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Theater Review: The A.R.T.’s Not-So-Great “Gatsby”

June 17, 2024
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The creators of “Gatsby” have fashioned some inventive ways to make the story seem more contemporary. None of that, however, seems enough to justify the enormous amount of energy and talent that was expended in this production.

Latin Jazz Album Reviews: Oscar Hernández, Argentina Durán, and Jesus Molina — All in Superb Form

June 17, 2024
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A trio of Latin-themed jazz albums that range from the best of the year to an uneven debut effort.

Concert Review: Four Acclaimed Instrumentalists from Four Corners of the World Return to “As We Speak”

June 16, 2024
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Four players bridged divergent worlds and styles from bluegrass and jazz to Indian and Western classical music while taking virtually no time to lock in together.

Book Review: “Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life” — A Poet Who Spoke to Unbearable Loss

June 15, 2024
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This is not a dry, academic look at Thom Gunn’s life: the biographer supplies a loving — though at times unflinchingly honest — view of the self-punishing poet.

Design Review: The Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing — An Elegant Addition to the MIT Campus

June 13, 2024
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Political attacks aside, MIT’s Schwarzman College of Computing is a contemporary jewel of a building.

Book Review: “The Sixth Extinction, Tenth Anniversary Edition” — Still Essential

June 12, 2024
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Today, Elizabeth Kolbert’s book remains an important reminder of what is at stake — nothing less than the future of life on earth.

Children’s Book Reviews: Belonging — Family and Friends

June 11, 2024
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Three new picture books offer help for kids wanting to be perfect, giving feedback, and finding your place in the world.

Doc Talk: Movies on Loss and Recovery at the Provincetown International Film Festival

June 11, 2024
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A trio of films in which certainty and security have been disrupted and people must make the best of what remains.

Book Review: “Clete” — A Whodunit in Masquerade

June 10, 2024
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James Lee Burke’s “Clete” is Beat poetry, suffused with sadness and longing for all those sunsets now gone.

Visual Arts Review: “Hana Miletić: Soft Services” — The Power of Folds

June 9, 2024
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In her insightful commentaries and art, Hana Miletić demonstrates how labor and materiality reflect subtexts of power, ranging from the “soft” to the “hard.”

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