Review

Book Review: “The Shipwrecked Mind” — Leaving the Carnage Behind

February 23, 2017
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Mark Lilla argues that the creed of the reactionary mind can be just as radical (and disturbing) as any revolutionary ideology.

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Book Review: “The Year of the Comet” — Surviving History

February 22, 2017
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This is the work of an extremely talented writer whose prose is spare and exact and has an authenticity that marks him as the real thing.

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Book Review and Commentary: Albert Murray’s Non-fiction – A Balm in Columbia

February 21, 2017
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At his best, Albert Murray is a thinker passionately in love with thinking, a virtuoso of verbal music, an American to his core.

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Dance Review: At the ICA, Alessandro Sciarroni’s FOLK-S Mesmerizes

February 21, 2017
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The performance turned out to be a nervy but hypnotic game of endurance for performer and audience members.

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Theater Review: “Don’t Give Up the Ship” — A Promising Voyage

February 21, 2017
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Don’t Give Up the Ship is well worth the time of audience members seeking exciting, unconventional theater.

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Jazz CD Review: “Meditations on Freedom” — Creative Politics

February 21, 2017
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On this album, saxophonist Noah Preminger serves up his visceral reaction to the post-election state of affairs.

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Music Interview/Review: Former Genesis Guitarist Steve Hackett Crosses Musical Borders

February 20, 2017
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“My ancestors fled pogroms in Poland and today we have a crisis to rival what went on in the 1940s.”

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Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s “Glass Works”

February 20, 2017
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It was a treat to experience Philip Glass’s orchestral music live and in-person.

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Film Review: “Toni Erdmann” — Humor is Tedium’s Balm

February 18, 2017
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Toni Erdmann gently but somewhat darkly reminds us that living life in the fast lane means missing out on its slower, humbler pleasures.

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Theater Review: Wooster Group’s “The Town Hall Affair” — Reality as a Funhouse Mirror

February 17, 2017
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The Wooster Group deconstruction adds layers of artificiality to what may or may not have been a serious event.

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