Review
Robert Dattoli’s “Boomer Madness” recounts a picaresque journey through sex, drugs, work, protest, and the cultural upheavals of postwar America—but its reflections on the generation often prove less compelling than its adventures.
At the Koussevitzky Music Shed, two generations of artists joined forces in a rousing concert of gospel, rock, resistance, and solidarity.
Two lively picture books invite children to discover the creativity, collaboration, and wonder behind the books they love.
Director Rafael Manuel’s dazzling debut turns a fantastical Philippine golf resort into a miniature world of caste, exploitation, and resistance.
By Ed Meek Joshua Frank offers an incisive account of the environmental and human costs of “green” development — even if his sweeping skepticism leaves readers wondering what practical climate action should look like. Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future by Joshua Frank. Haymarket…
This book is the best travelogue you’ll ever read about a terrible place you’ll never want to visit but want to experience vicariously.
Jazz Concert Review: Brad Mehldau’s Elliott Smith Tribute Finds Light in the Darkness at Groton Hill
With Chris Thile, Blake Mills, Matt Chamberlain, John Davis, and A Far Cry, the pianist transformed Smith’s songs into an expansive blend of jazz, indie folk, and chamber music.
Peter Ackroyd’s breezy biography captures the poet’s divided nature—but leaves his political and poetic reversals largely unexplored.
This lush, beautifully acted adaptation follows a young woman’s struggle to pursue astronomy—and defy the sexist conventions of Edwardian England.
An evening of obscure blues, early jazz, and New Orleans swing eventually overcame an absent vocalist, a substitute washboard player, and a concert-hall setting.
Book Appreciation: “Gulliver’s Travels” at 300 — Small Men, Tech Bro Delusions