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Theater Review: “Beyond Words” — Homage to a Brainy Bird

March 26, 2024
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“Beyond Words” tells an important story in an entertaining as well as a delightfully educational way.

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Book Review: “The Road from Belhaven” — How Hope and Resilience Can Prevail

March 15, 2024
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Margot Livesey has given us an exhilarating historical novel filled with fascinating details of a different time in an isolated part of the world, all rendered in gorgeous prose.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Exciting Innovators –Three Surprising Picture-Book Biographies

March 25, 2024
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Three lesser-known innovators are profiled in these intriguing picture book biographies.

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Doc Talk: Outsider Insights at the Salem Film Fest

March 21, 2024
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This year’s Salem Film Fest spotlights the price of being a rebel.

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Book Review: “Breslin: Essential Writings” — Compulsive Reading

March 18, 2024
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The notion that columnists like Breslin were “deadline artists” is apt. Their task was to come up with a story idea, track it down, then give it a narrative spark, all ahead of a ticking clock as the drop-deadline for the next edition loomed.

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Coming Attractions: March 24 through April 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

March 24, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Folk Album Review: “Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa” — Taj Mahal Ascendant

March 14, 2024
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“Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa” is a snapshot of a vibrant octogenarian artist who is still moving forward.

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Album Review: “Art Songs of the Jewish Diaspora” — Compelling Music with Equally Compelling Backstories

March 23, 2024
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This is an album that I recommend heartily to anyone who enjoys exquisite music making, stunning booklet artwork, and serious scholarship.

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Film Reviews: Dispatch from the Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 1 of 2)

March 23, 2024
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This time around, I decided to go all in and totally movie-pill myself by seeing all 12 films in the feature line-up at the expense of my own sanity. Just kidding …

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Visual Arts Review: Various Views of “Emancipation”

March 12, 2024
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On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, seven Black artists were asked to respond to the theme of emancipation.

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