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Children’s Book Feature: Worried about Home Schooling? Relax — and Read

May 14, 2020
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Even though options for parents abound, the very best option remains the simplest — pick up a book, snuggle up, and read.

Book Review: “Telephone” — Sounding Alternatives

May 12, 2020
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The “choose your own adventure” turns out not to be a gimmick; setting up alternatives makes Telephone more affecting than Everett’s self-consciously directionless narrative may deserve.

Television Review: “The Eddy” — Damien Chazelle and Jazz — Love/Hate or Hate/Love?

May 11, 2020
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One of the show’s impressive accomplishments is that its creators managed to find musicians who could act.

Rock Album Review: Car Seat Headrest’s “Making a Door Less Open” — A Bumpy Ride

May 11, 2020
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Car Seat Headrest’s drive to show us something fresh permeates Making a Door Less Open, and that is admirable.

Book Review: “Tyll” — The Thirty Years War, From a Prankster’s Point of View

May 10, 2020
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Daniel Kehlmann’s narrative gift is so prodigious as to be almost aggravating.

Book Review: “Dirt” — Trekking through the French Food Industry

May 10, 2020
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Dirt has the unsurprising effect of making you hungry; if your mind wanders as you are reading, you’ll probably find yourself thinking of food.

Jazz Album Review: Guitarist Al Di Meola Fuses the Beatles in “Across the Universe” Tribute

May 9, 2020
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All in all, this album a pretty easy recommendation for those who like Al Di Meola and/or the Beatles.

Television Review: “Hollywood’ — A Satisfying Tinsel Town Fantasy

May 8, 2020
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Maybe being quarantined for so long has taken its toll, but Hollywood satisfies well enough as a vibrant escape to glamorous parties filled with scheming executives and hot-to-trot actors on the make.

Jazz Album Review: Lynne Arriale Trio’s Ambiguously Stirring “Chimes of Freedom”

May 7, 2020
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The Lynne Arriale trio offers the kind of mutual responsiveness that only the best small groups attain.

Film Reviews: Even More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place — Stir-Crazy 3

May 6, 2020
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Five more feature films of great interest and their links, carefully chosen to get you through the travails of the coronavirus.

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