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Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Sparkles, As Usual

February 5, 2014
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Chameleon Arts Ensemble’s rather lengthy program was like a huge feast, ending with the sumptuous Saint-Saëns’ Sonata No. 1 in d minor.

Book Review: “The Good Lord Bird” — History As a Morality Tale, With Wings

February 5, 2014
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There is more than one way to tell the truth, “The Good Lord Bird” reminds us again and again, and many reasons to cloak it in humor.

Visual Arts Review: Susan Metrican’s Groovy “Wavy Panes”

February 5, 2014
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Each of Susan Metrican’s pieces is coy and playful. Moving through the gallery is an adventure, visually and spatially.

Book Review: “An Unnecessary Woman” — A Memorable Story of Redemption

February 5, 2014
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When the septuagenarian protagonist of this novel finally gets out of her claustrophobic apartment, everything changes.

Concert Review: All-Ravel at Symphony Hall

February 4, 2014
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BSO’s conductor emeritus Bernard Haitink may be best known for his interpretations of Austro-German repertoire, but, on Saturday night, he channeled his inner Francophile.

Fuse News: Elizabethan Genius Gets Its Due — An Edition of Ben Jonson For the Ages

February 4, 2014
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The “Cambridge Jonson” volumes are available online, and the site is a bibliographical joy to behold, Ben Jonson’s plays, poems, masques, and prose arranged in chronological order and in a searchable format.

Book Review: “The Devil I Know” — A Brilliant Satire of Ireland’s Boom and Bust

February 3, 2014
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Claire Kilroy’s dark and fantastical comedy “The Devil I Know” nails the greed and rampaging ambition of the corrupt avatars of “the new Ireland” — developers, bankers, and government pooh-bahs.

Music Review: “Angel Guts : Red Classroom” — Indispensably Edgy Art Pop

February 3, 2014
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I cannot express my love for “Angel Guts : Red Classroom” strongly enough. At the very least, it’s necessary listening for anyone with an interest in “no wave” and avant-garde music.

Book Review: Director Edgar G. Ulmer — Hollywood’s Master of the Eclectic Led a Doozy of a Life

February 2, 2014
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This is an invaluable volume that can and should be read in conjunction with one’s own Ulmer movie marathon.

Book Review: “The Elixir of Immortality” — A Fabulous Ride Through European History

February 1, 2014
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Love stories, treachery, brilliant plans, history itself gone awry – it’s all here in inspiring abundance in this fabulous novel, where the Spinozas make their way through hundreds of years of European history.

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