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Book Review: “A Place in the Country” — A Heady Tour of W.G. Sebald Country

May 15, 2014
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It seems deeply appropriate that a superb book of essays by W.G. Sebald about his favorite writers should be his swan song.

Concert Review: Television — Still in its Own Orbit After Thirty Years

May 14, 2014
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The band was still Television and often as not, still magnificent.

Film Review: “Growing Cities” — Searching for America’s Urban Farmland

May 13, 2014
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Although “Growing Cities” plays a bit like a home movie, it at least scores points for enthusiasm.

Film/Visual Arts Commentary: A Great Backstory — But are Vivian Maier’s Photos All That Good?

May 12, 2014
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A captivating story, indeed. But is Vivian Maier, suddenly famous, and the subject of a new film, the John Maloof-directed Finding Vivian Maier, a worthy artist?

Theater Review: “On the Verge” — Linguistic Playfulness to a Fault

May 12, 2014
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The conceit of “On the Verge” is fascinating, inviting us, as all first rate speculative or science fiction does, to see our past through different lenses.

Dance Commentary: Learn to Love Something By Doing It, or How I joined Le Grand Continental and Discovered the World of Dance

May 11, 2014
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I hope thousands of people show up to see Le Grand Continental-Boston next weekend. Not to see me, but to see how dance can change the way we appreciate our world.

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

May 10, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

Television Review: “Louie” Redux — Better Than Ever

May 7, 2014
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Louis C.K.’s “Louie” is a master class in straddling highbrow and lowbrow.

Theater Review: Learn to Roll with the Punchlines — “The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)”

May 6, 2014
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The comic material here may be of the rubber chicken variety, but the Reduced Shakespeare Company performers are remarkably talented men.

Arts Commentary: Who’s Afraid Of James Baldwin?

May 5, 2014
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So what we have is a failure of nerve — a reluctance to make students grapple with the considerable demands of James Baldwin’s prose and sensibility.

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