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Book Review: The Remarkable Life of Storm Jameson — Attention Tenderly Paid

January 2, 2015
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After reading this scholarly and accessible biography, I am convinced that Storm Jameson’s life is a must for anyone fascinated by the history of women writers in the 20th century.

Rock Review: Marshall Crenshaw and Melissa Ferrick — A Welcome Holiday Tradition

December 30, 2014
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If your tastes run to finely crafted songwriting, then the standout event between Christmas and New Year’s is when Melissa Ferrick and Marshall Crenshaw roll into Club Passim on separate nights.

Film Review: Chris Rock’s “Top Five” — Only Funny on the Fringes

December 29, 2014
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Perhaps Top Five is Chris Rock’s penance for doing lucrative-paying voices for the insanely popular Madagascar animation franchise.

Book Review: “Nagasaki”‘s Diptych of Aloneness

December 29, 2014
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The success of this short novel set in Japan lies in the empathy it creates for a pair of ordinary and lonely characters.

Film Review: “The Gambler” Pays Off Handsomely

December 29, 2014
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In The Gambler, Mark Whalberg gives a performance he should be proud of.

Fuse Film Review: “Big Eyes” — Big Disappointment

December 26, 2014
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Walter is pure evil. Margaret is pure good. And that is Big Eye‘s undoing.

Music Feature: Notable Classical Recordings of 2014

December 24, 2014
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Feel free to disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc. Above all, enjoy!

Fuse Film Review: Just Wild About “Wild”

December 23, 2014
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Wild is a compelling stream-of-consciousness narrative that mirrors how we actually make sense of our life experiences as we have them and then remember them.

Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — Scrambles the Genres, Beautifully

December 23, 2014
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Every Brilliant thing is evidence, which we may need, that life matters, and that theatre matters.

Theater Commentary: Is a Five-Year-Old Tony Kushner Play Too Challenging For Boston?

December 20, 2014
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The only Boston-based companies that have the means to stage an epic on this scale will shy away from the content while those adventurous enough to handle its iconoclasm lack the means.

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