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Jazz Album Review: “Hampton Hawes Four!” — Evidence of a Remarkable Talent

July 8, 2022
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Four! is one of Hampton Hawes’ most satisfying sessions, for the variety of the repertoire and the quality of the performances.

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A Remembrance of Theater Artist Paul Dervis: Embracing The Incomprehensible

July 8, 2022
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Personal salutes to theater director, playwright, and critic Paul Dervis, who died at the age of 67 on June 13.

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Pop Album Review: Conan Gray’s “Superache” — “Sour” Grapes

July 8, 2022
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Our cup runneth over with tears — at this point, breakup albums may have overstayed their welcome.

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Book Appreciation: A.B. Yehoshua’s “Mr. Mani” — A Great Work of Fiction

July 7, 2022
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A.B. Yehoshua was anything but a provincial Israeli writer. He was literary giant whose imaginative gift was so striking and diverse that you never knew what he would do next.

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Television Review: “Girl in the Picture” — Beyond Shocking

July 7, 2022
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In her superb true crime documentaries, Skye Borgman probes America’s war against its women and children.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Trio Discs featuring Tyshawn Sorey and Bill Evans

July 6, 2022
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Percussionist Tryshawn Sorey has released a trio disc of standards that may very well be on my 2022 Best of the Year list and a pair of “new” releases featuring the legendary pianist Bill Evans.

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Rock Album Review: Joyce Manor’s “40 oz. to Fresno” — Songs for a Burning Planet

July 6, 2022
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The album isn’t a dull listen because it hammers home the high anxiety that many are feeling, particularly in California, land of the forever drought and endless forest fires.

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Visual Arts Review: Otto Piene’s Sketchbooks at the Harvard Art Museums

July 6, 2022
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MIT’s loss is Harvard’s gain.

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Book Review: “Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik” — The Evolution of a Radical Thinker

July 6, 2022
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A powerfully relevant study about an iconoclastic Black thinker and poet who was dedicated to economic reform as well as the eradication of racism.

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Book Review: “Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love” — Homicidal Buffoonery

July 6, 2022
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Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love is a delightful beach read, a lampoon of American culture that provides plenty of suspenseful fun.

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