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The creators of “Gatsby” have fashioned some inventive ways to make the story seem more contemporary. None of that, however, seems enough to justify the enormous amount of energy and talent that was expended in this production.
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Four players bridged divergent worlds and styles from bluegrass and jazz to Indian and Western classical music while taking virtually no time to lock in together.
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This is not a dry, academic look at Thom Gunn’s life: the biographer supplies a loving — though at times unflinchingly honest — view of the self-punishing poet.
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Many of us think of Harriet Tubman as a lone heroic figure. But the truth is she was never alone; she did things that other people did not do.
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Political attacks aside, MIT’s Schwarzman College of Computing is a contemporary jewel of a building.
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This week’s poem: Kenton K. Yee’s “Bloodhound Astronomer”
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Today, Elizabeth Kolbert’s book remains an important reminder of what is at stake — nothing less than the future of life on earth.
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Three new picture books offer help for kids wanting to be perfect, giving feedback, and finding your place in the world.
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A trio of films in which certainty and security have been disrupted and people must make the best of what remains.
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The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll: The Institution Continues