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Dance Review: Dancing Between Traditions — Vimoksha’s Lush and Luminous Fusion

April 21, 2026
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A Boston-based ensemble blends Indian classical forms with contemporary dance to probe birth, patriarchy, and migration.

Film Feature: “Marblehead Morning” Captures Folk Duo’s Enduring Harmony

April 21, 2026
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Tim Jackson’s documentary takes a compelling look at Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl’s drama-free half-century.

Film Fest Preview: The Independent Film Festival Boston — Demanding and Creating Independent Audiences

April 21, 2026
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This year’s Independent Film Festival Boston kicks off this week, and it offers a grand selection of must-see indie films that set audiences free from the soulless product of corporate franchises.

Film Review: François Ozon Reimagines Camus with Style — and Judicious Revisions

April 20, 2026
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A rigorously faithful “Stranger” that nonetheless reframes the novel’s moral center in worthy, modern ways.

Jazz Album Review: Club d’Elf Blends Gnawa and Jam-Band Energy on “Loon & Thrush”

April 20, 2026
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Mike Rivard’s rotating collective has blended dub, jazz, Moroccan trance, funk, electronica, hip-hop, and prog into its heady stew.

Jazz Album Reviews: Young Fire, Fearless Sound — Trumpeters Adam O’Farrill and Dave Adewumi Push Jazz Forward

April 19, 2026
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Two standout releases showcase adventurous composition, tight ensemble interplay, and the next wave of trumpet-driven jazz.

Dance Review: Angkor Troupe’s “Swan Lake” — Trauma into Triumph

April 19, 2026
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Turn the lake into a lotus pond and you can take it from there.

Visual Arts Review: Derrick Adams Turns Black Joy Into an Expansive World

April 19, 2026
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Jubilant collages, TV motifs, and immersive rooms celebrate 25 years of Black artist Derrick Adams’s inventive practice.

Television Review: “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” Tackles Sex Work, Survival, and Suburban Hypocrisy

April 18, 2026
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A sharp, locally grounded dramedy that captures the contradictions of suburban Southern California — and the steep cost of survival for young women.

Film Retrospective: Conmen and Catastrophe — The Works of Béla Tarr and László Krasznahorkai

April 16, 2026
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A retrospective of four films by those two Hungarian artists unfolds as a monochromatic monolith of mud, misery, human folly, and inexorable corruption.

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