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Children’s Book Reviews: A Pair of Cautionary Animal Tales

January 4, 2023
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Two books for children that address the climate crisis.

Jazz Commentary: Billy Cobham, Then and Now — An Awesome Jazz Drummer

January 4, 2023
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Billy Cobham plays right on top of the beat, and his grooves are impeccable. Maybe he’s not the first drummer you’d call for a loose New Orleans shuffle, but if you could hire the Terminator to be your percussionist, Cobham is your man.

Book Review: “Way Down in the Hole” — The Agonies of Solitary Confinement

January 3, 2023
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Some readers may be surprised to learn that a high percentage of the men and women who spend time in solitary confinement have been diagnosed with severe mental illness.

Theater Review: The Proudly Woke “Some Like It Hot” Musical Is a Genuine Blast

January 3, 2023
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Some Like It Hot is a terrifically entertaining – and thoroughly modern – reinvention of the classic Hollywood comedy.

Book Review: A Beautiful Brick in the Wall — Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools

January 2, 2023
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This is an indispensable study for anyone — including scholars, policy makers, and educators — who yearns to better understand how race and culture play out in a rarefied suburban milieu.

Listening During Covid, Part 14: Pleasures and Treasures

December 30, 2022
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Music of Machaut, the teenaged Mozart, and three vibrant American composers, plus a remarkable book about Charles Ives and his works.

Theater Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2022

December 28, 2022
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year haunted by COVID.

Film Review: “Soft & Quiet” — White Tyranny

December 28, 2022
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Watching the action unfold may well make audience members extremely uncomfortable, even leave some traumatized. That may well be the point.

Book Review: “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams” — The Very Model of a Plain-Spoken Homespun Patriot

December 27, 2022
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Samuel Adams, a superb political organizer who helped turn the Boston Massacre into a cause célèbre, was more conservative than modern admirers, including biographer Stacy Schiff, want to admit.

Opera Album Review: Can Conductors Compose Well? Consider Mahler, Bernstein, and Now Antal Doráti

December 26, 2022
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This world-premiere recording of a powerfully compelling opera, based on a play by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, is revelatory.

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