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  • Jonathon Heyward (Photograph: Laura Thiesbrummel) "Conductor Jonathon Heyward is poised to make history in NYC and Baltimore"Gothamist, Aug. 3, 2023 My final contribution to Gothamist is this extended version of an interview with conductor Jonathon Heyward – the new music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the newly announced music director of whatever the

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  • Endea Owens (Photograph courtesy Jazz at Lincoln Center and Bryant Park) The latest Weekend Arts Planner segment for WNYC, which aired on Weekend Edition on Saturday, July 29, covered items selected from a Gothamist story published on Thursday: "25 free things to do in NYC this August." David Furst and I talked about Free Shakespeare

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  • John-Andrew Morrison (L) and Allen Gilmore (R) in "Malvolio," staged by Classical Theatre of Harlem at Marcus Garvey Park. (Photograph courtesy Classical Theatre of Harlem) The latest Weekend Arts Planner segment for WNYC, which aired on Weekend Edition on Saturday, July 22, covered a series of Shakespeare-related plays happening in New York City parks –

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  • Raphael Payare (Photograph courtesy Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal) My contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist. See mysticism and melancholy through a world-famous painter's eyes "Exodus," an exhibition of recent works by the German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, is so big

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  • Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Photograph courtesy of the artists) My contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist. See how the Great Migration inspired a cellist to make a move Already known as one of the finest young cellists of his generation,

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  • Nina Chanel Abney exhibition (Photograph courtesy Pace Prints) Here are my contributions to the latest installment of 7 picks a week, the arts and culture guide I compile weekly for Gothamist. Celebrate a hard-working jazz trio's 10th anniversary Serendipity had a hand in the formation of Thumbscrew, when bassist Michael Formanek filled in as a

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  • David Lynch (Photograph: Josh Telles) On Friday, Nov. 4, we rebooted the web post previously called Weekend Arts Planner. We moved it up to Friday, in hopes that it could serve to actually help folks plan their weekends and not just the days beyond. And we opened it up to more voices and perspectives from

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  • Mali Obomsawin (Photograph courtesy Jazz Gallery) Weekend Arts Planner took a break during the last weekend of October, chiefly due to on-air scheduling issues. But these are the items I prepared for the occasion, as they appeared in the Gothamist article "11 fun things to do in NYC that have nothing to do with trick-or-treating"

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  • Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Photograph: Ben Ealovega) The latest episode of Weekend Arts Planner, my weekly chat with Weekend Edition host David Furst that airs every Saturday morning on WNYC, covers noteworthy doings presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Carnegie Hall. Have a listen, or just read the text and follow the links, here.

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  • Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke in 'Death of a Salesman' (Photograph: Joan Marcus) The latest episode of Weekend Arts Planner, my weekly chat with Weekend Edition host David Furst that airs every Saturday morning on WNYC, covers noteworthy doings presented by the Hudson Theatre and The Greene Space. (Full disclosure: the latter is a

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  • Etienne Charles (Photograph: Lawrence Sumulong for Lincoln Center) The latest episode of Weekend Arts Planner, my weekly chat with Weekend Edition host David Furst that airs every Saturday morning on WNYC, covers noteworthy doings presented by the Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center, and the New York Philharmonic. Have a listen, or just read the

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