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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2015

May 30, 2015
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Get your maps and open up your calendar app—it’s time to plan your summer of jazz in New England.

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Book Review: The Sad Tenderness of Patrick Modiano’s “Dora Bruder”

May 30, 2015
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Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano understands that time periods can mesh, interpenetrate, layer up, blend, and blur naturally in the mind.

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Film Interview: No Jumping to Conclusions in ‘Sunshine Superman” — Talking to Director Marah Strauch

May 29, 2015
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Marah Strauch’s documentary tries to fathom Carl Boenish’s motive for taking his last leap.

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TV Commentary: A Fan’s Meditations on the Finale of “Mad Men”

May 29, 2015
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People bonded with the product Mad Men was selling, but what were they falling for?

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Theater Preview: “The How and the Why” — Fiercely Intelligent Women in Conflict

May 29, 2015
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“I was/am struck by the women in The How and the Why. I hadn’t seen them onstage before. Nor had I quite heard from them before.”

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Visual Arts Review: “Stickwork” — Architectural Sculpture That Interweaves Myth and Reality

May 29, 2015
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Patrick Dougherty’s Stickwork is a remarkable piece of public art.

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Book Review: No “Odd Woman” Out — Vivian Gornick’s Richly Engaging Memoir

May 28, 2015
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Author Vivian Gornick’s discontent is foundational, fertile, unquenchable, except by writing, and quite often funny.

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Theater Review: Shakespeare’s “Game of Thrones” — Staged With Gusto

May 28, 2015
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Rarely are Boston’s stages graced with a Shakespeare production that reaches this high a level of accomplishment.

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Poetry Review: “Davey McGravy” — Real Grief, Real Imagination

May 27, 2015
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Part of the maturity of Davey McGravy is how, though each poem has its own shape, each is a necessary part of the whole.

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Fuse Dance Review: Two Oldies-But-Goodies Handled with Care

May 27, 2015
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The performers must be so deeply invested in what they are doing that we are caught up in the narrative as its cobwebs are brushed away.

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