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Rock CD Review: Pearl Jam — A Sturdy “Lightning Bolt”

October 15, 2013
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Lightning Bolt, Pearl Jam’s tenth and latest studio album, takes the band’s newfound (or at least newly re-found) appreciation for radio-friendly mainstream rock and successfully stretches its parameters a bit.

Book Review: Two Volumes of Swiss Horror for Halloween

October 14, 2013
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Interestingly, both of these powerful visions of horror root their avenging vision of mayhem in the brutal mistreatment of children.

Classical Album Review: Martin Schlumpf’s “Streams”

October 14, 2013
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A new disc of music by Martin Schlumpf, one of the leading figures in Swiss contemporary music whose career focuses on “the borderlands between improvisation and composition.”

Concert Review: Thomas Adés Conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra

October 13, 2013
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra lacks a composer-in-residence. There are many local composers the orchestra might draw on were it to establish such a position, but few have the international reputation of someone like Thomas Adés.

Jazz Review: The Messenger Legacy — Art Blakey Alumni Keep the Torch Lit

October 13, 2013
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Every few years, people ask, “Is Jazz Dead?” Nights like this, with living masters and future stars all paying homage to a dead legend whose music will live forever, refute the pessimism.

Music Feature: Harmonica Man Takes to the Gospel Highway

October 12, 2013
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Tomorrow night Deacon Leslie Pittman, an emerging star on the gospel quartet circuit at the age of 81, comes into town with Philadelphia’s Just Us Singers.

Theater Review: “King Lear” — Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Monumental Achievement

October 11, 2013
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Director Bill Rauch’s concept and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival company have, in a small space, created an achievement of monumental, yet personal, proportion.

Theater Review Diary: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival — A Worthy Theatrical Adventure

October 11, 2013
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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is an annual theatrical adventure for many on the West coast, and should become one for the rest of the country – but make reservations early.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

October 11, 2013
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Updated. Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, and film that’s coming up this week.

Book Review: In Pitigrilli’s Intoxicating “Cocaine,” Love is the Drug

October 10, 2013
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Cocaine’s bleak and brilliant satire, lush and intoxicating prose, and sadistic playfulness remain as fresh and caustic as they were nine decades ago.

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