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How Cornhole Went Pro

The best part about watching professional cornhole on TV may be listening to it. As aural A.S.M.R. goes, it ranks…

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Major League Baseball Came to Birmingham. Then Willie Mays Died.

Baseball hopes a celebration of its past in the home of one of its legends will attract more African American…

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Willie Mays, ‘Poetry on the Diamond’

Readers pay tribute to the beloved Giants great, who died on Tuesday.

Health

Red Carpet Looks From the 77th Annual Tony Awards

Broadway’s biggest stars made their grand entrance.

Arts

5 Ways This Year’s Tony Awards Reveal That Theater Is Changing

As Broadway prepares to celebrate the best of the season, our theater reporter explores what the nominations tell us about…

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The N.B.A. Sees Its Future in Africa

The league has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to cultivate an immense potential fan base on the continent and…

Arts

43 Tony Nominees and the Shows That Shaped Them

‘Purlie Victorious’ Kara Young “My mime teacher had a double-jointed hand, and she taught me this skit about a dying…

Arts

Jessica Lange and Paula Vogel on Breaking, and Keeping, the Family Contract

In the Tony-nominated “Mother Play,” the writer conjures warm memories and thorny ones, not to judge her mother, but to…

World

A Public Housing Playground Barred Outsiders. Neighbors Objected.

Signs put up at Wise Towers say the playground is only for residents. There have been tense encounters with some…

World

Jac Venza, Who Delivered Culture to Public Television, Dies at 97

By making entertainment as well as education part of its mission, he gave the world “Masterpiece Theater,” “Great Performances” and…

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