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Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra — Yo-Yo Ma plays Shostakovich

October 16, 2023
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A concert whose music served as a prayerful elegy for a world spinning out of control.

Book Review: “Satori in Paris” — A Minor Work From an Undisputed Alpha Beat

October 16, 2023
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Jack Kerouac’s best work is often driven by a hunger for spiritual nourishment: the soul food his protagonists occasionally find in friendships, in jazz, in oceanic moments of oneness.

Film Review: “The Burial” — Courtroom Specacular

October 16, 2023
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Director Maggie Betts has much to keep in check – a courtroom drama and an exposé of corporate greed and racial politics in Mississippi.

Concert Review: Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited

October 15, 2023
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Guitarist Steve Hackett honored the 50th anniversary of Genesis’ “Foxtrot,” yet this concert didn’t come across as just another night with a tribute band that sports a sole member of the original group.

New York Film Festival 2023: “Maestro,” Chinese Youth, and a Turkish Teacher

October 15, 2023
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As always, the New York Film Festival was a mix of art films that may never see general release with a few star-laden commercial movies angling for awards.

London Film Festival, Dispatch #2: My Festival Favorites

October 14, 2023
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It’s hard to pick favorites, but here are my top films from this year’s London Film Festival.

Opera Album Review: The Young Meyerbeer, in a Biblical Opera, Reveals His Musico-Theatrical Imagination

October 13, 2023
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A captivating world-premiere recording of a work by the 21-year-old who would later conquer the operatic world with “Les Huguenots” and “L’Africaine.”

Doc Talk: Eyes in Gaza — The Boston Palestine Film Festival Looks at Harsh Realities

October 13, 2023
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Cinema at its best is a a place where seemingly irresolvable conflicts can find, if not resolution, then some common ground.

New York Film Festival 2023: “The Zone of Interest” — An Essential Experience

October 12, 2023
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“The Zone of Interest” is a cinematic embodiment of Hannah Arendt’s famous phrase “the banality of evil.”

Concert Review: Nick Cave — Frisky and Compelling

October 12, 2023
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Love and lightness (if often at intersections with death and faith) filtered through many of the songs in Nick Cave’s sonically naked “solo” concert.

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