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Book Review: Beyond the Canon — How Cultural Authority Is Made

July 7, 2026
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“Move Over, Mona Lisa” maps the “inequality pipeline” linking museums, publishing, and academia—and challenges the systems that shape what the world sees and reads.

Book Review: Christian Wiman’s “The Dance” — A Sonic Theology of Uncertainty

July 7, 2026
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The collection assembles moments of doubt, humor, and revelation into a resonant poetic experience.

Visual Arts Review: “Where’s Boston? 50 Years Later” — A City in Focus

July 6, 2026
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Constantine Manos’s bicentennial-era photographs capture a city divided, resilient, and still recognizable half a century later.

Coming Attractions: July 5 Through 20 — What Will Light Your Fire

July 5, 2026
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Film Review: Married to Amazement — “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World”

July 5, 2026
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This documentary about poet Mary Oliver is a moving study of solitude, partnership, and the stubborn power of wonder.

Television Review: “Elle” — No Bends, No Snaps, No Point?

July 5, 2026
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The “Legally Blonde” prequel “Elle” spotlights a charming Lexi Minetree, but struggles to justify its place in the Blonde-verse.

Dance Review: Ilya Vidrin’s “Proxies” — The Opposite of Avatar

July 4, 2026
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A sensor-driven dance work probes embodiment, data, and the limits of technological intimacy.

Tribeca Film Festival — Docs on Dictator Cuisine, TikTok’s Ups and Downs, and The Killer Behind “Cruising”

July 4, 2026
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The Tribeca Film Festival is usually best represented by its outliers. This year, a few films earned that status.

Concert Review: Goose in Boston, Nights One and Two — Precision Jams, Pop Hooks, Chaos Controlled

July 3, 2026
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Goose’s two-set blitz at Leader Bank Pavilion dovetailed improvisation with irresistibly catchy rock.

Classical Music Album Review: Gershwin Among Modernists

July 3, 2026
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A thoughtfully curated program uncovers surprising connections between George Gershwin and Vienna’s early 20th-century avant-garde.

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