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Pianist Yeol Eum Son is more than up to the demands of J.S. Bach and Maurice Ravel; violinist Bomsori brings exquisite balances and shimmering sonority to Bruch and Korngold.
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The artist’s focus on brutality is present in the show, but the anger and homoeroticism that infused so much of his work are missing.
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This week’s poem: Sunnylyn Thibodeaux’s “Al-Shifa”
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The book provides ample proof that activist artists, when determined, can use their work to influence our thinking in positive ways, and effect change.
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The strongest element in this Arlekin production is the indelible stage images of loss and love, death and despair, memory and resilience, dreamed up by director Igor Golyak and his talented production team.
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Through story, song, missives, and popular gibes at authority, the Boston Camerata program looked at kings remembered for their great deeds and those commemorated for their bumbling idiocy.
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This year was the 27th annual festival, and blessed as always by the fairy-dust magical presence of summertime resident John Waters.
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Considering the determination of the current administration to send America back to the 19th century (or even earlier, perhaps to the Dark Ages), “Lavender Men” supplies an entertaining — and valuable — history lesson.
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Director Celine Song beats the romantic comedy to death.
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Our conversation touched—considerably, as it turned out—on the current political climate and the dispiriting response of the musical world to the rising tide of homegrown authoritarianism.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025