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Visual Arts Review: “Ceramics in the Expanded Field” — Playing with Clay

November 11, 2021
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The curator’s intent is to stretch and subvert received notions of ceramics with their overtones of craft and functionality

Author Interview: David Livingstone Smith on Dehumanization and “Making Monsters”

November 11, 2021
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“Making Monsters is a wake-up call. We need to seriously address the phenomenon of dehumanization if we are to have any hope of constraining it when things get really difficult.”

Classical Concert Preview: Symphony Pro Musica Plays Walton, Dawson, and Elgar

November 11, 2021
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This weekend’s concerts all add up to a quintessential Symphony Pro Musica event: a mix of the familiar and unexpected, with various old friends coming by to visit along the way.

Television Review: “Passing” — The Tragedy of Race and Space

November 10, 2021
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After nearly a century, the fierce psychological nuance of Passing remains as relevant as ever.

Letter from New York — Dresden Treasures, and Lots of Picasso

November 10, 2021
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New York has come back to life, so there is more art to see than anyone has time to visit or write about.

Book Review: “The Wrong End of the Telescope” — A Stunning Achievement

November 8, 2021
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This is a wonderful novel about a pressing humanitarian subject, Syrian refugees and the people who helped, as well as an exploration of identity and loss and triumph.

Jazz Album Review: Adam O’Farrill’s “Visions of Your Other” — Humanizing the Mechanical

November 8, 2021
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I find Visions of Your Other exciting. It is beautifully recorded: these are four musicians who care about their sound.

Rock Preview: The Welcome Return of The Slip

November 8, 2021
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It seems the right time for The Slip to answer the perennial calls for a reunion.

Film Review: “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” — Do Englishmen Dream of Electric Cats? One Did.

November 7, 2021
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This wholly original period piece crackles with energy, humor, and pathos.

Book Review: “Mr. Beethoven” — Alternative Musical History

November 7, 2021
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Beethoven never left Europe. But he could have. And the possibility that he might have visited Boston is the basis of Paul Griffiths’ touching, witty, and thought-provoking new novel.

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