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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Aleksandra Kurzak as Gretel in a scene from “Hansel and Gretel” at the Metropolitan Opera.
Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Aleksandra Kurzak as Gretel in a scene from “Hansel and Gretel” at the Metropolitan Opera.

Opera, of all the art forms, is singularly associated with food, whether because of the appetites of well-girthed singers or the sensual pleasures celebrated in its music.

Slide Show: The Week in Pictures: April 29-May 5

Mitt Romney campaigned in New Hampshire and New York City, while President Obama held his first official campaign events in Ohio and Virginia.

Slide Show: An Imaginary Conversation

What would Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada have to say to one another? The Costume Institute exhibit hazards a guess.

Slide Show: Standout Hats at the 2012 Kentucky Derby

Like the Easter parade, the Kentucky Derby is where you’ll find the largest concentration of heavily adorned head pieces.

Slide Show: Socialist Wins in France

François Hollande defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday, becoming the first Socialist elected president of France since François Mitterrand.

Slide Show: Knicks-Heat Replay: Game 4

The Knicks’ 89-87 victory ended a drought of 11 years without a playoff win, and prevented a sweep by the Heat.

Video: In Love and Loss

Michael French has frontotemporal dementia, for which there is no cure or treatment. As his condition deteriorated, his wife, Ruth, had to move him to a nursing home, where she spends most days.

Photographs: Clashes Erupt During Protest in Moscow

Russian riot police beat protesters with batons and arrested dozens at a demonstration in Moscow against Vladimir Putin.

Slide Show: Leaves of Brooklyn

Photos from the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival.

Slide Show: Studio Company

Photos from a performance by the Studio Company of American Ballet Theater’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.

Slide Show: Inmates Make Debut as Actors in Passion Play

“The Life of Jesus Christ,” a three-and-a-half-hour play with a cast of 70, made its debut this weekend in a three-day run at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Slide Show: Photo Replay: The Kentucky Derby

Highlights include fashion choices, Derby pagentry and I’ll Have Another’s surprise victory at Churchill Downs.

Slide Show: Earl Sweatshirt Returns

The rapper, a key member of the Odd Future hip-hop collective, has returned to Los Angeles from a stint in Samoa to resume his career as an emerging star.

Slide Show: Honduras Becomes the Focal Point in America’s Drug War

The United States military has brought lessons from the past decade of conflict to the drug war, constructing remote base camps with little public notice but with the support of the Honduran government.

Slide Show: Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai

Dine in the clouds, visit one of the most surveilled spots in the world and have some tea in this tour of China’s gateways.

Video: Bill Cunningham | Tops

Fascinators were the highlight last week of the 30th Frederick Law Olmsted luncheon of the Women's Committee of the Central Park Conservancy.

Slide Show: Amid Brazil’s Rush to Develop, Workers Resist

As the country moves to tap one of the world’s last great reserves of hydroelectric power, the Amazon basin, strikes and worker uprisings at the biggest projects are producing delays and cost overruns.

Slide Show: Rangers-Capitals Replay: Game 4

The Capitals beat the Rangers, 3-2, in Game 4 of the teams’ Eastern Conference semifinal series at Washington.

Slide Show: A Ticket to Barcelona’s Show

Culinary wizardry, architectural marvels and more await in the Catalan city by the sea.

Slide Show: A Hidden Nest for a Power Lunch

From the street outside Barneys on Madison Avenue, one would never guess at the power lunches that are taking place above at Fred’s. Diners spotted there include Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine C. Quinn and Jonathan Tisch.

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Slide Show: Coming Soon

Images from some of the films arriving this summer.

Slide Show: New Yorkers Who Fit In 2 or 3 Workouts a Day

These women (and nearly all of them are women) who sweat through double and occasionally triple workouts at different boutique fitness outfits in the same day aren’t major-league athletes or required to look good for a living.

Slide Show: Victor Hugo’s Guernsey

See where the writer lived and worked during the most productive period of his life.

