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Book Review: Books about Rock n’ Roll — Some Rock, Some Don’t

January 23, 2016
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The success of Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids, has meant an uptick in the number of new rock n’ roll books hitting the racks.

Film Review: “The President” — Saving the Soul of a Monster

January 23, 2016
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The President doesn’t try to drum up easy sympathy for its arrogant anti-hero.

Theater Review: Fresh Ink’s “The Housekeeper” Keeps Things Neat

January 22, 2016
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The Housekeeper may be too conventional for its own good, but it is intelligently crafted and engagingly entertaining.

Classical Music Review: The Composer Focus Series Asks — “Mozart?”

January 21, 2016
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This performance of contemporary pieces inspired by Mozart came with a touch of the playfully interrogative.

Book Review: “Winter” — A Luminous Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man

January 20, 2016
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This novel about Thomas Hardy becomes not only the story of an odd triangle, but also a meditation on the nature of art.

Book Review: “My Brooklyn Writer Friend” — Flashes in the Gloom

January 20, 2016
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Thanks in large part to brevity alone, the way these stories work is closer to poetry than to fiction.

Book Review: Stanley Fish Invites Readers to “Think Again” — With Chutzpah

January 19, 2016
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The New York Times columns selected for Think Again are engaging, provocative, maddening, humorous, and insightful.

Book Review: “The Butcher’s Trail” — A Masterful Account of Tracking Down Balkan War Criminals

January 18, 2016
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Anybody who has the good sense to pick up a copy of this book will find it instantly fascinating.

Theater Review: “Violet” — A Musical Quest for Healing

January 16, 2016
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In the theater, sentiment must be earned – Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos is only skin deep.

Concert Review: Boston Artists Ensemble — Chamber Music Done Right

January 16, 2016
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The Boston Artists Ensemble performance was full of bravado, virtuosity, subtlety, and charm.

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