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Children’s Book Reviews: Two Superb Looks at Musical Innovators

September 27, 2023
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These picture books explore music history and an avant-garde composer who challenged convention.

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October Short Fuses — Materia Critica

October 1, 2023
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Film Review: “My Animal” — The Beast Within

September 22, 2023
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In her debut feature, music video director Jacqueline Castel supplies a moody and explicitly queer spin on the metaphor of monster as a maligned queer subject.

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Coming Attractions: September 24 through October 9 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 24, 2023
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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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Opera Review: Tod Machover’s VALIS — Futuristic Sturm und Drang

September 12, 2023
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Let’s hope composer Tod Machover, Opera of The Future, and the Media Lab have more up their space-age sleeves.

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Book Review: “Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith” — Living His Own Personal Surrealism

September 15, 2023
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Biographer John Szwed proves masterly at decoding even Harry Smith’s zaniest works and he’s excellent at offering us the narrative of Smith’s raggedy and colorful life. “The Life and Times” is a very good read.

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Book Review: “The Voyage of Sorcerer II” — Sampling Microbes in the World’s Oceans

September 16, 2023
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If you want to see how Earth’s oceans are coping with global warming, what better way than to sail around the world for 15 years — and have a little fun doing it?

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Jazz Album Reviews: Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis — Top of the Crop

September 4, 2023
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September releases from Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis are sure to be among the best jazz albums of the year.

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September Short Fuses — Materia Critica

September 4, 2023
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Poetry Review: John Mulrooney’s “Spooky Action” — The Primal Playfulness of Existence

August 28, 2023
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“Spooky Action” succeeds at its ‘unreasonable’ mission — to supply poetry that sears the mind, charms the heart, and uplifts the spirit.

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