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Theater Review: “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” – Musically Engaging But Dramatically Weak

September 27, 2015
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This show’s eclectic score is more progressive than what is typical of our determinedly conservative modern musical theater genre.

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Film Review: “Fidelio: Alice’s Odyssey” — Obsessively Sexual

September 27, 2015
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This film, written and directed by Lucie Borleteau, is not exactly feminist, nor need it be.

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Visual Arts/Book Review: “Drawing in Silver and Gold” — the Miracle of Metalpoint

September 26, 2015
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What seems to be a constant is a feeling that it is miraculous that these works have come into being, and that they are unlike any other kind of drawing.

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Film Review: “Learning to Drive” — Down the Formulaic Highway

September 26, 2015
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This modest film manages to hold the viewer’s attention, not to mention his or her compassion, throughout.

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Classical CD Review: Julia Wolfe’s “Anthracite Fields” — Hard-Driving Minimalism

September 25, 2015
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Even if it’s a mite inconsistent, Anthracite Fields is a fully deserving Pulitzer winner.

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Album Review: Innovative “Love & Mercy” Soundtrack is Worth the Wait

September 25, 2015
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Atticus Ross’ success in creating these pieces results in a listening experience quite a bit more harrowing and evocative than the lush and sunny Beach Boys harmonies people are accustomed to.

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Classical Music Album Review: Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov play Brahms

September 25, 2015
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Just about anything Isabelle Faust touches these days is gold – she’s one of the finest violinists out there

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Album Review: Los Lobos — A Solid “Gates of Gold”

September 24, 2015
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It’s the rare breed of rock band that makes such meaningful music so deep into its career.

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Theater Review: “The Strawberry Girl” — Harvest of Horror

September 24, 2015
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Israeli Stage has opened its sixth season, which is dedicated exclusively to female playwrights, with a haunting work that examines the complicity of an ordinary German in the Holocaust.

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Visual Arts Review: “Mel Bochner: Illustrating Philosophy” — The Art of Picturing Ideas

September 23, 2015
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These drawings are invitations to view the world in an active way, to encourage us to exercise (and stretch) our minds.

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