Slide Show: Gifts for Enjoying a Touch of Green, Indoors or Out

NOT every bride or bridegroom has a green thumb, the desire to maintain a garden or even the luxury of outdoor space. But a touch of green is within everyone’s reach.

Graphic: How Mariano Rivera Compares to Baseball’s Best Closers

Considered the best closer in baseball history, Mariano Rivera has more saves than any other pitcher.

Slide Show: Serbia, at a Crossroads, Prepares for Elections

Facing a challenge from the right, the pro-Western president, Boris Tadic, will ask Serbian voters for a fresh mandate in voting on Sunday.

Graphic: Turning Virginia Blue

In 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democrat to win Virginia in more than 40 years, in part because of inroads he made in the Richmond area and growing suburbs in the southern part of the state.

Photographs: At Funeral, Hundreds Remember Incomprehensible Loss

A funeral service was held on Friday for the seven relatives who died in a Bronx car crash.

The Powers of New York

Influence in New York is now wielded by a larger and more diverse array of people. Here’s a look at who is at the top and who may be on the way, as identified by the reporters of The New York Times.

Cairo Journal

Underground, Everything That Life Above Is Not

As chaos persists in the city’s streets, Cairo’s subway remains a model of efficiency, order and dependability for the three million people who ride it every day.

Slide Show: A Show of Solidarity for Hunger Strikers

Scores of Palestinian prisoners have joined a hunger strike that officials say now counts more than 1,500 participants.

Slide Show: The Roosevelt Ride

A new National Park Service shuttle runs near the estate where Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt lived.

Slide Show: Duke Farms

A 2,740-acre estate in Hillsborough, N.J., has had a $45 million face-lift.

Interactive Feature: The Weekly Health Quiz

In the news: Back pain, premature births and strength training. Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.

Slide Show: The Quince, Coast to Coast

Quince trees, once de rigueur in America’s Colonial gardens, fell out of favor over the years. But some growers are still very attached to them.

Slide Show: The Ultimate House Tour

A look inside the rooms at the White House that are open to the public.

Slide Show: In Seoul, Two Hanoks Make a Modern Home

An art professor and preservationist combined history and modernity in two traditional wooden structures.

Slide Show: Rangers-Capitals Replay: Game 3

Marian Gaborik scored the winning goal in the third overtime as the Rangers took a two-games-to-one lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Capitals.

Slide Show: Homes for $890,000

Properties in Missouri, Maine and Washington.

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Slide Show: Shopping Snapshots: May 3

Nicholas Kirkwood to open store in the meatpacking district; South Beach-inspired spring wear; and French Art Nouveau carved-horn jewelry.

Slide Show: Men’s Colorful Kilties Return

Once an inescapable facet of 1950s country clubs, a kiltie is a long fringed tongue of leather that attaches to a golf shoe’s inside tongue and folds over the laces.

Slide Show: New Dishes From WD-50

Wylie Dufresne, one of the most influential culinary minds on the planet, unveils dishes from the reinvented menu at his WD-50.

Slide Show: Airport Hotels Get an Upgrade

Airports and adjacent hotels are being renovated with an eye toward creating a more pleasing environment for the traveler.

Graphic: A Slower Rise for the Renminbi

The Chinese government kept its currency from appreciating during the financial crisis but allowed it to rise in 2010.

Slide Show: Photo Replay: May 1

A look at the day in sports included cars on a cycling track, the heights of the X-Games and a musical Sepp Blatter.

Graphic: The Long Way Home

With airlines cutting back direct service to small and midsize airports, passengers trying to save money are left with longer and more complicated flights.

Graphic: How the Auto Industry Fared in March

How the auto industry, automakers and the most popular cars and trucks fared in March.

Graphic: A Brooklyn Constellation

A sampling of the connections among Aaron and Bryce Dessner, curators of the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival, and some of the artists performing in it.

Slide Show: An Exuberant Prom Night, With Just the Girls

Tharima Ahmed, who had dreamed of the senior prom since her freshman year, organized a high school prom that held to Muslim beliefs.

