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Book Review: “Anything Is Good” — An Unforgettable Look at Life at the Margins

July 18, 2024
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Fred Waitzkin’s beautiful, sad book will stay with me forever.

Film Review “Longlegs” — Teeth of the Hydra

July 18, 2024
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There’s more horror on the horizon, but “Longlegs” will undoubtedly stand as one of the buzziest chillers of 2024.

Film Review: Hiroshima Non Amour

July 18, 2024
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There’s no Lubitsch in this “Touch”.

Musician Interview: Aoife O’Donovan on Fighting the Same Battles, Over and Over

July 15, 2024
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Singer/songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s new album is a moving tribute to the women, particularly Carrie Chapman Catt, who made the 19th Amendment a reality.

Concert Review: Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival — Satisfaction for All

July 2, 2024
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Despite several great sets including Jason Isbell and Iris DeMent, Wilco stole its own show at Solid Sound with conceptual aplomb.

Film Review: “The Devil’s Bath” — The Horror of Humanity

July 1, 2024
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“The Devil’s Bath” demands your full engagement; along with its primordial intensity, a great deal of subtle intelligence lies beneath its visceral surface.

Visual Art Review: A Pioneering Woman Artist — Paula Modersohn-Becker, “Ich Bin Ich / I Am Me”

July 1, 2024
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This is the first US museum exhibition for Paula Modersohn-Becker, and one of the crucial shows to see in New York this summer.

Classical Album Reviews: Avalon String Quartet and Decoda

July 1, 2024
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The debut album of Decoda, the first – and, so far, only – affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall, and a disc featuring a trio of works by two mid-century Chicago-based composers, Florence Price and Leo Sowerby.

July Short Fuses — Materia Critica

July 1, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Arts Commentary: Record Companies Suing AI — Who Owns Input?

June 30, 2024
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The real action, rest assured, will take place in the counting house, not the courthouse.

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