Review
The problem with “The Life of Chuck” isn’t that it’s bad, per se, but it’s nowhere near great, and that’s a waste of a lot of talent and potential. Imagine Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” turned into a made-for-TV after-schoolspecial.
If any of these songs get some airplay and serve as gateway drugs to the glories of the Count Basie band, I’m all for it.
“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” succeeds as a fun variation on the “buddy” story. The show sometimes ladles on the sugary frosting, but it’s a pretty tasty dessert.
After discarding a conventional draft — lots of explanatory narration from the author as a book’s omniscient narrator — Rachel Cockerell decided instead to create the book entirely as a collage of fragments from the historical record.
This trio of preschool books celebrates new babies, new siblings — and cat lovers.
Two-plus hours of delight for anybody interested in Baroque opera, or willing to try it.
Pianist Larry Goldings’ repertoire on this trio album is expertly chosen for its variety and melodic appeal.
Max Ewing is little known today, but this book celebrates him as a sexually nonconforming bachelor who strove to impress the quirkiest bohemian clique of the Roaring ’20s.
This exhibition is evidence of the venerable museum’s interest in expanding its collections so that more voices and perspectives can contribute to our understanding of our own complicated history.
The 2025 edition of Boston Calling largely appealed to a younger demographic, despite highlighting some older bearers of nostalgia.
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