Review

Book Review: August Wilson — Poet, Pugilist, and Playwright

August 13, 2023
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Patti Hartigan’s biography is a workmanlike portrait of dramatist August Wilson that never delves deep enough into his poetic soul.

Book Review: Ann Beattie’s “Onlookers” — From a Bemused Distance

August 13, 2023
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A fairly strong showing for Ann Beattie. Readers who know Charlottesville will probably have a ball with this collection of short stories, which spotlight the town’s upscale, professional residents.

Book Review: “Virginia’s Sisters: An Anthology of Women’s Writing” — An Inclusive Conversation

August 12, 2023
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By assembling a rich array of poetry and prose by Virginia Woolf’s contemporaries from across the globe, Gabi Reigh honors the famed author’s desire that female writers be named and celebrated.

Jazz Album Review: System 6 Goes Outside and Inside, Splendidly

August 11, 2023
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System 6 is an adventurous contemporary ensemble whose music will appeal to lovers of the free jazz movement of the ’60s.

Poetry Review: “The Collected Poems of Anselm Hollo” – Playful Poetry from a Contemplatively Curious Spirit

August 10, 2023
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Finnish-American poet Anselm Hollo’s writing, once contained in forty modest volumes, finally arrives as an eminently enjoyable book of unceasing wonders.

Dance Review: “Hip Hop Across the Pillow” — A Spectacular Experience

August 8, 2023
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Now fifty years old, a venerable landmark, in what ways does hip hop stay put or embrace evolution and change?

Jazz Concert Review: Newport Jazz Fest 2023 — Changing Parameters

August 8, 2023
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Sunday arguably offered the jazz festival’s most impressive lineup. The star of the day turned out to be singer Samara Joy.

Theater Review – “Here Lies Love” Lies Flat on Broadway

August 7, 2023
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The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical makes its long-awaited Broadway bow. (Well, long-awaited by some…)

Concert Review: Béla Fleck and My Bluegrass Heart at the Groton Hill Music Center

August 6, 2023
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You can’t appreciate Béla Fleck’s virtuosity until you see him up close and live. I left the hall stunned by the two-and-half hour master class in bluegrass innovation.

Visual Arts Review: In Gloucester, Edward Hopper Became Hopper

August 6, 2023
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A leitmotif of this exhibition underlines Josephine Nivison Hopper’s role in her husband’s emergence as one of the most successful and beloved artists of his generation.

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