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Concert Review: Pianist Jorge Luis Prats — In the Grand Tradition

October 3, 2012
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Jorge Luis Prats’ performance was absolutely breathtaking, and one had the sense of being at a historic recital, of discovering a hugely gifted, yet virtually unknown, artist.

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Book Review: The Overthrow of Pessimism — Sherman Alexie’s Song of Redemption

October 3, 2012
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Grappling with one’s identity — complicated by the relationships between tradition and modernism, cultural history and the process of assimilation — is central to most of Sherman Alexie’s stories, and his exploration of these complexities is compelling and illuminating.

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Classical Music Sampler: October 2012

October 2, 2012
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The highlights of the month include appearances by star performers Joshua Bell, Stefan Jackiw, Jorge Luis Prats, and Arabella Steinbacher.

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Coming Attractions in Film: October 2012

October 2, 2012
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The month features a number of ambitious film festivals and the predictable cinematic excursions, classy and crass, into the spooky.

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Music Review / Commentary: Surprise Packages — Marc Ribot, solo guitar / Mostly Other People Do the Killing

October 1, 2012
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Honesty is Best Policy Disclosure: I was in the hall to hear Mostly Other People Do the Killing. I’d heard the band on CD, and I knew that the only way I could appreciate them fully was to attend a performance.

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Book Review: Per Petterson’s “It’s Fine By Me” — A Sensitive Tale of a Lost Boy

October 1, 2012
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“It’s Fine By Me” is the story of so many lost boys in literature, who run, who rebel, who are crushed, or luckily find their way.

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Coming Attractions in Local Rock: October 2012

September 30, 2012
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The local Halloween tradition returns in which local bands play as one of their favorite, more mainstream bands.

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Fuse Theater Review: Les 7 Doigts de la Main Return to Boston With the Innovative Artistry of “Sequence 8”

September 30, 2012
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The agility of Les 7 Doigts de la Main’s acrobats may be the spectacle that draws audiences in to see “Séquence 8,” but it’s their decision to treat acrobatics and other types of circus virtuosity as a form of acting that offers a new, intimate direction for the nouveau cirque genre.

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Theater Review: Two Plays About Desperate People, Members of the 47%

September 29, 2012
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The questions at stake are good ones and not asked very often in contemporary plays: why do some win and others lose in America? And what are the responsibilities of the haves and the have-nots?

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Short Fuse Book Review: Camille Paglia — She Raves

September 29, 2012
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If you try to take Camille Paglia seriously, despite the occasional insight you might find along the way, in the end it’s impossible to avoid the suspicion that you’ve made a category error.

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