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Visual Arts Review: “Matt Pawleski/Matrix 191” — Flirting With the Functional

February 26, 2023
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Instead of adoring function from an aesthetic distance, Matt Paweski confronts it where it lives. These sculptures play with the self-insistence that function has always had in modern design.

Book Review: “What’s Prison For?” — A Case for Building Trust and Mutual Respect

February 25, 2023
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In this valuable and necessary book Bill Keller argues that American prisons need to accept that men and women don’t stop being human beings because they’re in the custody of the state.

Theater Review: “Fairview” — A Room With a View?

February 24, 2023
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It is refreshing to encounter a script that is so determined to keep audiences off-kilter as it goes about undercutting domestic business as usual.

Folk Album Review: “Ears of the People” — Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia

February 24, 2023
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The banjo’s African relative makes its American debut via a new Smithsonian Folkways album.

Watch Closely: Midwinter Moods

February 23, 2023
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This week’s column is all about cozy comfort, decadent distractions, and heart-melting romance.

Book Review: “Big Swiss” — Quirky As All Get-Out

February 23, 2023
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Big Swiss is effervescent and funny, even if overcooked to some extent.

Film Reviews: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films — Documentary 

February 23, 2023
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A critical look at 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary showcase..

Concert Review: Skylark Vocal Ensemble — Still Thrilling After All These Years

February 22, 2023
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The program was a delight, especially for those, like this reviewer, who, for years, have yearned to visit Paris again. Aurally, Skylark flew us there.

Opera Album Review: A Marvelous New Recording of Rossini’s “The Silken Ladder”– at a Bargain Price

February 22, 2023
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Rossini’s one-act opera from 1812 rings fresh changes on a host of comic-opera clichés.

Jazz Album Review: “Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section” — Unquenchable Talent

February 21, 2023
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This Craft reissue is welcome for the presence and distinctness of its sound, and for the state-of-the-art playing. Art Pepper will be going through my head for days.

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