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Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy, Nasim Alikhani of Sofreh and Charlie Mitchell of Clover Hill are among the local chefs who are finalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards. https://t.co/oqlqOMuU77

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On January 1, a new list of works entered the public domain, including Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse," "Sherlock Holmes," and "(I Scream You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream." So if you'd like to make a work of art adapting any of those, you can. https://t.co/jnFNAQmXrX

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Tonight on #USofAnxiety, @ShakaSenghor on his latest book, Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom. How are the lessons he's learned, through a challenging life, revelations for all of us? 6 p.m. on WNYC.

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RT @AllOfItWNYC: live at noon on All Of It: -@foofighters' Dave Grohl on his new memoir🎶📖 -Anthony Doerr on Cloud Cuckoo Land📕 -@petersgoo…

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Tune into #USofAnxiety at 6 pm: @DrIbram, author of "How to Be an Antiracist," reflects on this unique moment in our collective racial history & Blindspot: Tulsa Burning host @kala_curious walks us through the destruction and legacy of a vibrant Black community 100 years ago.

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Paul Hollywood, co-host of the "Great British Baking Show," talks about the difference between a cookie and biscuit, why it's crucial for ginger snaps to hold up for 3 dunks in a cup of tea and why he doesn't advise mixing cannabis into his brownie recipe. https://t.co/Ki1pnlXxvM

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Matt Haig’s fantasy novel "The Midnight Library" was the most borrowed book throughout the New York Public Library system in 2022. See the network-wide top 10 list, along with breakdowns by borough. https://t.co/BqyNOgJBr3

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The controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of the AMNH is gone. In place of the towering bronze figure "will be a plaque marking the Museum as the continuing home of the New York State Theodore Roosevelt Memorial," according to the museum. https://t.co/W2fyHPnic5

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Lorraine Hansberry's classic play "A Raisin in the Sun," about a Black family's struggles with housing discrimination on the South Side of Chicago, has been given a new staging at the Public Theater. https://t.co/H9Yn1b7sMx

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Andrew Weissmann, lead prosecutor from Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office, analyzes the FBI's surprise search of former President Trump's Florida estate, and what it signifies about Federal investigations of the former president. https://t.co/Oql1oDZYs6