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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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Coming Attractions in Jazz: January 2013

December 31, 2012
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Music with African roots warms the January chill, percussionists raise the roof, vocalist/pianist/songwriter Patricia Barber makes a welcome return, and a sextet of touring all-stars from the Monterey Jazz Festival swings through town.

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Short Fuse: Quotes for the New Year

December 31, 2012
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Obsession is the thing in us that makes us not everybody else. — Joss Whedon

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Visual Arts Review: The Sounds of “Unreal Memories”

December 31, 2012
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Sound artist Tutschku employs audio selections that are briefly broadcast periodically throughout the course of the day to startle and surprise listeners, to crack the shell of our typically prosaic and hectic modern lives.

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Classical Music Sampler: January 2013

December 29, 2012
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Highlights of the month include performances from the admired vocal groups A Far Cry and the Lorelei Ensemble as well as early music programs from the Green Mountain Project and Dünya.

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Classical CD Reviews: “Barber: An American Romantic” (Conspirare) and “Imogen Holst: Choral Works” (Choir of Clare College, Cambridge)

December 29, 2012
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This recording makes as strong a case for Barber’s unjustly neglected choral music as any: it’s a disc not to miss.

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Short Fuse: “Django Unchained” — History Dumbed Down

December 28, 2012
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There is so much of a certain kind of violence here — the kind you’ve seen in Tarantino movies before — that it in a sense takes the violence out of violence.

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Coming Attractions in Film: January 2013

December 28, 2012
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‘Tis the pre-Oscar season, but you might pause for some uncommon documentaries on the arts, sports, or farming. And take in one great revival.

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