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New York’s 9/11 murals preserve public memories of the attacks, even as many have faded or disappeared over the ensuing decades. Their deterioration raises questions about whether forgetting is part of how collective memory changes.
7:45 PMNYT New YorkA new documentary brings lesser-known 9/11 stories into view, focusing on the strange, unexpected experiences that often get left out of the official history. Set against the memory of the attacks and their aftermath, it looks at how people remember an event that still resists a single narrative.
3:45 PMGothamistA year after a longtime staff member was killed at Jacob’s Pillow, the celebrated dance center is still working through the loss. The Western Massachusetts institution is trying to heal while keeping its artistic life moving.
1:55 PMNew York Times ArtsSummary
New York’s 9/11 murals preserve public memories of the attacks, even as many have faded or disappeared over the ensuing decades. Their deterioration raises questions about whether forgetting is part of how collective memory changes.
The murals show that remembrance is not fixed: public memorials can erode, lose context and
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The murals reveal the tension between institutional promises to never forget and the inevitable impermanence of public memory.
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A new documentary brings lesser-known 9/11 stories into view, focusing on the strange, unexpected experiences that often get left out of the official history. Set against the memory of the attacks and their aftermath, it looks at how people remember an event that still resists a single narrative.
The most revealing stories are not always the biggest ones. Personal details and odd turns
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It expands the public memory of 9/11 beyond the stories we have heard most often.
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A year after a longtime staff member was killed at Jacob’s Pillow, the celebrated dance center is still working through the loss. The Western Massachusetts institution is trying to heal while keeping its artistic life moving.
Places built around performance can look joyful from the outside while carrying deep grief behind
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The story shows how cultural institutions recover when tragedy touches the people who make them run.
A curated list of other prominent stories from this day.
Edward Field, the New York poet known for his conversational voice and emotional candor, has died at 102. His work openly explored gay life and earned him a Guggenheim fellowship along with other major literary honors.
7:41 PMNew York Times ArtsNiels Refsgaard, the Dansk designer who helped reshape American tableware, has died at 91. His casual, modern dishware fit the late 1960s and 1970s, when formal china began to look out of step with everyday life.
10:21 AMNew York Times Arts
A reader gives the Bayeux tapestry a glowing review, calling it a thrilling masterpiece even while poking fun at the modern habit of rating everything. The letters roundup also touches on food preparedness, consumer panic, wealth, politics and the arrival of autumn.
12:32 PMThe Guardian Art and Design
Tom Gauld turns the familiar struggle of getting a reluctant child to read into a cartoon about the many tactics adults try. It offers a playful look at the gap between good intentions and what actually sparks a young reader's interest.
11:00 AMThe Guardian Books
In the next episode of Deja Vu, Pankaj Mishra connects today’s political anger to ideas born during the Enlightenment and the expansion of empire. The episode explores how promises of freedom and progress left deep frustrations in their wake.
9:14 AMAl JazeeraGloria Steinem launched Ms. in 1971 to give the feminist movement a national platform. Its bold coverage built a devoted readership, but made many advertisers wary.
8:20 AMNPR Arts
Ezra Collective bandleader Femi Koleoso brings together footballer Eberechi Eze, singer Leona Lewis and artist Yinka Ilori for a wide-ranging conversation about adversity, creativity and Black British culture. They reflect on how music, sport and art can turn difficult experiences into energy, connection and hope.
5:00 AMThe Guardian Art and DesignSummary
Edward Field, the New York poet known for his conversational voice and emotional candor, has died at 102. His work openly explored gay life and earned him a Guggenheim fellowship along with other major literary honors.
Field made poetry feel intimate and unbuttoned, bringing everyday speech and personal feeling into a
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Field leaves behind a model of poetry that was direct, personal and unapologetically open about identity.
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Niels Refsgaard, the Dansk designer who helped reshape American tableware, has died at 91. His casual, modern dishware fit the late 1960s and 1970s, when formal china began to look out of step with everyday life.
Refsgaard understood that people wanted their homes to feel relaxed, not ceremonial. His designs helped
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His work captured the moment American dining traded inherited formality for modern, usable design.
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A reader gives the Bayeux tapestry a glowing review, calling it a thrilling masterpiece even while poking fun at the modern habit of rating everything. The letters roundup also touches on food preparedness, consumer panic, wealth, politics and the arrival of autumn.
The tapestry may be nearly a thousand years old, but it still invites the same
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Great art can survive for centuries and still spark fresh debates, jokes and strong opinions.
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Tom Gauld turns the familiar struggle of getting a reluctant child to read into a cartoon about the many tactics adults try. It offers a playful look at the gap between good intentions and what actually sparks a young reader's interest.
The joke lands because every parent, teacher or caregiver recognizes the temptation to overcomplicate reading.
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The cartoon gives a lighthearted nudge toward making reading inviting rather than turning it into a chore.
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In the next episode of Deja Vu, Pankaj Mishra connects today’s political anger to ideas born during the Enlightenment and the expansion of empire. The episode explores how promises of freedom and progress left deep frustrations in their wake.
It is a big historical question with a very current target: why so many people
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Understanding the roots of that anger may explain why promises of freedom now inspire as much resentment as hope.
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Gloria Steinem launched Ms. in 1971 to give the feminist movement a national platform. Its bold coverage built a devoted readership, but made many advertisers wary.
Ms. showed that a magazine could shape a movement while challenging the business rules of
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The magazine helped turn feminism into a mainstream cultural force, even when the market pushed back.
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Ezra Collective bandleader Femi Koleoso brings together footballer Eberechi Eze, singer Leona Lewis and artist Yinka Ilori for a wide-ranging conversation about adversity, creativity and Black British culture. They reflect on how music, sport and art can turn difficult experiences into energy, connection and hope.
The appeal is in the mix of voices: a football star, a pop singer and
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The conversation shows how Black British culture continues to build community and hope across creative worlds.
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