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Review: Resettling the Meaning of Home in ‘Brooklyn,’ With Saoirse Ronan

By A. O. SCOTT

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Saoirse Ronan is a young immigrant in “Brooklyn,” a film named her destination when she leaves Ireland in this John Crowley film based on the Colm Toibin novel by the same name.

This film about a familiar American story, the immigrant who arrives with dreams of the future and pangs over leaving home, explores the question: Where do we come from?

Review: ‘In Jackson Heights,’ an Ode to the Immigrant Experience

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Zipporah Films

A view of Jackson Heights, Queens, and the elevated No. 7 subway line in Frederick Wiseman’s “In Jackson Heights.”

Frederick Wiseman’s documentary about this Queens neighborhood advances the idea that it is people — in streets and stores, in barbershops and laundromats — who make a city great.

Robin Williams’s Widow Points to Dementia as a Suicide Cause

By DAVE ITZKOFF and BENEDICT CAREY

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Susan Schneider Williams and Robin Williams at an awards show in New York in April 2013.

Susan Schneider Williams laid the blame for her husband’s death not on depression, but on Lewy body dementia, a disease that is often misdiagnosed.

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Review: Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ Imagines France as a Muslim State

By MICHIKO KAKUTANI

In this novel, set in 2022, an Islamic party sweeps into power and the country undergoes a radical transformation.

Familial Ties to Slavery, Bound by Vintage First-Person Accounts

By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

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Susi Ryan, a quilter from Worcester, Mass., delivered an emotional presentation on the connections between her handiwork and her ancestor.

Descendants of authors of slave narratives and other abolitionists gathered for a discussion at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Review: In Beckett’s ‘The End,’ a Nameless Man Stares Down Death Onstage

By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

The company Gare St. Lazare Ireland has turned this short story into a minimalist play consisting of a monologue.

Jon Stewart at the Beacon Theater in February. His work for HBO will include digital shorts.

Jon Stewart Signs Production Deal With HBO

By JOHN KOBLIN

With a four-year contract, the former host of “The Daily Show” will do digital shorts and may also pursue movie or television projects.

Review: ‘Persecution and Promise,’ a Whooping and Wailing Czech Musical Evening

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

This concert at the 92nd Street Y, anchored by the Daedalus Quartet, included piquant sounds like a sea gull’s cry as well as works composed in harrowing times.

Jean-Pierre Léaud and Bernadette LaFont in “Out 1: Noli Me Tangere,” a 1971 film directed by Jacques Rivette. The eight-episode feature is beginning a two-week engagement.

Review: Jacques Rivette’s 1971 Film, ‘Out 1: Noli Me Tangere’

By GLENN KENNY

This newly restored, nearly 13-hour French movie, with English subtitles, is having its New York theatrical premiere.

A scene from Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's

A Triumphant De Keersmaeker Takes Paris Opera by Storm

By ROSLYN SULCAS

The choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker took the Paris Ballet by storm with a triple bill.

The dancer Tamisha Guy of the company Abraham.In.Motion.

BalletNext and Abraham.In.Motion Experiment With Jazz

By BRIAN SEIBERT

These two dance companies are pairing set choreography with improvisational music in programs at New York Live Arts and the Joyce Theater.

Review: Christine Brewer in ‘Prayer,’ at Alice Tully Hall

By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM

Ms. Brewer was accompanied by Paul Jacobs on the 19-ton Kuhn organ as part of the Lincoln Center White Light Festival.

Critic's Notebook

Brad Mehldau Evolves in ‘10 Years Solo Live,’ a New Boxed Set

By NATE CHINEN

A compendium by this pianist, who is set to play a solo recital at Zankel Hall and perform as a featured guest at Town Hall, adds up to an ambitious self-portrait.

From left, Jaclyn Wheatley, Alex Crozier and Madison Oliver in

Review: ‘The Minstrel Show Revisited’ Confronts Racial Stereotypes

By GIA KOURLAS

To examine events of the present, the choreographer Donald Byrd has resurrected his 1991 award-winning work, “The Minstrel Show.”

Review: ‘Veritas,’ a Play About Harvard’s Gay Underground Put on Trial

By ANDY WEBSTER

At the Cave at St. George’s Church in Manhattan, a troupe called the Representatives depicts the secret tribunals of gay students in 1920.

Artist’s Journal

Deep rooted: Dan Baker and Rika Okamoto anchor the gravitas of Bach’s C Sharp minor Fugue.

Twyla Tharp on the Road: Homecoming, a Photo Essay

By TWYLA THARP

Back to Indiana for performances, an award and a walk on fertile soil.

Books

Bernard Sumner on Ian Curtis and His Joy Division Bandmates

By T MAGAZINE

The New Order singer shares excerpts from his new memoir — and still doesn’t understand why Peter Hook is mad at him.

The theme park will include attractions based on Fox movies and shows including “Sons of Anarchy.”

Fox to Open Theme Park in Dubai in 2018

By MICHAEL CIEPLY

The Al Ahli Holding Group will build the project under a licensing agreement with the studio’s consumer products unit. The park will include attractions based on Fox shows and movies.

Conan O'Brien introduced Michelle Obama to armed service members stationed at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Tuesday.

Michelle Obama, With Conan O’Brien, Visits Troops in Qatar

By ERIC SCHMITT

Service members at Al Udeid Air Base appreciated the first lady’s visit, which also includes Jordan and is focused on education for adolescent girls.

Colin Welland, left, accepts an Academy Award for the screenplay of

Colin Welland Dies at 81; Wrote ‘Chariots of Fire’

By SAM ROBERTS

The Oscar-winning screenwriter, who had wanted to be an actor, eventually did have several roles, including a continuing spot in a British TV show, “Z-Cars.”