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Theater Review: A Powerful “Parade” — Witnessing a Dark Chapter in American History

March 14, 2025
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The sprawling cast — 30-plus players — under Michael Arden’s direction performs with verve; they deliver outstanding performances and have excellent singing chops.

Jazz Album Reviews: Guitar Players Rejoice — Cherished Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery Sessions Reissued as High-End LPs

March 14, 2025
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Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass are master jazz guitarists who sound nothing alike.

Concert Review: The Kraftwerk Machine — Still Running Smoothly

March 14, 2025
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Anybody at Tuesday’s show who thought the members of Kraftwerk were just punching buttons at their static posts while audiovisuals surged automatically would be mistaken.

Book Review: “Kills Well With Others” — Another Mission for Aging Female Assassins

March 13, 2025
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Through it all, Deanna Raybourn’s quartet of females rely on the acuity and resourcefulness that has made the author’s other series characters both so memorable and beloved.

Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble — Between Two Worlds

March 12, 2025
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Navigating the clash between tradition and experimentation — they are often two vastly different artistic worlds — requires bold programming.

Poetry Review: Ron Padgett’s “Pink Dust” — The Joyful Weight of Words

March 12, 2025
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Ron Padgett’s “Pink Dust” proves that W.H. Auden was wrong — the nothing of poetry contains everything required to make a good (even heroic) life happen.

Concert Review: Phish’s Trey Anastasio — Playing the Role of Troubadour

March 12, 2025
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The sheepishly affable Trey Anastasio wisely focused on music, allowing him to play a broader representation of his repertoire across two hours and 25 minutes.

Film Review: “Eephus” — The End of the Season Cometh

March 12, 2025
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“Eephus” could’ve become a piece of conservative-leaning nostalgia but, to its credit, it refrains from making small-town sports great again.

Book Review: “The Art of Inclusion” — A Volume of Tributes to Philly Bookseller Extraordinaire Larry Robin

March 11, 2025
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Larry Robin is to Philadelphia what Allen Ginsberg is to Paterson, New Jersey. In short, he is beloved, far and wide.

Book Reviews: The Fiction of Mikołaj Grynberg — Simultaneously Embracing the Tragic and the Comic

March 11, 2025
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Two astonishing books about the lives of Polish Jews who survived the Second World War or were born after the war.

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