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Peter Libbey

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Entertainment
8 Aug 2024
In Episode 1 of a new podcast, New York City police officers find the body of an unidentified 4-year-old girl in a cooler near the Henry Hudson Parkway in Upper Manhattan. Technically, she is “Homicide No. 79” of 1991, but the detectives, some of whom have children of their own, rename her: Baby Hope.
For This Crime Show, the NYPD Holds the Camera
Entertainment
8 Aug 2024
Almost 3,000 quilts by African American artists — including more than 500 by Rosie Lee Tompkins, a quilt maker whose formally inventive work has helped elevate the standing of the discipline in the art world — are heading to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive as a bequest by Eli Leon. Leon, who died last year, was a voracious collector and champion of African American quilting.
African American Art Quilts Find a Museum Home in California
Entertainment
7 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Dance Theater of Harlem will return to the site of its official New York debut as a part of the fall Works & Process season at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The company, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, will perform Arthur Mitchell’s “Tones II,” portions of George Balanchine’s “The Four Temperaments” and a piece by Robert Garland in the museum’s rotunda on Sept. 30.
Entertainment
6 Aug 2024
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is no stranger to the bloody side of feudal politics. He’s been playing Jaime Lannister, a character known for his murder of a king, on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for seven seasons. He’ll continue in this vein in November when he portrays another king killer, Macbeth, in a production of Shakespeare’s tragedy directed by “Game of Thrones” alumnus Matt Shakman at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California, from Nov. 5 through Dec. 8.
Entertainment
6 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — If you have ever opened a fantasy novel and found a map, you most likely have J.R.R. Tolkien to thank. He probably deserves some credit, too, for inspiring future fantasy writers to create their own languages. And if you’ve ever completed a book and found that there’s an online encyclopedia dedicated to its world and mythology — that’s also thanks to Tolkien.
Entertainment
25 Jun 2024
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a versatile choreographer whose work includes flamenco, hip-hop, classical ballet and contemporary dance pieces, is the recipient of the 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, the organization announced Wednesday. Lopez Ochoa will accept the award, which comes with a $25,000 cash prize, on June 15 at the Jacob’s Pillow season-opening gala in Beckett, Massachusetts.
Entertainment
21 Mar 2019
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a versatile choreographer whose work includes flamenco, hip-hop, classical ballet and contemporary dance pieces, is the recipient of the 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, the organization announced Wednesday.
Lopez Ochoa Wins Jacob's Pillow Dance Award