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Film Review: “Crumb Catcher” — Labor Saving Device?

July 19, 2024
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Themes of class, race, and artistic appropriation reminiscent of “American Fiction” lurk beneath “Crumb Catcher”‘s generic conventions.

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Jazz Commentary: String Quartet Omnibus, 2024

July 25, 2024
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Here is music of depth, music to hear and to think about in a Time of Troubles. But who will play it again? Who will listen? And who will buy?

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Book Review: Going Beyond the Great Van Gogh Hagiography Machine

July 21, 2024
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Émile Bernard, to his credit, spends much of his life redeeming rather than demeaning his friend.

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Jazz Feature: Diversity Brings Riches — A Mid-Year Jazz Critics Poll

July 26, 2024
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Any survey of new jazz will show the broad range of creation being produced by an extraordinary diversity of musicians. That’s because jazz has spread all around the world, bringing us together in peace (and sometimes even harmony).

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Visual Art/Design Commentary: Floating Art in Fort Point Channel — See Worthy Public Art With a Conscience

July 19, 2024
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Almost immediately, this now quarter century old program proved to be a wonderful merger of art and environment, creativity and nature.

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Coming Attractions: July 21 through August 5 — What Will Light Your Fire

July 21, 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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Musician Interview: “They drowned out the roaring sea ” — Swanky Kitchen Band Brings the Sounds of the Cayman Islands to the Lowell Folk Festival

July 23, 2024
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Swanky Kitchen Band is single-handedly carrying on the venerable, but little known, Afro/Celtic/Caribbean tradition of fiddle-led dance bands in the Cayman Islands.

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Musician Interview: Aoife O’Donovan on Fighting the Same Battles, Over and Over

July 15, 2024
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Singer/songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s new album is a moving tribute to the women, particularly Carrie Chapman Catt, who made the 19th Amendment a reality.

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Classical Music Album Reviews: Rattle conducts Mahler and “Vienna: Joyful Apocalypse”

July 22, 2024
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Sir Simon Rattle’s latest traversal of Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is something special; Pianist Aurélien Pontier’s stylish disc is a celebration of the music of fin de siècle Vienna.

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Dance Review: The Social Tango Project — Bringing the Tango Back to its Roots

July 23, 2024
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At the Pillow, the wonderful Social Tango Project brought the form back to its political and aesthetic origins: it is a dance designed to unify and uplift participants and audiences.

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