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Concert Review: Handel & Haydn’s “The Messiah”

December 4, 2018
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I was excited, moved, impressed, and surprised by Handel & Haydn Society’s performance of The Messiah under the exacting baton of Bernard Labadie.

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Dance Review: Boston Dance Theater — The Warrior Femmes

December 4, 2018
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Boston Dance Theater’s four pieces seemed to counter female stereotypes but raised limited alternatives.

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Film Review: “Becoming Astrid” — An Ode to Perseverance

December 3, 2018
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This is one of the year’s most heartwarming films; it is not sentimental, but projects a profound sense of resilient joy at its heart.

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Book Review: “America: The Farewell Tour” — Has Our Ship Already Sailed?

December 2, 2018
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America: The Farewell Tour and American Pyschosis are well worth taking to heart — both to provide provocative perspective on what is happening and to spur us into action.

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Coming Attractions: December 2 Through 18 — What Will Light Your Fire

December 2, 2018
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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CD Review: “Boosie Blues Cafe” — Rap Reaches Back to the Past

December 1, 2018
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How will others in the Southern hip-hop scene react to this embrace of tradition by a Southern rapper with his feet firmly in the Gangsta Rap arena?

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Jazz CD Review: The Kelly Green Trio — Flexing Musical Muscles

November 30, 2018
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Kelly Green and her trio are essentially mainstream players, but they explore a lot of challenging territory within that framework.

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Opera Review: BEMF’s Utterly Captivating “Alcina”

November 30, 2018
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When it comes to raising high spirits, the BEMF’s delightful Alcina was an inspired choice.

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Music Preview: Livingston Taylor — A Boston Treasure

November 29, 2018
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“I see myself as I’ve always seen myself, as a pop musician in a folk genre.”

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WATCH CLOSELY: Orson Welles — “The Other Side of the Wind”

November 29, 2018
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The Other Side of the Wind may inspire brooding melancholy in some, but it’s also pretty damned fine.

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