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Television Review: This Time Around, A Wilder Prairie

July 10, 2026
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Strong performances and sharper realism redefine Little House on the Prairie for a new generation.

Dance Review: The Akram Khan Company — Remembering, Selectively

July 10, 2026
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In “Thrikra: Night of Remembering,” Akram Khan’s searing imagery of female ritual and sacrifice is shadowed by what the work chooses not to confront.

Tribeca Film Festival, Part Two: Addicts on Chelsea (MA) Streets, Love and Death at Sea, and Micronations 

July 10, 2026
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At the Tribeca Film Festival, two dramas stood out among the narrative films—stark, street-level tales of addiction and a wintry queer love story turned murder mystery set on a Canadian ship.

Jazz Concert Review: East Coasting

July 10, 2026
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The Bevan Manson Trio surfs some cool waves

Book Review: “Hujar: Contact” — The Captivating Tip of a Photographic Iceberg

July 9, 2026
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A trove of contact sheets reveals Peter Hujar’s working method, restless eye, and the breadth of an underseen archive.

Book Review: Beyond the Canon — How Cultural Authority Is Made

July 7, 2026
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“Move Over, Mona Lisa” maps the “inequality pipeline” linking museums, publishing, and academia—and challenges the systems that shape what the world sees and reads.

Book Review: Christian Wiman’s “The Dance” — A Sonic Theology of Uncertainty

July 7, 2026
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The collection assembles moments of doubt, humor, and revelation into a resonant poetic experience.

Visual Arts Review: “Where’s Boston? 50 Years Later” — A City in Focus

July 6, 2026
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Constantine Manos’s bicentennial-era photographs capture a city divided, resilient, and still recognizable half a century later.

Film Review: Married to Amazement — “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World”

July 5, 2026
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This documentary about poet Mary Oliver is a moving study of solitude, partnership, and the stubborn power of wonder.

Television Review: “Elle” — No Bends, No Snaps, No Point?

July 5, 2026
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The “Legally Blonde” prequel “Elle” spotlights a charming Lexi Minetree, but struggles to justify its place in the Blonde-verse.

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