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Coming Attractions: September 15 Through 28 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 15, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Arts Commentary: Five Things Arts Organizations Can Do Right Now

September 15, 2025
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Now is a time for artists and arts organizations to stand shoulder to shoulder with other fields and disciplines that produce care in our communities.

Book Review: From Protest to Progress — Abdul-Jabbar’s Memoir Battles Historical Amnesia

September 15, 2025
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Given Donald Trump’s claim that American history has been “rewritten” and transformed into a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth,” “We All Want To Change the World” may be banned in some school libraries in America.

Visual Arts Review: Exotic Blooms and Curious Creatures — Rachel Ruysch at the MFA

September 14, 2025
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This exhibition takes viewers around the world through the specimens brought to Amsterdam by Dutch explorers. It invites close looking, and the museum has prepared a scavenger hunt handout with select bugs and flowers to seek out.

Book Review: Risk, Rebellion, and Regret — Larry Charles Tells All in “Comedy Samurai”

September 14, 2025
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Larry Charles is by every standard a seminal figure in contemporary humor, on the tube and in movie theaters. Why doesn’t everyone know his name

Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam, Christoph von Dohnányi (1929-2025)

September 13, 2025
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Christoph von Dohnányi was a rare breed: a truly great artist whose mind never rested and whose standards never settled.

Book Review: A Killing with Everything But a Body – “Murder in the Dollhouse”

September 13, 2025
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There is a moral to this story, besides the obvious one, that murder is a horrible crime whether the body is found or not. If there are wealthy women with weaknesses to exploit, predators will find them.

Film Review: “The Long Walk” — A Vicious But Timely Parable

September 13, 2025
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Audiences prefer that political messages be buried under heaps of horror, but this film may be extreme enough to alert some viewers to look beneath the bloody spectacle.

Film Review: “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” – A Crowning Achievement

September 12, 2025
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The concluding chapter in the Downton Abbey saga is a classy and entertaining multileveled melodrama that features excellent production values and a script with a light touch.

Television Review: “The Paper” — A First Draft in Need of Revision

September 12, 2025
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This is a light, diverting show, well-suited as background fodder, but unlikely to garner the same following as “The Office” or “Parks and Recreation.”

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