Slide Show: Obama Visits Afghanistan

President Obama made a surprise trip to Kabul on Tuesday to sign a landmark strategic partnership agreement between the United States and Afghanistan.

Slide Show: Café China

Inside the Sichuan restaurant in Midtown that’s meant to evoke Shanghai before World War II.

Slide Show: May Day Around the World

The workers’ holiday observed, from New York to Pyongyang.

Slide Show: 2012 Tony Nominations: Plays

Photos and reviews of nominated shows and actors.

Slide Show: 2012 Tony Nominations: Musicals

Photos of shows in the best musical and best revival categories.

Slide Show: Back Home, Lessons From the War

State troopers in Springfield, Mass., are combating gang violence using the counterinsurgency strategies they were trained to use in Iraq.

Slide Show: Understanding the Atmosphere

Scientists want to know how the balance between warming and cooling clouds will change as climate change proceeds.

Interactive Graphic: One Year of Clouds Covering the Earth

At any moment, about 60 percent of the earth is covered by clouds, which have a huge influence on the climate.

Slide Show: As Casinos Enter the Game, Horses Lose

Casinos opening at a growing number of racetracks have recalibrated the age-old economic equations of the horse-racing game.

Video: Rise of the Racinos

As the popularity of horse racing has diminished, racetracks like Aqueduct in New York have turned to casinos for additional revenue.

Slide Show: The Sakura Matsuri Festival

Hosted by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the weekend-long festival celebrated traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.

Slide Show: Rangers-Capitals Replay: Game 2

Highlights from the Capitals’ 3-2 victory over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Slide Show: Knicks-Heat Photo Replay: Game 2

Action from Miami’s 104-94 victory over the Knicks at American Airlines Arena, as the Heat took a 2-0 series lead.

Slide Show: Scene City: After the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Bloomberg and Vanity Fair Hold Star-Studded Party in Washington.

Slide Show: On East 84th Street

Lillian Jacobs has lived on East 84th Street in Yorkville for 100 years. The area has maintained its charm and is home to many longtimers.

Slide Show: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Photos from the production at the Classic Stage Company.

Slide Show: Orhan Pamuk’s Novel Museum

Turkey’s best-known writer opened a museum in Istanbul.

Slide Show: Electric East London

From fashion and flora to designers and drinks, you can find it here.

Slide Show: Taking a Ride on Italo

Locomotives dubbed “Italo” started speeding around 186 miles an per hour on Saturday, opening a new chapter in European rail travel.

Slide Show: At Google, a Moment to Pause

In the driven, intensely competitive atmosphere that is Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., a popular course teaches employees how to defuse emotions and tap their inner serenity and resilience.

Video: Bill Cunningham | Wistful

The cascading blossoms remind me of what I saw in Paris last month: the elongated look of women in stripes.

Slide Show: Protests in Malaysia

Police unleashed tear gas and chemical-laced water Saturday at thousands of demonstrators who staged one of Malaysia’s largest street rallies in years, demanding fair rules for national elections expected soon.

Interactive Feature: Spring Auctions

Several highly recognizable works up for sale at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips de Pury over the next two weeks.

Slide Show: The Caucus Click: The Week in Pictures

Mitt Romney decisively won contests held Tuesday, in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Newt Gingrich announced that he would suspend his presidential campaign.

Slide Show: Photo Replay: April 29

The images of the day include a title fight in boxing, a judo tournament and baseball action.

Slide Show: Knicks-Heat Replay: Game 1

A look at Game 1 of the first-round playoff series between the Knicks and the host Miami Heat, won by Miami, 100-67.

Slide Show: At England’s Edge

Top-shelf art and a dramatic seaside setting lure visitors to remote St. Ives.

Slide Show: ‘Aziz + Cucher: Some People’

A look at the new exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Slide Show: Living In | Piermont, N.Y.

Piermont, a village draped down the Hudson River face of the Tallman Mountains, evokes a Mediterranean hillside, or maybe Sausalito, Calif.

Slide Show: Rangers-Capitals Replay: Game 1

The rookie Chris Kreider broke a 1-1 tie, and the Rangers beat the Capitals, 3-1, in the opening game of their series.

