Jennifer Vanasco
Stories
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Arts & Life
The Met invites the use of senses — smell, touch — to connect with new fashion exhibit
Art museums have historically been places for looking at paintings. The latest fashion exhibit from the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a step forward by highlighting smells, textures and sounds.
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Arts & Life
An 'anti-World's Fair' makes its case: give land back to Native Americans
A new art installation asks people and institutions to go beyond land acknowledgements - and give property back to Indigenous tribes.
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Arts & Life
Pee-wee Herman creator Paul Reubens dies at 70
Reubens' persona of Pee-wee Herman was a petulant man-child, yes — but he was also a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.
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'This Is New York' exhibit is a gritty, stylish city celebration
A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York focuses on the Big Apple's impact on pop culture.
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Music
This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home
More than a century ago, a Met librarian made some of the first live music recordings. Now, (with an assist from NPR) 16 of the Mapleson Cylinders are joining the New York Public Library collection.
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Arts & Life
Encore: She inscribed 120,000 pennies with a pandemic message. Is one in your pocket?
As part of a public art project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.