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Music Is The Peacekeeper Of The World! July 2018

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Les Lieber, Who Served Jazz to the Lunch Crowd, Dies at 106 July 16, 2018
His Jazz at Noon series, which ran for more than 45 years, featured skilled amateur players alongside well-known guest professionals.
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Stays on Top as Hip-Hop Dominates Billboard’s Top 5 July 16, 2018
The rapper’s double album easily repeated at No. 1 on the album chart, followed by LPs from Post Malone, Future, XXXTentacion and Cardi B.
By BEN SISARIO
Review: A Stranger, Sexier Version of ‘Peter Pan’? It’s Leonard Bernstein’s July 15, 2018
In this production of J.M. Barrie’s 1904 play, Bernstein’s neglected score brings out the characters’ melancholic desires.
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
Trump Has Yet to Award the National Arts Medals for 2016 July 15, 2018
Other presidents have dawdled, too, but President Trump is the first to go this long without awarding national medals in the arts and humanities.
By PETER LIBBEY
Nancy Barbato Sinatra, 101, an Idol’s First Wife and Lasting Confidante, Dies July 14, 2018
For nearly half a century after her divorce from Frank Sinatra, she remained his cherished and devoted friend.
By MARGALIT FOX