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Visual Arts Review: Flowers as the Work Table for the Imagination

November 5, 2011
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Inescapably erotic, flowers are all about desire. What are they but a glorious exhibition and frame of their own genitals?

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Movie Review: Boston Jewish Film Festival — Neighbors Near and Far

November 5, 2011
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Congratulations to the Boston Jewish Film Festival are certainly due to its longevity and general quality.

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Short Fuse Book Review: Admiring “The Submission”

October 30, 2011
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“The Submission” has been compared to Richard Price’s richly evocative novels of New York life. It’s an apt comparison, though Amy Waldman brings a new cast of characters to bear, members of the Bangladeshi community.

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Theater Review: Of Race and Real Estate — Clybourne Park

October 25, 2011
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Given his full-throttle depiction of the myopia of middle class mores, Bruce Norris is more in the flamboyant satiric line of Sinclair Lewis, who also trained his sharp ear and eye on the Midwest, the American heartland, jabbing away at American delusions of community, status, and self-satisfaction.

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Theater Feature: Enter Israeli Stage

October 20, 2011
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Exciting things are happening in Israeli writing, and it is garnering considerable attention in Europe. But what about theater in Israel? Israeli Stage offers the curious a chance to see what is happening.

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Movie Review: Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 — Scattered, Skewed, But Engaging

October 17, 2011
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This intriguing documentary, made up of first-hand footage about the Black Power movement, will air on WGBH’s Independent Lens this Thursday @ 10 p.m.

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Jazz Feature: Exploring the Spirit of John Coltrane’s Music, On the Page and the Concert Stage

October 11, 2011
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Anthony Wallace’s interview on last year’s John Coltrane Memorial Concert, which includes questions about a book on the musician’s spirituality, offers plenty to think about before the 2012 version of the homage to the master musician, which takes place on November 3rd.

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Music Review: Regina Carter — A Genius Comes to Rockport

October 11, 2011
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With Reverse Thread, Regina Carter moves beyond conventional boundaries, her music a rich blend of jazz and world music—a cross-cultural exploration of modern and traditional music that expands the boundaries of both genres. Regina Carter. At the Shalin Liu Performance Center, September 24. Her album is Reverse Thread (E1 Entertainment). Carter will be performing in…

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Classical Concert Review: Sean Newhouse Conducts the BSO

October 9, 2011
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Despite some interpretive shortcomings, Sean Newhouse, the orchestra’s 30-year-old assistant conductor has solid technique, and a major orchestra whose players, management, and audience believe in him.

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Short Fuse Review/Interview: Trotsky’s Revolutionary Life

October 2, 2011
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Joshua Rubenstein’s succinct account of Leon Trotsky’s life rescues the Russian radical from a remoteness, positioning him at a useful distance for contemporary readers

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