvey as President Biden.
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  4. ‘S.N.L.’ Picks Maya Rudolph and Jim Gaffigan to Play Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

    The casting ended months of speculation after President Biden, played on Saturday by Dana Carvey, withdrew from the race. James Austin Johnson continued as Donald Trump.

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    The 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” opened with a sketch featuring Maya Rudolph and Jim Gaffigan as Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
    CreditNBC Universal, via X
  5. Opera Is Still Obsessed With the Suffering of Women

    Two new works, “The Listeners” and “Grounded,” echo the age-old spectacle of female disintegration and show the tension of fitting modern stories into old forms.

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    Nicole Heaston, left, and Lindsey Reynolds in Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “The Listeners,” which opened Opera Philadelphia’s season on Wednesday.
    CreditSteven Pisano
    Critic’s Notebook

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  5. T’s Art Issue

    The Power of Saying No

    T looks at some of contemporary art’s genuine iconoclasts — celebrated recluses and others who’ve managed to create an alternate way of being a creative person in a world that sometimes scoffs at privacy.

    By M.H. Miller

     
  6. A Veteran Falstaff Looks Back, and Ahead

    Ambrogio Maestri has sung the title role in Verdi’s comedy hundreds of times, most recently for the Paris Opera. He’s also making room for a Puccini tragedy.

    By Rebecca Schmid

     
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  9. T’s Art Issue

    The Secret Art of David Hammons

    Through interviews with some of his colleagues and collaborators — and several rare images — T considers the last half-century of an elusive artist’s practice.

    By Nicole Acheampong

     
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