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Cultural Commentary: Arts Criticism — An Embarrassment of Whiteness

July 24, 2019
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Can anyone — with a straight face — argue that our largely white critical contingent in Boston is interested in generating hard hitting debate, controversy, and unconventional ideas?

Theater Reviews: “Because of Winn Dixie” in Connecticut and “The Lightning Thief” in Boston

July 23, 2019
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Two new musicals aimed at young audiences: One sings, the other yowls

Book Review: “The Ministry of Truth” — Writing a Blueprint for Disaster

July 20, 2019
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Words from George Orwell to live by:  “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”

Arts Remembrance — Rip Torn: A Short Appreciation

July 20, 2019
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Rip Torn. Great name, better actor.

Theater Review: “Morning’s at Seven” — Ensemble Excellence

July 18, 2019
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This production of Morning’s at Seven is a celebration of Peterborough’s theatrical family as much as it is the depiction of a fictional one.,/em>

Television Review: “Right Now” — Comedy in Jeopardy

July 18, 2019
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Aziz Ansari does get laughs throughout his set, but the tone of Right Now begins and ends on a note of sobriety.

Poetry Review: “Frozen Charlotte” — Plenty of Pleasure

July 17, 2019
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In Frozen Charlotte, Susan de Sola provides readers with enough aesthetic pleasure and thoughtful commentary about today’s world to remind us of just how good — and necessary — poetry can be.

Music Remembrance: Adeus, João Gilberto, Free-Spirited Creator of Bossa Nova

July 16, 2019
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Melhor do que isso só mesmo o silêncio, melhor do que o silêncio só joão (The only thing better than [music] is silence, the only thing better than silence is João)—Caetano Veloso (“Pra Ninguém”)

Classical CD Review: Bravo Leoš Janáček — A Marvelous Serving of his Vocal Music

July 16, 2019
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This album led me to choose, for a summer project, to listen to all of the music of Janáček — and it has been a complete delight.

Book Review: Unburied

July 16, 2019
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David Treuer’s expansive new history of native America from 1890 to the present looks with skeptical, Indian eyes from inside simplistic American symbols and narratives.

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