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Visual Arts Review: “The Treasure House of Memories” — Dreaming of New Pasts

September 22, 2021
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At the ICA, artist Raúl de Nieves’s work is playful, joyful, and up for interpretation.

Dance Review Flashback: The Irrepressible Dorrance Dance at Jacob’s Pillow

September 22, 2021
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I can still feel the exhilaration, the rush of the opening of things, from that day.

Film Reviews: Toronto International Film Festival – Leopards and Lumpens and an Indian Lourdes

September 21, 2021
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A quartet of highlights from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: Anatolian Leopard, Dashcam, One Second, and Dug Dug.

Classical Album Review: The Nash Ensemble — Bruch’s Chamber Music

September 20, 2021
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One could hardly ask for more persuasive Bruch advocacy than what the Nash Ensemble offers here.

Book Review: “The Regrets” — Love Affair With the Semi-Dead

September 20, 2021
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Is Amy Bonnaffons saying that heterosexual love is doomed? Probably not. But she gives no indication it can work in the world she creates here.

Jazz Album Review: A Big Band Homage to the Late Jimmy Heath

September 19, 2021
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The Temple University students in this fine big band homage to the late saxophonist/composer Jimmy Heath sound professional — tight and well rehearsed. They are joined by all-stars Joey DeFrancesco and Christian McBride.

Classical Album Review: Escher String Quartet — Barber & Ives String Quartets

September 19, 2021
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Here is an outstanding recording from the Escher String Quartet of music by two stylistically divergent 20th-century American composers, Samuel Barber and Charles Ives.

Rock Concert Review: The Black Crowes — Flying High

September 17, 2021
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You would never suspect from this big ol’ rock ’n’ roll show that The Black Crowes was essentially toast just a few years ago.

Film Review: “Blue Bayou” — “I’m Going Back Someday…”

September 17, 2021
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Blue Bayou’s story deserves to be told and heard. But rather than focus slowly and intently on its central crisis, the script kneads in a dizzying array of additional threads and sidelines.

Television Review: “Chicago Party Aunt” — Livin’ the Vida Loca, Windy City Style

September 16, 2021
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The bizarre half hour animated comedy is a hilarious love letter to The Windy City.

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