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Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven’s “Leonore,” Tesla Quartet’s “Joy & Desolation,” and Emmanuel Pahud’s “Dreamtime”

December 22, 2019
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A fresh, bracing take on Beethoven as a dramatist, Tesla Quartet serves up refreshingly direct and emotionally-complex performances of Mozart, and flautist Emmanuel Pahud has crafted an ear-catching, unpredictable program.

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Book Review: Common Sense About Climate Change — The Need to Hit the Streets

December 22, 2019
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In this valuable call-to-action, Roger Hallam says we have to recognize that climate change is an emergency and rebel against our extinction.

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Music and Concert Favorites 2019

December 22, 2019
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Our expert music critics serve up their usual highly eclectic round-up of the year’s most memorable.

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Music Feature: Billy Strings — A Breakout Year

December 21, 2019
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Billy Strings is deservedly catching fire with a unique blend of mind-snapping talent as a guitarist, deep appreciation for tradition, appetite for improvisation and experimentation, and ever-improving songwriting.

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Film Review: “Bombshell” — Shock and Awe

December 21, 2019
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Bombshell takes a stand, looking to portray its besieged women as complex, flawed human beings who also happen to be the victims of sexual harassment.

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Theater Review: A Musical “Moby-Dick” Lumbers from its Seabed at the A.R.T.

December 20, 2019
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Dave Malloy’s musical version of Moby-Dick shows promise, but he needs to trim plenty of blubber.

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Film Review: “Little Women” — An Ebullient Update

December 19, 2019
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Director Greta Gerwig’s brilliant cast succeed in making Little Women a feel-good escapist movie with brains.

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Visual Arts Favorites 2019

December 19, 2019
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Our critics sound off on some of their most striking visual art experiences this year.

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Book Review: “Klotsvog” — Confusion Reigns Supreme

December 18, 2019
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Klotsvog ends up being a fascinating literary failure. Good for academics, but bad for readers.

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Theater Review: Queen Mab’s “Dream” — Good and Necessary

December 17, 2019
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Queen Mab’s premiere production is an energetic, 80-minute, one-man performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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