Review
This is a measured book, harrowing at times but also thoroughly enjoyable. It’s a fun read about a rape trial.
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Two portraits of champions: a famous fighter for civil rights and a little girl who loves chess.
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Played and sung with verve in its New England premiere, “Frederick Douglass” stands as the most significant revival BMOP has undertaken in recent years.
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How should artists live under autocracy? A Cold War Polish poet doesn’t have good answers, but offers chilling advice.
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For those seeking adventure away from cookie-cutter arena rock, Phish still fit the bill.
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“Room on the Sea” is impressively crafted and written, but its lack of bite, drive, and action left me restless.
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Still, even with its flaws, this short book is an important contribution to literature by and about atomic bomb survivors because it underlines their indispensable value as witnesses.
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Pianist Bertrand Chamayou demonstrates just how mercurial and influential Ravel could be; composer-pianist Stephen Hough’s Piano Concerto casts a Ravel-like spell.
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As always, the festival supplied some revelations, plus films from countries now prominent in the news.
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The whole band demonstrated an expressive variety of mark-making, as visual artists like to say: lines and squiggles and blotches, graceful or rude.
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