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Jazz Week 2015: Roxbury Takes Center Stage

April 24, 2015
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Jazz Week 2015 shines a spotlight on the jazz scene—historic and current—in Boston’s core African American community of Roxbury (and adjoining Mattapan and Dorchester).

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Film Review: “Adult Beginners” — Learning the Same Old Lessons

April 24, 2015
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The comedy-tinged-with-drama touches on themes tackled by a bunch of recent indie movies that center on characters in their thirties and forties who feel like imposters in the world of adults.

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Fuse Commentary: The Value of Browsing and Discovering That the “Shit Must Stop”

April 24, 2015
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Sometime you go in search of one thing, and you stumble upon something else. And maybe that newly discovered thing is something wonderful.

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Film Review: At the IFFBoston — “H.” — Where Sci-Fi and Greek Mythology Mingle

April 23, 2015
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H. relies on clever editing manipulations and pithy reaction shots rather than on flashy special effects.

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Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Pianists Impress ‘Up Close’

April 23, 2015
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Had they not had interesting and flourishing careers already in place, Elizabeth Schumann and Gloria Chien could give many full-time piano duos a run for their money.

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Film Review: “True Story” — A Failed Whodunit

April 22, 2015
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True Story relies far too heavily on answering the formulaic question ‘Did he do it?’

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Visual Arts Review: Asserting Cuban Identity — Through Art

April 22, 2015
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For these artists, African origin is the foundation that should guide the development of Cuba’s national personality and consciousness.

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Film Review: “Welcome to Leith” and “61 Bullets”

April 22, 2015
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Two powerful documentaries that explore the dark side of America, past and present.

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Music Interview: Andrew Grant Jackson on 1965, Music’s ‘Annus Mirabilis’

April 21, 2015
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1965 was the year in which the leading artists in American and British popular music pushed themselves beyond making albums that mixed covers with subpar originals.

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Concert Review: Joseph Calleja — A Tenor to Love

April 20, 2015
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Joseph Calleja’s voice is absolutely gorgeous, and he has been compared to the great Golden Age tenors Gigli and Caruso.

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