Review

Rethinking the Repertoire #13 – Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto

May 31, 2017
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Samuel Barber: one of the most individual and distinguished voices to emerge in Europe or America during the 20th century.

Book Review: “House of Names” — Back to the Greeks

May 31, 2017
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Colm Tóibín travels back to ancient Greece in House of Names, a vibrant retelling of the tragedy of the House of Atreus.

Jazz CD Review: “Charnett Moffett — Music From Our Soul”

May 31, 2017
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Large parts, if not all, of this well played, eclectic disc should appeal to various tastes in modern improvised music.

Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Perceptive Look at the Generation Gap

May 30, 2017
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4000 Miles is charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations.

The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program: Student Reviews

May 29, 2017
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The program’s goal is to educate young people about writing arts criticism.

Book Review: Denis Johnson’s “California Scheming”

May 28, 2017
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Denis Johnson sees that New Age thinking is a response to something very American, very late-twentieth-century—namely the precariousness of identity.

Film Review: “The Wedding Plan” — Is Jewish Orthodoxy Really a Woman’s World?

May 28, 2017
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This time that we’re getting a too-sweetened take on Hasidism, and maybe of Jewish Orthodoxy in all of its manifestations.

Book Review: “Age of Anger” — Politics United in Hate

May 28, 2017
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In his profound new book Age of Anger, historian Pankaj Mishra finds the key to Trump-worship.

Theater Review: “Fuente Ovejuna” — An Underwhelming Revival

May 26, 2017
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Lope de Vega’s classic story of how the powerless stood up to authority — and won –deserves better treatment than clumsy caricature.

Visual Arts Review: Matisse in the Studio — Objects Inspiring Art

May 26, 2017
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Matisse said his objects were his “working library,” sources to mine for formal qualities and their ability to evoke an emotional response.

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