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Jazz Performance and CD Review / Commentary: Jane Ira Bloom’s “Wild Lines” and “Early Americans”

August 17, 2016
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Exposing the jazz impulses in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is not an agenda for the novice.

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Fuse CD Review: The Black Crowes Take Flight — Separately

August 16, 2016
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There’s one thing both Robinson brothers lack outside of The Black Crowes: creative tension.

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Visual Arts Review: Renaissance Sculpture — Colorful for Five Hundred Years

August 15, 2016
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I used to be skeptical of della Robbia sculpture but, after taking in the recently opened exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, I changed my mind.

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Book Review: Photographer Diane Arbus — Lingering Mysteries

August 15, 2016
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“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know,” Diane Arbus said. Her biographer notes that observation. Hard as he tries, many secrets remain.

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Theater Review: “And No More Shall We Part” — Facing Mortality

August 14, 2016
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This is a beautifully acted but grim 70 minutes of theater, a no-frills look at the dynamics of a struggle about life and death.

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Book Review: “Never A Dull Moment” — Rock Apotheosis

August 14, 2016
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Was 1971 greatest year in the history of rock? Read this delightful book and be prepared to argue.

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Book Review: “My Marriage” — An Extraordinary Rediscovery

August 12, 2016
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Despite the pain of inhabiting Alexander Herzog’s disintegrating world, I absolutely could not put My Marriage aside.

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Film Review: “Florence Foster Jenkins” — Delusions of Grandeur

August 12, 2016
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Stephen Frears balances laughs with a smattering of poignant scenes, a broad, see-sawing approach that will appeal to American audiences.

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Music Review: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at Tanglewood – Global Adoration

August 11, 2016
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If there is such a thing as world music, this is it.

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