ART & CULTURE

In order to understand how we got here with the stripping of reproductive health care, we need to understand the people who made it happen. It's a journey through a pivotal year in the anti-abortion movement, seen…
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The titular hero of the magical animated fable, "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" is a 1-inch tall mollusk voiced by Jenny Slate who sleeps in a "bread-room" (e.g, on slices of bread.) Marcel lives in an Airbnb that has…
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A cross-country visit from a major American ballet company is almost always of interest; after so much pandemic upheaval, it merits appreciation just as a logistical feat. For the first time in six years, Pacific Northwest Ballet, from…
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Baxter Black, the country’s best-known cowboy poet, whose witty, big-hearted verse about cowpokes, feed lots and wide-open vistas elevated the tradition of Western doggerel to something of a folk art, died on June 10 at his home, a ranch…
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No amusement genius has yet made a Samuel Beckett pinball machine — I imagine a gloomy palette, defective flippers and a high-score list that reads GODOT GODOT GODOT. But those eager for a Beckett brand extension can instead arrive at New…
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When the first Marcel the Shell short went viral, it was a bit of an accident. As cocreator Jenny Slate told Seth Meyers this week on Late Night, her then partner Dean Fleischer-Camp showed the stop-motion film they made at a comedy show in…
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J. Jennifer Espinoza J. Jennifer Espinoza J. Jennifer Espinoza Pride Spotlight: For Pride Month, Observer is celebrating a variety of queer creatives with a our Pride Spotlight series. Keep an eye out over the month for more profiles of…
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For the first time since 2019, Glastonbury’s tent city sprawls across the fields of Worthy Farm and the relief is visible everywhere. Two years late, the 50th anniversary celebration is here. It may have been people arriving earlier than…
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As soon as a clearly antisemitic image with added Holocaust connotations — a figure with a large nose, pointy teeth and side-locks, decked with an “SS” cap — was spotted in a massive agitprop tableau that had been erected in a central…
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Our curated list of events to check out over the next few weeks. Read More We love to try to keep you in the know, so we rounded up a few events happening over the…
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