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Concert Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Orpheum Theater — Beginning a New Phase

December 4, 2022
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This is a band as capable of being as spry and unpredictable in its 12th year as it was in its first.

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Jazz/Film Review: “An Evening of Jazz Healing” — A Thing of Beauty and Sharing

December 3, 2022
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Jazz, in particular, seemed to not merely satisfy Justin Freed’s inner cravings for beauty, but it led him outwards, to others, eventually inspiring some of the key relationships in his life.

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Chiptune Album Review: YMCK’s “Family Innovation” — 8bit Cynicism Toward Web 3.0

December 3, 2022
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In its ninth album, YMCK shows that it is becoming self-aware. They are no longer just avatars we are to identify with, but also (satirically) the corporate entity behind them, a corporation preoccupied, like all others, with innovation.

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Poetry Review: “One Hundred Visions of War” — Haiku in No Man’s Land

December 1, 2022
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This is a grim and uncomfortable book to read because it forces us to contemplate each small poem separately and then take them all together, a hard but necessary exercise.

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Visual Arts Review: Venice Through American Eyes — At the Mystic Seaport Museum

December 1, 2022
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The allure of Venice, as crafted by Venetian artisans, seduced American artists and collectors, who traveled across the world and brought back their prizes to American homes and eventually to museums.

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Classical Concert Review: Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson — A Fresh Look at Late Mozart

November 30, 2022
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Víkingur Ólafsson’s bold keyboard presence gave us a composer pressing against the conventions of his time while absorbing everything his ears took in.

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Film Review: “Bones and All” – “I’ll Eat You Whole, I Love You So”

November 30, 2022
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With Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino solidifies his place as a filmmaking maverick able to bend genre conventions in ways that express his own painfully beautiful artistic vision.

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Classical Album Review: Jakub Hrůša Conducts Works by Hans Rott, Mahler, and Bruckner

November 28, 2022
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Bold and colorful by turns, this disc offers an ideal introduction to Hans Rott, a composer who has slowly surfaced from the dark corners of history.

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Jazz Album Review: A Critic Turns Around — Ahmad Jamal’s “Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse”

November 28, 2022
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The music in these recordings only represent only a moment in pianist Ahmad Jamal’s long career, but it’s enough to demonstrate the singularity and importance of his work.

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Film Review: “The Menu” — Killer Cuisine

November 28, 2022
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The Menu serves up a ghoulish and madly entertaining two hours of prime cinema.

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