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A Nun-Turned-Prostitute Story Done Right

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.27.2012

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NEW YORK -- Unlike some recent productions that bury the music in hyperactive theatrics, the Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Manon" comes aliv...

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The 'Ring' Cycle Ends, Disappoints

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 03.29.2012

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NEW YORK — Sometimes less is more, and sometimes it's just ... less. That was the mixed verdict as Robert Lepage brought his high-tech producti...

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Why Miuccia Prada Dissed Her Own Met Exhibit

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.17.2012

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After the blockbuster hit that was "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty," the Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to focus on another popular modern desig...

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PHOTOS: Beyond Fashion: Great Moments In Art Couture

Posted 11.30.2011

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In the royal court of couture Alexander McQueen wears the crown. His recent show, 'Savage Beauty' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, drew ...

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SAVED: American Folk Art Museum Gets Bailed Out

Posted 11.22.2011

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The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) has been in dire financial straits in recent months, but the establishment announced this week that it will contin...

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The Met Brings Opera To The Movies

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 10.29.2011

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Richard Nixon is watching ballet in Beijing with Chairman Mao as wife Pat Nixon looks on with her hands clasped to her face. A young girl is beaten un...

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The Next Alexander McQueen?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 10.26.2011

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The best thing for a fashion designer's career? Get an exhibit at the Met. After this year's blockbuster "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" exhibit...

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Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt At The Met

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 09.17.2011

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NEW YORK -- An assistant museum curator who questioned the authenticity of a Leonardo da Vinci has been murdered – but before he died he left a ...

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Met Museum To Take Over Whitney Museum's Space

AP | Posted 07.12.2011

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NEW YORK — New York's Whitney Museum of American Art plans to give up its Madison Avenue building to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But offici...

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PHOTOS: Alexander McQueen's 'Savage Beauty' At The Met

AP/The Huffington Post | By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 07.02.2011

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NEW YORK -- Dark vs. light. Past vs. future. Masculine vs. feminine. The extremes straddled by fashion designer Alexander McQueen in his work, inspira...

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Money Talks -- Too Much!

Steve Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Gates group's approach to educational reform is nearly guaranteed to kill whatever good remnants of teaching and learning remain in America's beleaguered schools.

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Oral-gate: The Secret History of the Metropolitan Museum

Michael Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although the Metropolitan Museum celebrates the history of human creation, its keepers were profoundly anti-historical when it came to their own story.

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The 2010 Beard Awards Once Again Celebrate the Best in Culinary Arts

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Founded in 1986, the James Beard Foundation celebrates and nurtures America's culinary heritage and diversity in order to enhance our appreciation as the legendary cookbook author did.

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Met Gets Reputed Michelango Statue

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French governm...

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Kathleen "KC" Neill, Zach Hyman's Nude Museum Model, Gets Public Lewdness Charges Dropped

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Nude, yes. Lewd, no. A New York judge dismissed public lewdness and other charges Monday against a model who posed for a nude photo ...

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Metropolitan Museum Of Art Reattributes Painting To Velazquez

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reattributed a painting in its collection to the 17th-century Spanish master Velazquez...

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Model Arrested While Posing Nude At The Met (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — It seems the only nudes allowed at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are the ones in the collection. Police say they arrest...

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Police Crack Down On Food Vendors Outside The Met

New York Times | Sewell Chan and Joel Stonington | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what appeared to be a coordinated crackdown on the proliferation of food vendors - many of them disabled veterans - outside the Metropolitan Museum...

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Hot Dog Vendor Evicted From Steps Of Metropolitan Museum of Art

AP | By Adam Lisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Homeowners aren't the only ones in hot water over overpriced real estate. A New York City hot dog vendor has been evicted from his...

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