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Latin Jazz Album Reviews: Jonathan Suazo’s “Fruto de Mi Corazón Ricano Vol. 2” and Ray Obiedo’s “Slight Accent”

August 14, 2026
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Jonathan Suazo’s exhilarating, roots-conscious celebration of Puerto Rican and Dominican traditions is the standout, while Ray Obiedo assembles an expertly chosen cast for a consistently engaging, groove-rich set.

Book Review: The Great Profile — Without the Myths

August 14, 2026
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Terry Chester Shulman’s biography offers a vivid, corrective account of John Barrymore’s artistic greatness, private devastations, and spectacular decline.

Film Review: “The End of Oak Street” — Dinosaurs in the ’Burbs

August 13, 2026
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David Robert Mitchell’s affectionate, unsettling return to an early-’80s Detroit suburb brings Spielbergian wonder and suburban anxiety into collision—though its dinosaur-driven black comedy eventually wears thin.

Children’s Book Reviews: Art for the Win!

August 13, 2026
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From Bob Ross-inspired solace to a celebrated illustrator’s family legacy and a jubilant collaborative mural, these picture books show young readers how making art can build confidence, community, and joy.

Visual Arts Review: “Troubleshooting — Making Photographs with Dona Ann McAdams”

August 12, 2026
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A retrospective survey of a photographer who has long worked at the intersection of art, activism, and community.

Book Review: The Long Great War That Still Haunts Europe

August 12, 2026
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Jesse Kauffman’s sweeping history links the imperial collapse of 1905–1921 to the nationalist conflicts that still shape the region today.

Visual Arts Review: The Great Elephant Migration — Elephants on Parade, Conservation at Stake

August 11, 2026
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On Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue Mall, 100 handcrafted elephants turn an exuberant family attraction into a persuasive call for human-wildlife coexistence.

Concert Review: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Electrifies With a Roaring Young Blues Band

August 11, 2026
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At 52 Sumner, the 27-year-old guitar virtuoso and his crack band moved freely among blues, soul, funk, R&B, and rock — making a compelling case that Ingram is ready for much larger rooms.

Book Review: “Rothko in Florence” — Against the Solace of Transcendence

August 10, 2026
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This ambitious catalogue is strongest when it treats Rothko’s paintings as shifting perceptual structures—and weakest when it resolves them into metaphysical comfort.

Film Review: “Bernstein’s Wall” — A Vivid Portrait of the Artist as Activist

August 9, 2026
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Douglas Tirola’s documentary draws on a remarkable archive to make Leonard Bernstein’s musical, political, and moral commitments feel urgently contemporary.

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