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Television Review: “Penguin Town” — Birdwatching

June 23, 2021
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For kids and penguin lovers, Penguin Town is a gushy fait accompli. But the series also has rewards for others.

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Book Review: “The Brilliant Abyss” — Our Imperiled Oceans

June 23, 2021
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Helen Scales is a self-described nerd who studies the ocean as an enthusiast as well as a scientist.

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Jazz Album Review: “Harold Land: Westward Bound!”

June 22, 2021
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Saxophonist Harold Land has been a major contributor to the rich tapestry of jazz. Check him out.

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Film Review: “Luca” — The Passions of a Sea Monster

June 22, 2021
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This Italian fairy tale is more whimsical than groundbreaking, but it has all the delights of a day at the beach.

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Film Review: “Truman & Tennessee: an intimate conversation” — He Said, He Said

June 21, 2021
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Truman & Tennessee is a meticulously researched and edited documentary about two gay men and their differing commitments to art.

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Visual Arts Review: “Remember the Ladies” — A Balmy Era for Women Artists in New England

June 20, 2021
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Overall, “Remember the Ladies” is a love letter to an era and to a cheerful vision of painting.

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Film Review: “The Sparks Brothers” — Playing Together, Staying Together

June 18, 2021
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Edgar Wright’s first documentary looks into why the long-lived, constantly risk-taking, dazzlingly original band Sparks remains relatively unknown.

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Rock Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney’s “Path of Wellness” — Healing Hometown

June 17, 2021
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This version of the band is less gritty and angry then back in the ’90s, but it is still identifiably anarchistic.

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Book Review: The Woman Behind “All-of-a-Kind Family” — A Remarkable Legacy

June 17, 2021
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Biographer June Cummins considers the first All-of-a-Kind Family book, published in 1951, as groundbreaking and Sydney Taylor as “one of the first writers of multicultural literature for children.”

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Film Review: “Raya and the Last Dragon” — An Animated Plea for Unity

June 16, 2021
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In addition to generalizations about Asian cultures — the voice actors come from a variety of Asian, but not all Southeast Asian, backgrounds — there are other issues a grown-up viewer might object to.

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