Review

Music Album: Liv.e’s “Couldn’t Wait to Tell You …” — A Singular Meditative Headspace

August 9, 2020
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Couldn’t Wait to Tell You… is a well-paced, cohesive narrative, an exploration of the struggle for adulthood and independence. The title of Liv.e’s debut album is apt — it has exciting news to tell us.

Television Review: “Frayed” — Going Home, Yet Again

August 7, 2020
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Frayed is an Australian/British comedy, and its refreshing sense of gallows humor draws on the pessimism in both cultures.

Jazz Album Review: Jimmy Heath’s Final “Love Letter”

August 7, 2020
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The disc mixes classics and originals in a set of tunes perfect for late-night reveries or for anytime sojourns to a place of unhurried passion.

Book Review: Why Listening to Community Voices Could Help Revive Local News

August 7, 2020
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If a new generation of community news organizations is to grow and thrive, then we need a renewed sense of civic engagement. And in order to foster that civic engagement, we need journalism that doesn’t just report the news but also listens and collaborates.

Rock Album Review: New Fries — Surfing On and Off the No Wave

August 6, 2020
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New Fries’ latest effort never fails to stimulate: the band has crafted a record that challenges the idea of what a pop song is and can be — in two very different ways.

Book Review: “The Boy in the Field” — A Brilliant Coming-of-Age Fable

August 6, 2020
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The Boy in the Field is the latest novel from Margot Livesey, a prolific writer with a keen eye for the interiority of her characters, a skill that enriches her novels with a rare intimacy and immediacy.

Film Review: “Summerland” — Dreams Delayed

August 5, 2020
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While there’s plenty of wistful romance and character-driven conflict to keep Summerland rolling along, the narrative isn’t exactly plausible.

Book Review: “Chasing the Light” — The Agitated Life of Oliver Stone

August 4, 2020
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Filmmaker Oliver Stone’s memoir is an exhilarating primer for anyone who wants to understand his reputation as a writer and director.

Opera Album: A Deliciously Grisly “Comic Opera” from 1789 — the Year the French Revolution Began

August 4, 2020
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Grétry’s Raoul Barbe-Bleue — the story of the original lady-killer, Bluebeard — receives its world premiere recording and it’s splendid.

Book Review: “Pew” — Someone Truly Out of This World

August 3, 2020
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In no way a ‘tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing’, Pew is instead a kind of reverie, a wide-eyed spin on the Southern novel.

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