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Dance Review: Process Pieces From Harvard Dance Project

November 14, 2015
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Each of the ten or so music-less sections showed us a different way of composing movement.

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Music Review: Postmodern Jukebox—Reverence for the Past, With a Dash of Irony

November 13, 2015
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Postmodern Jukebox dials the clock back on contemporary pop.

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Film Review: “Once in a Lifetime” and “Meet the Hitlers” at the Boston Jewish Film Festival

November 13, 2015
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Two films in the Boston Jewish Film Festival: one sticks to the commonplace, the other looks at the bizarre.

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Theater Review: “Chopin Without Piano”—A Problematic Idea

November 12, 2015
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I wish I could say I was dazzled by the production’s concept.

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Film Review: “Brooklyn”—A Moving Vision of Irish Hearts and Minds

November 12, 2015
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Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.

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Film Review: “The Wonders”—Genuinely Wonderful

November 12, 2015
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Alice Rohrwacher’s film, which won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, is a rarity — it is genuinely magical.

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Film Review: “By the Sea”—Art House in Hollywood

November 11, 2015
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What keeps the film churning? Not much. A bit of withheld information.

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Visual Arts Review: Ink in the Blanks—Bill Griffith Gathers and Discovers His Past with Graphics

November 11, 2015
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If anyone needs more evidence that graphic memoirs are the equal of purely literary ones, Invisible Ink closes the case for good.

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Book Review: Seeing “Eternity’s Sunrise”—Understanding the Vision of William Blake

November 10, 2015
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In Eternity’s Sunrise, Leo Damrosch’s prose flows, filled with imaginative lucidity.

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Book Review: “The Pilgrim’s Bowl” — Approaching the Enigma of Painter Giorgio Morandi

November 9, 2015
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Beautifully produced by Seagull Books, The Pilgrim’s Bowl is an invaluable introduction to both painter and poet.

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