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November 16, 2009 The mannequins in Yinka Shonibare's exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art might be missing a crucial body part, but they more than make up for it in subtext. Shonibare's sculptures take on climate change, class, race and exploitation, all without losing their playful edge.

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November 5, 2009 Former Broadway producer Rocco Landesman is about to embark on a journey that will take him way off-Broadway: Peoria, Ill. is his first stop on "Art Works," a six-month tour of arts organizations around the country.

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October 29, 2009 Fine French cuisine doesn't have to mean waiters in tuxedos ferrying trays of oysters or silver-domed serving dishes. Chef Christian Constant is leading a mini-revolution in Paris; he's opened four small, lively restaurants that are comfortable, welcoming — and delicieux.

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September 18, 2009 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was a liberating designer whose clean-cut, simple clothes revolutionized women's fashion. Susan Stamberg explores how freedom and fashion collide in Anne Fontaine's new film, Coco Before Chanel.

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September 8, 2009 She borrows your clothes. She knows your secrets. She drives you crazy. You can't live without her. Linguist Deborah Tannen interviewed 100 women (including her own big sisters) for her new book, You Were Always Mom's Favorite.

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August 24, 2009 Once exiled for 12 years, the Uruguayan author now spends his days at his hometown cafe, writing about themes that have preoccupied him for a lifetime. His latest book, Mirrors, is an unofficial — and unconventional — history of the past 5,000 years.

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August 17, 2009 Ann Dunham was an avid collector of intricately patterned, hand-dyed textiles when she lived in Indonesia in the 1960s. Fabrics from her collection are currently on display at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.

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July 20, 2009 A country home on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., provided a respite and a summer getaway for a president mired in the Civil War.

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June 26, 2009 Two one-name legends meet as actress Valerie Harper takes on a stage play about an iconic Hollywood broad having a very, very bad day.

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June 18, 2009 Goya's nudes are nice, but newer art has its pleasures, too. A new exhibition features the fat, the unkempt and the careworn; Susan Stamberg says the show can be difficult, but it's worth the effort.

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June 16, 2009 Early in his career, the French artist made two paintings that are on view, together for the first time in years, at a Washington, D.C., gallery. Curators made a fascinating discovery while restoring one of them.

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June 11, 2009 Your reading this summer may involve brushing the sand off page five — or firing up your Kindle. However you do it, we have some reading suggestions for you, straight from independent booksellers around the country.

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May 28, 2009 Many of Broadway's greatest orchestrators remain little-known. Ever hear of Sid Ramin, Jonathan Tunick, Don Walker, Russell Bennett or Ralph Burns? Exactly. But those are the men who orchestrated West Side Story, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, Sweeney Todd, Hello Dolly and South Pacific.

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May 1, 2009 Pill bottles, losing lottery tickets, broken umbrellas, long-forgotten trophies: Most of us consider these objects detritus waiting for garbage collection. Jean Shin collects them, transforms them and asks us to see them as something else. On Friday, her art goes on display in Washington.

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