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This week’s poem: Askold Melnyczuk’s “Prayer of Origin.”
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Boston Calling reached some highs this year, sealed by perfect weather.
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What made Barry such a hit was that it was deliciously funny; the laughs were a balm for the uneasiness viewers felt as the body count rose from episode to episode.
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So why am I going to write about the Nuggets concert for a New England outlet? Because, totally surprising to me, there was a lot of Boston in the show.
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This is an album of top-notch orchestral playing. Yet the real star is Karina Canellakis.
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In place of coherent, in-depth analysis, the author has provided us with a series of short profiles on various individuals, some of them familiar, others less so. The tack presents problems that can’t be overcome.
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Until this album, I had no idea that the Grateful Dead and salsa could blend together with such force and fun.
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The Eight Mountains offers peak entertainment.
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The best items in this all-Mozart album are the concertos.
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The music of the Duke Robillard Band may go back a long way, but there was nothing retro about the bittersweet, funky, lowdown sounds that rocked Jimmy’s.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025