Slide Show: Babies on Parade

A timeline of celebrities and their babies in the news media.

Breakdown

The new economics of horse racing are making an always-dangerous game even more so, as lax oversight puts animal and rider at risk.

In Melodeeman, One Horse’s Rise and Fall

Melodeeman, a thoroughbred, raced for six years, through surgery, six owners and 47 races. He broke down and was euthanized on the track on Jan. 21, 2010.

One Horse, One Week of Injections

Coronado Heights, a 4-year-old thoroughbred who received a diagnosis of early degenerative joint disease, broke down and was euthanized on the track at Aqueduct on Feb. 25. Below, an illustration of the drugs and dosages given to Coronado Heights the week before he broke down.

Suspending a Campaign

As Mitt Romney moves toward locking up the Republican nomination, take a look back at the campaigns that were.

Three Years of Kickstarter Projects

Almost 50,000 projects have sought financing on Kickstarter since the site began on April 28, 2009. About half successfully reached their fund-raising goals. Each dot represents how much a project raised by its deadline.

Connecting Music and Gesture

Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, demonstrates and discusses the role of a conductor.

An Art Critic in Africa

Seeing culture on its own terms. Articles, commentary and pictures.

Audio, Photos and Video
The Lady Jaguars

The players on the Carroll Academy girls basketball team have little experience with organized sports and myriad troubles outside of school.

Analysis of the Arguments — The Supreme Court Health Care Challenges

Times reporters offer analysis of the arguments before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law.

Four Ways to Slice Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal

Explore every nook and cranny of President Obama’s federal budget proposal.

Lives Restored

A series profiling people who are functioning normally despite severe mental illness and have chosen to speak out about their struggles.

The iPhone Economy

Apple’s iPhone is a model of American ingenuity, but most of its components are manufactured somewhere else, leading to the decline of other kinds of jobs.

Vanishing Minds Series

Examining the worldwide struggle to find answers about Alzheimer’s disease.

New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map

Interactive map of health violations at restaurants in New York

An Enforcer’s Story

Derek Boogaard fought his way to center ice as one of the N.H.L’s most feared fighters. But the role exposed him to repeated head traumas.

A Record Chain of Kidney Transplants

A Good Samaritan kidney donation by a California man began a progression of kidney retrievals and transplants, as 30 donors gave their organs to 30 strangers on behalf of their loved ones.

At the Metropolitan Museum, a New Wing, a New Vista

On Nov. 1, after eight years of renovations, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its new Islamic wing.

Steve Jobs’s Patents

The 317 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors offer a glimpse at his legendary say over the minute details of the company’s products.

Loss and Healing in Norway

Scenes of grief and consolation played out in Norway as the nation attempted to recover from the scars of the massacre on July 22.

The World Trade Center As It Was

From building plans and archival images, we reconstruct the twin towers the way they stood before the attacks.

What’s Your Economic Outlook?

Readers shared their expectations about their job status, the future of the economy and the prospects for the next generation.

The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air

A selection of audio recordings from the morning of September 11, 2001.

Coming Out

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teenagers talk about their lives in this weeklong series.

The Death of a Terrorist: A Turning Point?

President Obama’s announcement Sunday night about Bin Laden’s death produced an outpouring of reaction. But has the killing of the most wanted man in terrorism made the world safer?

Panoramas of Joplin Before and After the Tornado

Interactive panoramas of devastation in two locations in Joplin, Mo., compared to images of the same locations before the storm.

Sweet Sounds of Science

The radical, syndicated program “Radiolab” creates striking sound effects to communicate big ideas. Listen to excerpts in this sonic gallery.

Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami

Compare satellite images of areas of Japan before and after the disaster.

How Manhattan’s Grid Grew

Compare the proposed street grid for Manhattan, from 1811, with the current layout.

Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer

Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.

How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters

The closer has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter.

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Pictures of the Day: Russia and Elsewhere

Photographs from Russia, France, Greece and Germany.

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