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Jazz CD Review: Owen Broder’s American Roots Project — Heritage

February 21, 2018
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I’ve never run across music like this and never had even a platonic notion of what such a hybrid would sound like.

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Classical Music Concert: Handel and Haydn Society Does Bach Right

February 19, 2018
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It’s hard to sit through these six masterpieces and not feel, for the moment, that life is really good.

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Film Review: “The Shape of Water” — A Dissenting View

February 19, 2018
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Del Toro creates a visually intriguing world, but the story’s premise is too farfetched to work.

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Film Review: Oscar Nominated Shorts — Bitter and Sweet

February 19, 2018
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A devastating piece, given the recent mass murder in Parkland, Florida, but DeKalb Elementary unfolds with an almost eerie calm.

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Jazz Concert Review: Chucho Valdés and Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Jordan Hall

February 18, 2018
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It was supposed to be an evening of sheer virtuosity, and that’s what it was.

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Theater Review: Peterborough Players’s “Ripcord” — Arguing for a Full Life

February 17, 2018
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David Lindsay-Abaire’s tightly woven comic script celebrates the everyday relationships that make up an argument for a full life.

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Theater Review: “Hype Man” — Art Versus Politics

February 16, 2018
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At a lean ninety minutes long, the play tackles too many big issues to do them justice.

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Visual Arts Review: “Then They Came for Me” — Pictures of Deportation

February 16, 2018
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Then They Came for Me is an invaluable exhibition that packs a considerable  (and necessary) wallop.

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Theater Review: “An Education in Prudence” — An Admirable History Lesson

February 15, 2018
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An Education in Prudence offers fascinating glimpses into a repressed episode in American history.

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Film Review: “The Insult” — Contrived Courtroom Drama, Interesting Backstory

February 15, 2018
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The film becomes a made-for-TV trial melodrama, with actors delivering oratorical speeches and the plot spinning several times with contrived, made-to-shock revelations.

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