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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.

Book Review: “Ginster” — The Numbness, not the Glory, of War

May 29, 2024
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The reissue of this novel now is valuable, beyond its considerable historical and aesthetic virtues, because it makes pertinent points about today’s world, bedeviled by war, misery, poverty, and the enticing lure of despotism as an answer to democracy’s shortcomings.

Book Review: 50 Years Ago — A Cage Match between Artist and Coyote

May 27, 2024
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It is ironic — but understandable — that 50 years ago only a handful of people experienced what has become one of the iconic happenings of 20th century art.

Television Review: “Bridgerton”‘s Third Season — Let’s Hope for the Best

May 26, 2024
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It is early in the season and my heart is hopeful, dear reader, that Bridgerton will re-capture its former magic.

Film/Album Review: “Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums” — A Superb Documentary About a Brilliant Artist

May 25, 2024
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Part of what makes pianist Omar Sosa such a fascinating (and successful) musician is how his complex music constantly dances back and forth, between charming the mind and charging up the body.

Book Review: “Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair” — More Relevant Than Ever

May 25, 2024
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We should take courage from this splendid work about how truth and justice triumphed over stupidity and prejudice, and how much the loyalty and love and determination of one remarkable family could accomplish a hundred and thirty years ago.

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