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Author Interview: Talking to Miss Pat about her “Reggae Music Journey”

Miss Pat, reggae’s Chinese-Jamaican matriarch, reflects on a life in riddim.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview, Music Tagged: Miss Pat, My Reggae Music Journey, Noah Schaffer, Patricia Chin

Film Interview: Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) Talks About – What Else? – French Cinema

We mourn the loss of an affable generous man, a bridge to a vast history, who also knew and loved American culture.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film, Interview, Uncategorized Tagged: Bertrand Tavernier, French cinema, French film history, Journeys Through French Cinema, My Journey Through French Cinema

Author Interview: Critic Morris Dickstein — “We Need a New Minority Culture”

“Arts journalism should meet the same high standard as other forms of writing but rarely does, even in the good old days.”

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview Tagged: Columbia University, memoir, Morris Dickstein, Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education

Author Interview: Kevin Mattson on a Genuine Culture War — Punks versus Reagan

The real culture war in 1980s America was waged by young people who were trying to create their own culture and jealously rejected corporate culture along the way.

By: Blake Maddux Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview, Music, Rock Tagged: Hippies, Kevin Mattson, punks, We’re Not Here to Entertain

Author Interview: Talking to Jamal Greene about How Our Demand for Rights Went So Wrong

“‘Rightsism’ gives judges much more power than they deserve in a democracy,” Jamal Greene writes. “When U.S. judges face a conflict of rights, they cancel one right or the other.”

By: Blake Maddux Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview Tagged: Blake Maddux, How Rights Went Wrong, Jamal Greene

Music Profile: Violinist, Teacher, Composer, and Arranger Mimi Rabson — Making a Life in Art

The life of a working musician is not a second-class life, and Mimi Rabson’s is Exhibit A: “I try to get past the limits of the definitions and get to the joy.”

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Jazz, Music Tagged: Berklee College of Music, David Harris, Jazz Composer Alliance, Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, Klezmer Conservatory Band, Mimi-Rabson, RESQ, Steve Elman, Strings Theory Trio, Triarky

Book/Film Interview: Leslie Epstein on “Casablanca” and “Hill of Beans”

An interview with Brookline’s own Leslie Epstein on his new novel, the inexhaustible freshness of Casablanca, and the need for truth in historical fiction.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: Casablanca, Hill of Beans, Lesile Epstein

Music Interview: Prizing the Peculiar – “The Ivan Variations” Performed by the Chandler Travis  Philharmonic

“The Ivan Variations is kind of a departure for me, though some would argue that my whole career is a departure, and I hope they’re right!”

By: Tristan Geary Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Music Tagged: Chandler Travis, Chandler Travis Philharmonic, The Ivan Variations

Music Feature: Two Musicians on Dealing with the Pandemic –Jennifer Slowik and Yahuba Torres

“Individual stories are the single most important component of any collective, and your story matters more than you can know.”

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Music Tagged: Jennifer Slowik, Steve Provizer, The New England Musicians Relief Fund, Yahuba Torres

Theater Feature: Eggtooth Productions’ “Stagehand” — Game-Theater Takes CyberStage

What will the response be to this innovative marriage of Zoom theater and video gaming? Some viewers will welcome the mash-up, others will not.

By: Richie Davis Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Theater Tagged: Eggtooth productions, John Bechtold, Linda McInerney, Stagehand

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