The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Lena Dunham will paint a mural in your home. Adam Scott will walk your dog. Natasha Lyonne will help you finish the Sunday crossword.
Category: Philanthropy
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Timepieces With a Mission
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Only Watch charity auction raises funds to tackle Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a cause close to the C.E.O.’s heart.
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With $40 Million Gift, New York Philharmonic Jump-Starts Dudamel Era
The New York Times – Music:
The donation from Oscar L. Tang and his wife, Agnes Hsu‐Tang, is the largest endowment gift in the orchestra’s history.
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The Metropolitan Opera Guild Will Wind Down Amid Financial Woes
The New York Times – Music:
The organization, founded in 1935 to support the opera house, will lay off 20 employees and stop publishing Opera News as a stand-alone monthly magazine.
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Forests, Band from Singapore, Played On After U.S. Robbery
The New York Times – Music:
Forests, a band from Singapore, ended its tour in New York in high spirits, two weeks after being robbed in California.
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Brooklyn’s Batcave Reborn as Gotham’s Art Factory
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A philanthropist spent $180 million to transform a relic of Gowanus’s industrial past into Powerhouse Arts, equipped to produce the art of the future.