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For Her Next Round, Toni Tipton-Martin Orders Up a Book of Cocktails
The author of “The Jemima Code” has distilled 200 years of African American drinking know-how into her new “Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs and Juice.”
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Books
Robert Battle Had a Wide Vision of What Alvin Ailey Could Be
When Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens its annual season at New York City Center on Wednesday, it will be missing an important person: Robert Battle, the company’s jovial artistic director. Citing health reasons, Battle, 51, abruptly resigned ...
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Will Dyeing the Connecticut River Help Keep It Alive?
Hydrilla, a rapidly spreading invasive plant, is choking New England’s longest river. Government scientists are fighting back.
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World
New Zealand’s New Government Says It Will Scrap Smoking Ban
The law, celebrated as a model for other countries, would have eventually made tobacco illegal.
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World
Tuesday Briefing
An extended cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.
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The Envy Office: Can Instagrammable Design Lure Young Workers Back?
Inside the “blueberry muffin” conference room, the walls are, naturally, painted blue. Not just any blue — it’s the calming color you might find a baby’s bedroom, what the paint can refers to as “sea to shining sea.” Anchoring the room is a table ...
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Can Taiwan Continue to Fight Off Chinese Disinformation?
Ahead of a presidential election in January, Taiwanese fact checkers and watchdogs say they are ready for Beijing. But they are still worried.
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Newyork
Why We Can’t Let Stephen Sondheim Go
It was on a late summer’s night in 2022, about eight months after his death, that I confirmed that Stephen Sondheim had turned into a holy ghost. The setting was the St. James Theater on Broadway, where I had wearily gone to yet another revival of ...
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Newyork
What Am I Thankful for This Year? Amazing Scientific Discoveries.
I’ll wager that the event of 2023 that will change our lives the most in coming years is not the sighting of a Chinese spy balloon, the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the fall of Kevin McCarthy’s speakership or any of the other eruptions that ...
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You Know About Rockefeller Center’s Tree. Here’s Where to Eat Nearby.
From sit-down meals to sandwiches and pizza, this is the best food in and under the plaza.