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Review: Igor Levit Arrives With The New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Eight years ago, a young pianist made his New York debut with a brazen program of Beethoven’s last sonatas. Baby-faced and bow-tie-wearing 27-year-old Igor Levit performed in the Park Avenue Armory’s intimate Boardroom, proving that age is no barrier to interpreting some of the wisest and most challenging music in the keyboard repertoire. Critic Anthony …

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‘Full Circle’ Arrives After Former Paralympic Coach Loses His Leg

FRISCO, Col. — In a different world, 75-year-old Jon Kreamelmeyer would have been competing for the Masters World Cup cross-country skiing in Canada last week. Instead, he was learning to lead life with one foot. In January 2021, International Paralympic Committee technical classifier Kreamelmeyer, who helps determine the competition class for new athletes and a …

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NASA’s SLS Lunar Rocket Arrives on Launchpad for the First Time

NASA’s giant new moon rocket is finally on its launch pad, but when it might finally leave Earth has yet to be determined. For the first time on Thursday evening, a fully stacked Space Launch System rocket and accompanying launch tower emerged from the Vehicle Assembly Building, essentially a gigantic garage for rockets, at Kennedy …

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A Ukrainian Art Show Arrives Involuntarily On Time In Miami

Husband and wife gallerists Julia and Max Voloshyn had planned to return to Kiev last week to open a new show at their venue there. However, their stay in Miami and the pop-up exhibits there were prolonged as commercial air traffic ceased after Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Titled “Memory in Your Face,” the show features …

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US Speed ​​Skater Casey Dawson Arrives in Beijing But Loses His Race

Casey Dawson ran one of the slowest 1500m races in years on Tuesday, but that wasn’t quite the point. Just getting to the starting line was a victory. Dawson, an American distance speed skater, did not join his teammates when he flew to China two weeks ago. A positive test for coronavirus had ruled this …

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Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Arrives at the Space Station

Yusaku MaezawaThe Japanese billionaire and fashion retailer arrived on the International Space Station for a 12-day stay on Wednesday. It is the latest privately funded rover to the orbital lab in a year with more tourists traveling to space than ever before. Mr. Maezawa, founder of Zozo, a Japanese online fashion retailer, was launched from …

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First Asian American Puppet Arrives on ‘Sesame Street’

“Sesame Street” invites the first Asian American puppet to the neighborhood. 7-year-old Korean-American Ji-Young, who loves to play the electric guitar and skateboard, will be making his debut next week. Ji-Young won’t just share her love for rock music and tteokbokki or Korean rice cakes on the show. It will also play a role in …

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