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Film Review: “Proud” — What It Means to Exist as a Gay Person in France

June 19, 2020
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Proud excels when it makes the political personal, utilizing its characters as affecting markers for changing minds and hearts.

Jazz Concert Review: Livestream — Billy Hart Quartet at the Village Vanguard

June 18, 2020
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The exhilarating power of live music in a small club blazed forth whenever the momentum built loud and hard toward a stirring transition.

Rock Album Review: Larkin Poe’s “Self Made Man” — Bursting with Defiance and Muscle

June 17, 2020
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Self Made Man is a perfect piece of music for anyone eager to push, shove, jump, and shout after months of being told to stay put.

Book Review: “Pizza Girl” — Savor Every Bite

June 17, 2020
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In her novel Pizza Girl, Jean Kyoung Frazier has given us an exhilarating spin on a long line of road-rebel mothers.

Jazz Recording Review: “If There Are Mountains” — An Instant Classic

June 17, 2020
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There’s much to admire in If There Are Mountains, modulated pathos as well as subtle joys.

Film Review: Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” — Reunion and Redemption

June 16, 2020
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Spike Lee examines a number of racist stereotypes that illuminate the times these men lived through, the bigoted conditions of their service and sacrifice, and their continued struggle for respect and parity.

Visual Arts Commentary: Boston’s Historical Memorial to Black Lives Vandalized

June 15, 2020
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Boston’s most celebrated piece of public art was one of 16 monuments irresponsibly defaced during the recent protests.

Book Review: “The Unsuitable” — A Super Female Superego

June 15, 2020
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The text is littered with accusatory, staccato lines from mama Wince, whose conversations with her daughter achieve Carrie-esque arias of passive aggressiveness.

Arts Commentary: The Music Biz — When Difficult Becomes Dire

June 15, 2020
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The advantage of localism enjoyed by a club down the block disappears in cyberspace.

Rock Review: Jade Hairpins — Cruising Down “Harmony Avenue”

June 13, 2020
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In the spirit of its mischievous name, Jade Hairpins never takes itself all that seriously, and that is all to the good. Why dampen eccentricity this joyful with any reservations?

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