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Today's high will be 62ºF, Overcast clouds in New York. Tomorrow, expect 73ºF and Overcast clouds.

Around the Web:

º Art Basel names winners of inaugural awards including artists, curators and patrons

º Can a Portland Gallery Make It In New York? The Girls Behind ILY2 Think So.

º John Tottenham on His Debut Novel Service, an Ode to Bookstores and Bohemians

5 Things Happening in the Next Days:

º 5/16 – COSMIC MUSIC: The Celestial Songs of Alice Coltrane ft. Ravi Coltrane, Flying Lotus, Brandee Younger, Michelle Coltrane with the Sai Anantam Devotional Ensemble at Carnegie Hall. 881 Seventh Avenue.

º 5/17 – Shaft • 4K DCP. Selected by the Music Branch. 12:00pm. Paris Theater. 4 West 58th Street.

º 5/19 – Lorna Simpson: Source Notes opens at The Met.

º 5/19 – Opening of Lorna Simpson: Source Notes at The Met. 1000 Fifth Avenue.

º 5/20 – Superheaven at Brooklyn Steel. 319 Frost Street.

A Final Thought:

Uncensored, unbelievable, unpalatable.

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