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Jazz CD Round-up: Jane Ira Bloom, Robert Glasper, Wadada Leo Smith, Anna Webber, and More

November 4, 2016
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Over a dozen short notices of recent jazz recordings that I find musically stimulating.

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Music Interview: Tish Hinojosa on Coming Home

November 3, 2016
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“Being an independent musician is kind of like having an organic farm.”

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Theater Review: “When January Feels Like Summer” — Love and Transformation

November 1, 2016
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The more we learn about Thomas’ characters and their lives, the more we like them and root for them.

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Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Presents a Spooky “Bluebeard’s Castle”

November 1, 2016
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Like most of the innocent heroines in horror movies, Bluebeard’s wife is unaware of the old adage of curiosity killing the cat.

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Theater Review: “Relativity” — Albert Einstein, A Monster of a Genius

November 1, 2016
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Mark St. Germain’s drama is not about Cold War politics, but the question of whether a great man is (or need be) a good man.

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Theater Review: “The Scottsboro Boys” — A Musical That Matters

November 1, 2016
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The musical is a relentless, one hour and fifty minute excursion into the history of racial bias in America, from the cotton fields to the Civil Rights movement.

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Dance Review: Trophy Games at the Boston Ballet

November 1, 2016
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You’re not supposed to look for deep meaning in this often-revised jumbo of a ballet.

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CD Review: American Football’s “American Football (LP2)”

October 31, 2016
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American Football’s new album would be a fine effort for anyone but American Football.

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CD Review: Leonard Cohen — Embracing the Darkness

October 30, 2016
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At 82, Cohen seems to feel that there isn’t a lot of time left and that he has nothing to prove to anyone.

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Theater Review: “Warrior Class” — Political Tragedy or Farce?

October 30, 2016
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Though Kenneth Lin wrote Warrior Class in 2012, it is easy to see its resonances with the 2016 election cycle.

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