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Theater Reviews: Broadway Taps the Bookshelf — Musicals Based on “The Notebook” and “Water for Elephants”

April 1, 2024
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Two new musicals attempt to capture the magic of two beloved books. With mixed success …

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Book Review: “Pilobolus” — Movement, at Wild Play

April 1, 2024
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Drawing on wide-ranging research and personal anecdotes gathered during the time he spent with the company, Robert Pranzatelli navigates us through the insouciance and absurdity of Pilobolus’ past.

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Visual Arts Review: Sampling Outsider Art in New England

March 31, 2024
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Since I live in Boston, and was seeking out the farther reaches of the outsider art world, I was happy to discover three stellar galleries in Massachusetts and Vermont.

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Music Festival Review: 11 for 11 — Highlights of Big Ears 2024

March 31, 2024
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‘More than cool’ was the defining ethos at this year’s Big Ears, a sprawling, sold-out festival that finds a dozen venues running concurrently over four days and nights.

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Theater Review: “Mrs. Krishnan’s Party” — Daal M for Merriment

March 30, 2024
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Let’s face it, we could all use a celebration of renewal and togetherness that crosses cultural (and political) borders.

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Book Review: “Limitarianism” — An Idea Whose Time Has Come

March 30, 2024
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In this pointed book about the harm done by the super-rich, Ingrid Robeyns is out to convince us that limiting wealth, and reallocating it, will result in a better life for all of us

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Film Review: “No Other Land” — In The West Bank, Seizing Land and Smashing Cameras

March 29, 2024
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Watch “Five Broken Cameras” as “No Other Land” finds its way to festivals beyond Berlin. By then, the forced displacement of people in the West Bank will look gentle compared to the relentless siege of Gaza.

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Film Review: “Asphalt City” — Paramedics on the Mean Streets

March 29, 2024
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The director did his research: he rode with EMTs so the Asphalt City’s grim vision is real and convincingly ramped up.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Lions and Lambs

March 28, 2024
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Here are some recommendations of old and new streaming picks: some are leaving very soon, some should be around for a while.

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Film Review: “Problemista” — Immigration Blues

March 28, 2024
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In “Problemista,” Julio Torres has managed to make the trauma of the undocumented immigrant, struggling to stay in America, as amusing as it is agonizing.

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