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Visual Arts Review: The Great Elephant Migration — Elephants on Parade, Conservation at Stake

August 11, 2026
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On Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue Mall, 100 handcrafted elephants turn an exuberant family attraction into a persuasive call for human-wildlife coexistence.

Concert Review: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Electrifies With a Roaring Young Blues Band

August 11, 2026
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At 52 Sumner, the 27-year-old guitar virtuoso and his crack band moved freely among blues, soul, funk, R&B, and rock — making a compelling case that Ingram is ready for much larger rooms.

Book Review: “Rothko in Florence” — Against the Solace of Transcendence

August 10, 2026
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This ambitious catalogue is strongest when it treats Rothko’s paintings as shifting perceptual structures—and weakest when it resolves them into metaphysical comfort.

Film Review: “Bernstein’s Wall” — A Vivid Portrait of the Artist as Activist

August 9, 2026
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Douglas Tirola’s documentary draws on a remarkable archive to make Leonard Bernstein’s musical, political, and moral commitments feel urgently contemporary.

Film Festival Reviews: “Scary Movies XIV” Finds Horror in Bodies, Landscapes, and Ecological Ruin

August 9, 2026
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This strong 2026 lineup ranges from a colonial nightmare in the Kalahari to a Japanese ghost story and Carlos Conceição’s chilling vision of cosmetic obsession amid climate catastrophe.

Film Review: “Ice Cream Man” Melts Down in a Pool of Blood

August 9, 2026
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Eli Roth’s brightly packaged slasher has an intriguing premise, sweet candy-colored visuals, and impressive effects, but its lazy derivations, forced humor, and AI-generated cartoons leave a sour aftertaste.

Musician Interview: Clinton Fearon on Reggae, Resilience, and the Songs That Endure

August 8, 2026
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Ahead of a run of shows with Boston’s Naya Rockers, the veteran Jamaican musician looks back on the Gladiators, Lee “Scratch” Perry, political “sleepwalking,” and a career still driven by curiosity.

Visual Arts Interview: Jeff Miller’s Figures in Motion — White Charcoal, Black Shapes, and Greek Vessels

August 7, 2026
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In Provincetown, the artist discusses the perceptual tricks, sly wit, and classical echoes behind his luminous figure drawings and and works on terra cotta.

Book Review: Johannes Brahms’s Unwedded Love

August 7, 2026
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John Worthen’s biography explores the composer’s lifelong devotion to Clara Schumann and its role in shaping his music.

Book Review: The Weaver and the Tell-All — Reading Sigrid Nunez’s First Story Collection

August 7, 2026
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It Will Come Back to You’s intricate, puzzle-like narratives shine—except when insider gossip gets in the way.

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