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Concert Review: Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra — An Admirable Balancing Act

May 2, 2024
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The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is  a rare gem in the already star-studded crown of European ensembles.

Theater Review: “Clue” on Tour — Silly Stuff Done Well

May 1, 2024
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“Clue,” a whodunit board game-based comedy, rolled the dice and found success by bypassing Broadway and going directly on tour.

Film Reviews: DocTalk at the Independent Film Festival of Boston — Bands of Outsiders

May 1, 2024
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Documentaries celebrating communities shine at the Independent Film Festival of Boston.

Rock Album Review: Cloud Nothings’s “Final Summer” — Bopping Your Head as You Sing Along

May 1, 2024
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What is it about Final Summer that makes it a very good Cloud Nothings album but not a great one?

Concert Review: Umphrey’s McGee’s UMBowl X — Taking the Idea of Themes to Extremes

April 30, 2024
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Umphrey’s McGee’s Um Bowl was an exhaustive two-night series for non-diehards but rollercoaster nirvana for the initiated.

Film Interview: At the IFFB — “Road to Ruane” Pays Tribute to Boston’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Benefactor Billy Ruane

April 30, 2024
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“Billy Ruane built a legacy, and 14 years after his death you can still feel his presence in local clubs. He fermented a scene that still lives on today.”

Visual Arts Review: Firelei Báez at the ICA — No Question, A Star Is Born

April 29, 2024
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The artist is currently facing the existential throes of art-world fame and fortune.

Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra plays Mozart and Bruckner

April 29, 2024
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Ultimately, on some level, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of Bruckner Ninth functioned as a study in approaching the unknown (and unknowable) with humility.

Book Review: “At the Vanguard of Vinyl” — Illuminating and Frustrating

April 28, 2024
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Other readers may be more sympathetic to this informative book’s broader conclusions about the rise of LP’s and the “erasure of black bodies and black aesthetics.

Book Review: “Get Off My Neck” — How the Judicial System Works, From a Former Insider

April 27, 2024
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Many of the circumstances and particular cases Debbie Hines discusses in “Get Off My Neck” are grim, even sickening. But her experience in the American justice system has taught Hines to choose hope and struggle over despair. And that is encouraging.

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