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Visual Arts Review: Käthe Kollwitz at MoMA — Traditional and Radical

June 3, 2024
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It is hard to think of a moment in the last 100 years when Käthe Kollwitz’s work has been more timely.

Television Review: “Kafka” — A Gripping Biopic of the Ever-Iconic Author

June 3, 2024
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What could have gone terribly wrong goes terrifically right in the hands of this creative team, culminating in a convergence of the life, the oeuvre, and our protagonist’s encroaching agony.

Opera Album Review: Cyrille Dubois Does French Opera Arias — A Major Release to Treasure

June 3, 2024
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French opera arias, many recorded for the first time, by the enchanting tenor Cyrille Dubois. The vocal treasures here include a stirring 1842 denunciation of slavery in the Caribbean.

Jazz Album Review: Charlie Kohlhase’s Explorers Club — An Exemplary “Second Life”

June 2, 2024
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Witty, varied, played warmly and arranged dexterously, avoiding the glum, the explorations on “A Second Life” should please just about every jazz fan.

Classical Album Review: Experiential Orchestra’s “American Counterpoints” — Fine Music Hiding in Plain Sight

June 1, 2024
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There’s no question that either the violinist or the orchestra are completely at home with Julia Perry’s larger style or the notes: this is about as confident and secure a first recording as they come.

Book Review: “The Warehouse” — A Visual Primer of America’s Carceral System

June 1, 2024
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The graphics in “The Warehouse” provide clear explanations of a grim reality. The U.S. leads the world at incarcerating its citizens.

Concert Review: The Rolling Stones — As Precious as Ever

May 31, 2024
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Returning to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Thursday night, the Rolling Stones, miraculously, sounded dangerous again.

Film Review: “Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara” — Taken by Order of the Pope

May 31, 2024
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There is no denying that “Kidnapped”‘s warning about political authority abusing religion for its own accumulative ends resonates powerfully at this moment.

Concert Reviews: Chamber Music Roundup — Radius Ensemble and Chameleon Arts Ensemble

May 30, 2024
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Two Boston-area chamber music ensembles recently ended their seasons. Each embraced the present in its own distinctive way.

Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — Are We There Yet?

May 30, 2024
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The script is representative of the pitfalls of current theatrical minimalism — less can so easily be less.

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