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Book Review: “Your Duck Is My Duck” — Not Enough Tingles

September 25, 2018
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Deborah Eisenberg’s stories pull you in and imitate life in an uncanny way.

Theater Review: “Straight White Men” — Going Their Wobbly Way

September 24, 2018
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Straight White Men features plenty of conflict, but most of this wrangling comes in the form of tiresome, repetitive familial bickering.

Dance Review: Trajal Harrell — Seduction and Silk

September 24, 2018
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Now, we’re told, Trajal Harrell has been researching Butoh dance and hoochy coochy dance, hooking them up with the precursors of modern dance and slathering on generous amounts of gender theory.

Music Commentary: 2018-19 Boston Classical Music Fall Season Preview (Orchestras, Opera, and New Music, mainly)

September 24, 2018
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There’s so much going on in the area that’s good that it’s a challenge to go wrong.

Poetry Review: A.E. Stallings’ “Like” — Good and Clever

September 22, 2018
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Despite its occasional confusions, this is poetry I will return to — to re-experience A.E. Stallings’ wit, wisdom, and word-smithing.

Jazz CD Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant’s “The Window” — A Very Beautiful View

September 21, 2018
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The Window contains an inspired pairing — between singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist-organist Sullivan Fortner.

Book Review: “Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest”

September 20, 2018
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K.K. Downing does not trash Judas Priest or its legacy, but he gives, from his perspective, an honest and believable assessment of the group and his role in it.

Music Feature: The Power of Boston Disco — Celebrating an Era

September 19, 2018
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Disco is back in town! DJ Joey Carvello returns to Boston and the compilation Boston Goes Disco! is released.

Jazz CD Review: Tyshawn Sorey’s “Pillars” — Like Nothing You Have Heard Before

September 19, 2018
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Tyshawn Sorey flies far from his innovative masters. I hardly expected that the result would be so mesmerizing and alive.

Theater Review: “The Niceties” — The Gloves Are Off

September 18, 2018
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Eleanor Burgess’ The Niceties is an articulate, if structurally crabbed, expression of #blacklivesmatter anger as well as a millennial rebel yell.

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