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Film Review: “Love Lies Bleeding” — Fatigued Existential Ruthlessness

March 14, 2024
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“Love Lies Bleeding” is a glorious work of sweaty, dusty, pulp filmmaking.

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Book Review: “Galway Confidential” — Amidst the Castaways

March 14, 2024
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At a time when it seems as if the world is spinning out of control, steeped in anonymous violence, a Jack Taylor novel provides a front and center opportunity to contemplate doing something about the issues in our own backyard.

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Jazz Album Reviews: A Trio of Organ Trios Who Pull Out All the Stops

March 14, 2024
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Here’s a trio of organ trios from a new generation of players indebted, but not chained, to the classic jazz format and style that has been dominant since Jimmy Smith in the ’60s.

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Film Review: “Shayda” — Memories of a Courageous Mother

March 13, 2024
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Noora Niasari’s personal involvement elevates “Shayda” above melodramatic Lifetime fare: this is a compellingly warm tribute to the Iranian director’s mother.

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Opera Album Review: Gluck’s Final Opera Finally Steps into the Spotlight via a Superb New Recording

March 13, 2024
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Rejected in Gluck’s time because it lacked dramatic thrust, today “Écho and Narcissus” proves to be a candy-box of delights.

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Visual Arts Review: “Cities Here and There” — Various Visions of Urbanity

March 12, 2024
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This exhibit at the Brickbottom Gallery does a good job of capturing the unexpected moments and surprises that we experience in a city.

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Dance Review: Flamenco Dance — Unapologetically Sexy

March 12, 2024
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Flamenco is big, bold, and fully human as it (often) traces the tensions of courtship, indulging in the sensual and the aggressive.

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Visual Arts Review: Various Views of “Emancipation”

March 12, 2024
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On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, seven Black artists were asked to respond to the theme of emancipation.

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Film Review: “Silver Haze” — A Remarkable Look at the Working-Class Blues

March 11, 2024
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Walking a fine line between fiction and documentary, director Sacha Polak has fashioned a film that is achingly real because it evokes life’s unpredictability.

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Book Review: “Spirit of the Century” — The Inspiring History of the Blind Boys of Alabama

March 11, 2024
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“Spirit of the Century” is a riveting celebration of the Blind Boys of Alabama’s glorious and often unpredictable musical journey.

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