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Concert Review: Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson String Quartet — Brilliant

April 26, 2018
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The thought of the Kissin/Emerson collaboration was very intriguing, and I anticipated amazing music making.

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Film Review: “Three Identical Strangers” — at the IFFBoston

April 26, 2018
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What starts off as a rollicking entertainment ends with a flourish of profundity.

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Film Review: “First Reformed” — A Vision of Despair, Restrained

April 26, 2018
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This time around, as both a writer and director, Paul Schrader has a found a story, and the artistic restraint, to convey his elevated vision.

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Jazz CD Review: “Tramontana” — Electric, Buoyant Big Band Music

April 25, 2018
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Juan Andrés Ospina is not just an original big band writer, but a deeply satisfying one as well.

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Television Review: “Wild Wild Country” — Scruffily Corporatized Love-in

April 25, 2018
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Wild Wild Country details the insane clusterfuck that results when faith, fundamentalism, and media hype intersect.

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Theater News: IRNE Awards @ 22 — The Theater Bug, Renewed

April 24, 2018
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But, amidst all this excitement, there was an undertow of concern in the crowd at this year’s IRNE Awards.

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Book Review: “Bible Nation” — The Misleading Religion of Hobby Lobby

April 24, 2018
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This is an important and timely book, one that happens to be compulsively readable and that anyone even mildly interested in the intersection between religion and politics, faith and science, or religious commandment and secular law should read.

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Food Feature: Somerville — Chocolate Capital of Massachusetts?

April 24, 2018
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Somerville’s Union Square hosts four chocolate companies, in renovated warehouses.

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Dance Review: Alonzo King — Disembodied

April 23, 2018
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Sutra was a curious mix of reverence and virtuosity, lavish movement and intricate music — over an hour’s worth of changing forms. I found it intriguing and untrackable.

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Jazz Preview: Arlington Jazz Festival — An Ambitious Line-up

April 23, 2018
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The motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.

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