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Opera Album Review: A Major Baroque Opera in English Receives a Stylish Recording

March 15, 2023
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Aside from English pronunciation issues, the singers put over this remarkably polished and attractive opera by one of England’s great seventeenth-century composers with great panache, matching the superb instrumentalists.

Children’s Book Review: All About You — Kids’ Books to Build Self-Esteem

March 15, 2023
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While you — as a parent, teacher, grandparent, aunt, or uncle, etc. — decide on your child-rearing approach, let’s help kids feel that they belong, that they are competent, and they have the courage and skills to succeed.

Book Review: “Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s Journey Through Rock & Roll History”

March 14, 2023
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Even more impressive than the sheer amount of raw knowledge Bill Janovitz puts on display is the way he expertly elaborates on Leon Russell’s familiar resume highlights to create a full, three-dimensional portrait of a very complicated artist (and person).

Visual Arts Review: “Creative Alloys” — The Boston Metals Scene

March 13, 2023
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This exhibition provides a very thoughtful lesson in appreciating the poetry of practical objects.

Film Review: “Inside” — The Art of Survival

March 13, 2023
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Inside‘s visceral demonstration of the alienating capacity of technology and the reduction of art to rich people’s toys may be a bit pat, but the film finds the space within these cliches to stage a compelling human drama.

Rock Concert Review: The “Remain in Light” Tour — A Very Welcome Revival

March 13, 2023
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The 11-piece group frontloaded its 90-minute set for immediate impact, answering the biggest challenge — replacing the vocal charisma of David Byrne — with a communal approach.

Visual Arts Review: The Dazzling Vodou Flags of Myrlande Constant

March 12, 2023
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It is stunning to see these flags of beads and sequins on cloth, and the adjectives keep on coming — hypnotic, baroque, beguiling, hallucinatory.

Classical Music Album Review: Bamberger Symphoniker’s “Liebestod” — Anything But Sleepy

March 12, 2023
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Don’t let the redundancy of much of this album’s repertoire dissuade you. On all the vital metrics, Liebestod delivers

Film Review: “Living” — Ode to Joy

March 11, 2023
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Featuring a transcendent performance by Bill Nighy, Living inspires viewers to look inward, and then outward, gently begging us to muster whatever power we have to seize the day.

Album Review: A Past Fit for the Future –“Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium”

March 11, 2023
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Projects such as Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium extricate the resilient voice of the people from the cacophony of current ideological intervention.

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