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Film Commentary: October — A Month of Horror, Multiplying

October 16, 2017
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I love subtlety, and beauty, and trash, and terror, in equal measure.

Stage Commentary: Critical Limitations — And Theatrical Neglect

September 7, 2017
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Boston theater critics value stage venues that are “convenient” and “familiar.”

Visual Arts Commentary: The Berkshire Museum Violates Ethics to Sell 40 Works for $50 Million

August 5, 2017
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Why is The Berkshire Museum a sinking ship?

Film Tribute: George Romero — A Legacy of Blood, Invention, and Survival

July 23, 2017
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Even after death, the human instinct is to kill or be killed.

Visual Arts Commentary: Expanding Abstraction — What’s So Narrow About That?

July 13, 2017
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Expanding Abstraction is a success because it does what it set out to do: to highlight the visions of New England’s female abstract painters.

Film Commentary: Death Knell for American Independent Cinema?

June 23, 2017
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The well has evaporated for much of new American independent cinema.

Visual Arts Commentary: A Tale of Two Bridges

June 21, 2017
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Two stories about how a public process, because of politics, can make it very difficult, and costly, to connect two points.

Theater Commentary: Trump, Julius Caesar, and Political Farce

June 19, 2017
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If the ballyhoo around the Public Theater’s Julius Caesar is a sign of the times, then we have a lot more than Trump to fear.

The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program: An Introduction

May 29, 2017
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My thought was that it would exciting to invite high school students from diverse backgrounds to become better educated about arts criticism.

Literary Homage: Denis Johnson, American Dostoevsky

May 28, 2017
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Denis Johnson’s spiritual vision was dark and more than a little scary but also supremely generous.

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