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Critical Condition: Why Be Negative? Don’t Ask “The New York Times”

March 26, 2018
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If the New York Times can’t make a reasonable case for the need for discrimination rather than salesmanship, we are in real trouble.

Film Interview: Tempest Storm — “Tempest in a D-Cup”

March 25, 2018
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The filmmaker chose, wisely, to emphasize Tempest Storm’s fortitude and self-determination.

Jazz CD Review: The Kathrin Pechlof Trio

March 24, 2018
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Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording — one worthy of serious attention.

Book Review: Susan Sontag’s Collected Stories — From the Back Burner

March 24, 2018
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Susan Sontag wrote short stories as a hobby; she saved more of her enormous intellectual energy for her novels and essays.

Theater Review: “Ugly Lies the Bone” — Illusions of Support

March 23, 2018
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With this production, Penobscot Producing Artistic Director Bari Newport has raised the artistic bar for Bangor’s premiere theater company.

Film Review: “The Leisure Seeker” — One Last Road Trip?

March 23, 2018
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We’re not in European art film territory here.

Film Review: “Red Sparrow” — A Retro Cold War thriller

March 23, 2018
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Red Sparrow isn’t great in any way, but, at two hours and twenty minutes, we do get our money’s worth of old-school genre entertainment.

Classical Music Commentary: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-19 Season Announcement

March 22, 2018
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The BSO seems to have taken to heart complaints about its lack of programming diversity, devoting two full programs to underrepresented groups.

Book Review: “This is Hip” — The Trials and Tribulations of Jazz Singer Mark Murphy

March 22, 2018
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Jazz singer Mark Murphy was just too much for most audiences during that period; too intense, too varied, too unpredictable.

Opera Review: BLO’s “Threepenny Opera” — Neither Fish Nor Fowl

March 22, 2018
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It would have been wonderful to have seen either a faithful version of Threepenny Opera in German or a boldly conceived contemporary version.

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