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Film Review: “Lisa Frankenstein” — Chivalry Is Dead

February 19, 2024
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“Lisa Frankenstein” is the first delightful surprise of 2024, destined for weird girl slumber party greatness in a few years time.

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Film Review: “Io Capitano” — When You Wish Upon a Star?

February 19, 2024
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The plight of refugees is given a fairy-tale treatment in “Io Capitano.”

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Theater Interview: Playwright Bernard Pollack on “Little Peasants” — A Holistic View of Union Organizing

February 18, 2024
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Must the stage only discreetly charm the bourgeoisie?

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Concert Review: Cowboy Junkies — Still Outside the Mainstream

February 18, 2024
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For years now, Cowboy Junkies has been bringing its brand of contemplative, atmospheric rock ’n’ roll into a patchwork of independent venues in our region.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Stories to Tickle Your Funny Bone

February 18, 2024
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Have a laugh as you read these charmingly funny picture books with your child.

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Television Review: “The Vince Staples Show” — Perfect Straight Man for a Surrealist World

February 18, 2024
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A welcome addition to the absurdist satire genre of rapper-turned-comedian.

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Opera Album Review: A Short but Virtuosic Opera from 1786 Receives Its First Recording

February 17, 2024
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Even without international-caliber singers and players, Giovanni Piaisello’s “Amor vendicato” works much magic.

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NY Theater Review: “The Connector” – Truth or Consequences

February 16, 2024
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The musical’s focus on truth in journalism resonates in our post-2016, “fake news,” and Artificial Intelligence-saturated environment.

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Film Review: “The Taste of Things” – Gallic Feasts for the Eyes

February 15, 2024
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A 100-year-old novel provides the basis for some sumptuous moviegoing.

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Concert Review: Brittany Howard — A Determined Musical Evolution

February 15, 2024
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The set impressed in its diversity, boosted by the cohesive breadth of “What Now,” even as its homages grew overt in the second half.

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