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Celebrate Pride at the Tribeca Festival
nytimes.com > movies...The documentarian Sav Rodgers examines the significance of the writer-director Kevin Smith"s 1997 comedy through a number of lenses.... ...An ambitious aspiring novelist (Daryl McCormack) starts tutoring the son of an acclaimed writer (Richard E....

Smoke From Canada's Wildfires Worsens Air Quality in Northern U.S.
nytimes.com > us...By Jesus Jiménez, Derrick Bryson Taylor and Judson Jones Hundreds of wildfires continued to blaze on Tuesday across Canada, exacerbating an already... ...In Ontario, a layer of haze blanketed parts of Ottawa and Toronto, where Canadian officials warned residents about the poor air quality, as smoke... ...There were more than 400 active wildfires in Canada on Tuesday, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, with more than 200 deemed... ...At a news conference on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was in contact with local officials across Canada about the fires....

Casa Lever, in the Lever House on Park Avenue, Gets a Refresh
nytimes.com > dining...Southern Charm brings biscuits to the West Village, El Cid Cafe will open in the Hispanic Society and more restaurant news.... ...on Park Avenue, will now display two colorful Damien Hirst paintings, “Summer of Love” and “Love and Hate.”... ...Originally designed by Mark Newsom in 2002, the restaurant became Casa Lever when it was taken over by Sant Ambroeus Hospitality Group in 2009.... ...Brian Cartenuto, a Florida native who is a chef and owner of the West Village restaurant Bird Dog, where the South meets Italy, is opening this biscuit...

Miriam Silverman on Her Tony-Nominated Role in ‘The Sign in ...
nytimes.com > theater...The actress Miriam Silverman came out of the womb to an audience.... ...“I think there's something too obvious about it,” Silverman said in a recent interview at a light-filled cafe in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.... ...And the critic Laura Collins-Hughes, in her review of the show on Broadway, declared Mavis “the best role in the show, and the best played.”... ...In a review of the BAM production, the New York Times theater critic Jesse Green wrote that she “steals every scene she's in.”...

7 New Songs You Should Hear Now
nytimes.com > arts > music...Listen to Jorja Smith, Silvana Estrada, Miya Folick and more recent highlights.... ...I have him to thank for introducing me to the Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada, who won best new artist at last year"s Latin Grammys.... ...(Listen on YouTube) I"ve been really digging the Los Angeles singer-songwriter Miya Folick"s recently released sophomore album, “Roach.”...

Lincoln Center, Seeking New Audiences, Plans to Remake Its West ...
nytimes.com > arts > music...The center hopes a major renovation along Amsterdam Avenue will help shed its elitist image and forge closer ties with Black and Latino residents... ...Lincoln Center welcomes visitors at its main entrance facing Broadway with an elegant plaza, a majestic fountain and an array of travertine concert... ...“As welcoming as we are to the east, we should be to the west,” Henry Timms, the president and chief executive of Lincoln Center, said in an interview... ...The project is partly a response to Lincoln Center"s complicated history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan....

Putting Putin Onstage, in ‘Patriots’
nytimes.com > theater...On a recent evening, the British actor Will Keen was onstage at the Noël Coward Theater in London playing one of the world"s most divisive men: President... ...For much of the first half of “Patriots,” which is largely set in the 1990s after the Soviet Union"s collapse, Keen portrays the character sympathetically... ...Written by Peter Morgan, the creator of “The Crown,” “Patriots” stars Tom Hollander as Boris Berezovsky, a real-life oligarch who made a fortune... ...Matt Wolf, reviewing that production for The New York Times, said that Keen “astonishes throughout.”...

Astrud Gilberto, Who Sang 'The Girl From Ipanema,' Dies at 83
nytimes.com > arts > music...Paul Ricci, a musician and a family friend, announced on Facebook that Ms.... ...Astrud Gilberto, whose soft, wan vocal performance on “The Girl From Ipanema,” the first song she ever recorded, helped make the sway of Brazilian... ...But her biggest success came with “The Girl From Ipanema,” written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfa, with English lyrics by Norman Gimbel.... ...In 1963, the two of them traveled from Rio de Janeiro to New York City, where he was set to record a joint album with the jazz saxophonist Stan Getz...

Hotelier Stops Making Loan Payments on Two San Francisco ...
nytimes.com > business > dealbook...Park Hotels & Resorts, the operator of two of the most prominent hotels in San Francisco, is handing in the keys on the properties -- and, in essence... ...Park Hotel stopped making payments on a $725 million loan tied to the Hilton Union Square and Parc 55, the real estate investment trust said on Monday... ...Baltimore Jr., the chief executive of Park Hotels & Resorts.... ...The company"s portfolio of 46 properties includes Hiltons in Chicago, Honolulu, Midtown Manhattan and San Diego....

The New York Philharmonic’s Season of Mixed Boons
nytimes.com > arts > music...David Geffen Hall, the New York Philharmonic"s gut-renovated home at Lincoln Center, isn't perfect.... ...The orchestra"s renovated hall and Gustavo Dudamel, its next leader, have kept ticket sales robust, but cool acoustics curb the music"s impact.... ...In February, another talisman appeared: the star conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who was named the orchestra"s next music director.... ...What also isn't going to help, unfortunately, is the Philharmonic"s current music director, Jaap van Zweden, who has seemed an overshadowed guest...