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Food Feature: At Juliet — Gather Ye Beach Roses While Ye May….

September 9, 2017
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Sub-titled “An Ode to the New England Shoreline,” Beach Rose offers three or five courses, depending on the time (and budget) you have.

Music Remembrance: John Abercrombie — From Chuck Berry to Chamber Jazz, With Stops Along the Way

August 23, 2017
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John Abercrombie, one of the great improvisers, died on August 22, after a long illness.

Theater Interview: Critical Truth Telling and Praxis Stage’s “Julius Caesar”

August 10, 2017
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Wonder why Boston theater is so bland, why there is so little political resistance?

Visual Arts Interview: “Modern Fossils” — Skeletal Glimpses of the Future?

August 8, 2017
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When I saw images of the sculptures made by Christopher Locke — a series entitled Modern Fossils — I was stunned

Book Interview: Thomas Kitson on a Neglected Gem of Russian Modernism

August 3, 2017
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Iliazd is more interested in working through all the possible reasons that generate behavior rather than grappling with issues of morality.

Film Feature: Report from the 2017 Provincetown Film Festival

June 22, 2017
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One of the Provincetown Film Festival’s highlights: a documentary on the life of best-selling author Armistead Maupin.

Music Feature: Shor’ty Billups — The Last Boston Soul Man

May 11, 2017
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A celebration of a man who is one of the only remaining Boston R&B and soul artists who recorded in the 1960s.

Film Interview: WJIB Owner Featured in IFFBoston Documentary Short

April 27, 2017
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Derek Frank’s film tells the story of radio station owner Bob Bittner, whose one-man network has generated a cult following.

Poetry Review/Interview: Poet Martín Espada — Resistance is Obligatory

April 21, 2017
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Martín Espada’s lyricism sings deeply in the key of loss, turning the anguish of social and personal histories into hope.

Film Interview: “A Quiet Passion” — Terence Davies Pays Homage to Emily Dickinson

April 13, 2017
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Director Terence Davies read four biographies of Emily Dickinson; the details of her life he remembered became the basis for his screenplay.

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