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Visual Arts Review: “In the Vanguard” – Haystack’s First Twenty Years

August 27, 2019
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Contemporary crafts in those days would have been seen as far from the ‘vanguard’ by many art critics. Yet the almost 100 works on view tell a nuanced story about the expansive spectrum of creativity.

Book Review: “The Future is Asian” — Challenging Western Ideology

August 27, 2019
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Marshaling statistics, maps, scholarly literature, news articles, and reports, The Future is Asian cogently dramatizes the reasons behind Asia’s re-ascendance to economic, political, and cultural primacy.

Theater Review: The Wives of Henry VIII Reclaim History in “Six” at the A.R.T.

August 27, 2019
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The new pop musical tells the oft-told tale of uxoricide from the women’s perspective.

Critics Lab: Our Goal — To Nurture Young Arts Reviewers of the Future

August 26, 2019
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This is the first in a series of pages in which in one of our critics, working with a young person, comes up with an arts review.

Rock Concert Review: Mark Knopfler — Brilliant in Boston

August 25, 2019
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Dire Straits and its string of hits made Mark Knopfler a well-known figure, but going solo gave him freedom to present a wider range songs.

Rock Concert Review: Hot Tuna and Dave Mason at the Wilbur

August 23, 2019
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With a powerful partnership, the possibilities for Hot Tuna, it seems, are endless.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Gwen” is Moody, Moving Folk Horror

August 22, 2019
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William McGregor has crafted a remarkable debut feature, a notable addition to the burgeoning crop of indie folk horror offerings.

Classical CD Reviews: Nancy Dalberg’s String Quartets, Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto, Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler

August 22, 2019
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Nancy Dalberg’s string quartets are worth getting to know, Wynton Marsalis’s violin concerto receives an electrifying performance, and Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue to churn out a less than necessary Mahler cycle.

Poetry Review: “One Lark, One Horse” — Michael Hofmann’s Comic Skepticism

August 22, 2019
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Michael Hofmann nicely captures our age of truthiness and alternate facts and multiple perspectives, the hollowness of everything from the news-cycle to pop-up restaurants, all of the distractions driven by money and advertising.

Classical CD Reviews: Herbert Blomstedt conducts Mahler, Christopher Jacobson plays Saint-Saëns & Poulenc, and Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky

August 21, 2019
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts a powerful version of Mahler’s valedictory essay, organist Christopher Jacobson provides a so-so “Organ” Symphony, and Kirill Petrenko’s initial recording as the chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic is lovely.

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