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Film Review: “Damsel”– A Wild West of the Absurd

June 25, 2018
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Some may think that the western-genre-turned-arthouse-gimmick has been played out, but Damsel‘s fresh energy and pioneering spirit offers redemption.

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Theater/Music Review: Ruby Rose Fox — Remembrance of Musical Protests Past

June 25, 2018
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Ruby Rose Fox’s artistic/political mission with Salt is clear: the singer wants to look back at and revamp the radicalism of the ’60s.

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Book Review: Catch “Culture Fever”

June 24, 2018
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Being able to comfortably shift gears between “high” and “low” culture is one of the easiest ways in which a contemporary critic can gain the reader’s trust.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Now + There — Reinterpreting Public Art in the Civic Environment

June 23, 2018
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An organization dedicated to making Boston a vibrant, contemporary art city.

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Book Review: “Debris” — Deep into Grieving

June 22, 2018
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L. M. Brown has also written poetry, and she brings some of that lyrical know-how to her promising first novel.

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Film Review: Scorsese’s “Age of Innocence” — Re-released

June 22, 2018
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The privilege Edith Wharton’s characters swim in has not disappeared. If anything, it’s expanded farther into the social stratosphere.

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Dance Feature: Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson’s “Pepperland” comes to New England

June 21, 2018
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Pepperland serves up the expected tie-dye nostalgia, keyed to a half-dozen Beatle tunes from the classic album.

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Jazz Commentary: Greg Hopkins Big Band at Ryles — Whither Big Bands?

June 20, 2018
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At this time in the Boston jazz scene, there are no ongoing spaces for big bands and, predictably, the number of such ensembles has shrunk.

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Film Review: “Nancy” — Getting a Life is Hard

June 20, 2018
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Nancy is mystifying, but in this case the inexplicable has its fascinations.

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Book Review: An Authoritative and Highly Opinionated History of the Musical ‘Chicago’

June 18, 2018
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Ethan Mordden’s volume openly defies anyone to dismiss the American musical as mere fluff.

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