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Television Review: “North of North” — Another Nice Canadian Sitcom, Eh?

April 14, 2025
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Given the current state of the world, we need more shows that not only entertain, but reflect the importance of community. And, if those programs accurately portray a close-knit group of people that has been misrepresented, all the better.

YA Book Review: “The Summer I Ate the Rich” — A Limited Menu

April 13, 2025
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Despite its title, this YA novel would be best described as an exercise in magic realist satire. Those looking for heaping helpings of the affluent will be disappointed.

Classical Music Album Reviews: “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” and Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Khachaturian

April 13, 2025
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A conspicuously inviting account of Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, and a welcome surprise: Aram Khachaturian actually wrote a pretty good piano concerto.

Album Review: Jason Isbell’s Ruminative “Foxes in the Snow”

April 12, 2025
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One thing, among others, that sets Jason Isbell apart from his country scene contemporaries is that he isn’t afraid to break the all-American code of manly stoicism.

Translation Spotlight: The Philosopher on the Threshold

April 11, 2025
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In three books of oblique self-reflection Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben explores and exposes the artistic and intellectual thresholds that have been central to his life and to the life of his mind.

Book Review: “Your Steps on the Stairs” — The Power of Waiting

April 11, 2025
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Initially, Antonio Muñoz Molina’s resonant novel seems to be the study of the moods and challenges of a man waiting for the only person who gives his life meaning.

Theater Commentary: Star-Driven Plays Are Raking It in on Broadway — “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “Good Night, and Good Luck”

April 10, 2025
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Prices for Broadway tickets are out of control. But that’s not stopping people from buying them — provided they get to see the right Hollywood stars.

Opera Album Review: A Delightful Three-Character Opera by Paisiello Recieves Its World-Premiere Recording

April 10, 2025
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A renowned 18th-century master struts his stuff, helped by a skillful young Italian tenor, in an opera first performed in Russia.

Television Review: “The Lady’s Companion” — Bring on the “Amor Prohibido”

April 9, 2025
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This Netflix series is a wittier, sassier, Spanish version of “Bridgerton”.

Film Preview: “Planet at 50” — Unspooling Treasures from an Important Japanese Film Archive

April 9, 2025
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Planet’s holdings include nearly 20,000 film prints, as well as ephemera such as posters, scripts, and film magazines.

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