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Visual Arts/ Book Review: “Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures” — A Treat for Word-and-Image Fans

January 10, 2013
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“Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures” is indispensable reading for word-and-image freaks and a treat for fans of virtuoso scholarship.

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Film Review: “Not Fade Away” — David Chase’s Magical Misery Tour

January 10, 2013
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“The Sopranos” creator is the latest filmmaker to tackle the 1960s. He provides an antidote to the rose-tinted lenses of nostalgia, a grounded portrayal that evokes the truth of the period rather than the mythology.

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Theater Review: A Compelling “33 Variations”

January 9, 2013
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The Lyric Stage actors and pianist Catherine Stornetta do an excellent job making all of “33 Variations” intelligible and, sometimes, very funny.

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Classical Music Review: Green Mountain Project — Monteverdi at his most Audacious

January 8, 2013
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Green Mountain Project has done everything right, paying careful, historically informed attention to pitch, transposition, tempi, number of performers, and tuning.

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Book Review: “Thinner Than Skin” — Ambitious to a Fault

January 8, 2013
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Uzma Aslam Khan is a wonderful writer whose descriptions of the northern part of Pakistan and the fast fading way of life that had been lived there for hundreds of years are sometimes stunning.

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Fuse Film Review: “Zero Dark Thirty” Delivers an Unforgettable Body Blow

January 7, 2013
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Is it sexist to feel the need to point out that the two best action/war movies in recent times have been made by a woman director?

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Theater Review: “Pippin” Up the Dance

January 6, 2013
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When this version of Pippin hits New York, it will be a welcome alternative to the trend among many of the current Broadway musicals to demote dance elements to the background.

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Theater Review: “Pippin” – A Circus of Arrested Development

January 6, 2013
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Nervous mainstream audiences could breathe easy, the messy cultural ruckus of the ’60s was over: it was ok to find yourself in the suburbs.

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Coming Attractions in Rock: January 2013

January 3, 2013
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As we leave the holidays behind us and begin the New Year, it’s time to get out of Mom’s house and back into the clubs!

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Coming Attractions at Museums: January 2013

January 2, 2013
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Standout exhibitions starting up in January include a show that celebrates Islamic Art at Harvard’s Sackler Museum.

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