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Film Review: John Hubley Centennial — America’s Indispensable Designer of Animated Films

April 20, 2014
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John Hubley was a dominant force in bringing animation out of the studio system and onto the drawing boards of individual artists . His life story is also an entryway into the social history and controversies of mid-20th century America.

Movie Review: “The Galapagos Affair” — An Edenic Experiment Gone Wrong

April 18, 2014
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It would take a series of spoilers to explain who might have killed whom in “The Galapagos Affair.” See the movie and find out, and revel in the grim gallows humor.

Poetry Review: “Book of Hours” — From Mourning to Celebration

April 18, 2014
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Kevin Young’s poetic line is generally on the concise side, generating a pithy, earthy, evocative quality that hovers somewhere between the haiku-like jazziness of Robert Creeley and the delta blues of Son House or Skip James.

Classical Concert Review: Winsor Music Chamber Series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

April 18, 2014
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Praise is due Peggy Pearson and Winsor Music for providing a forum for the talented young composer Lev Mamuya.

Theater Review: “Becoming Cuba” — A Sugary Historical Melodrama

April 16, 2014
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Dramatist Melinda Lopez’s “Becoming Cuba” holds your attention even after you see just where it is going and why.

Visual Arts Review: “Quilts and Color” — Far From Folk and Perhaps Beyond Art

April 16, 2014
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Far from being the cool, detached, and cerebral creations of the color field artists, these quilts, imagined in their intended context, are deeply personal, sensuous, and alive.

TV Review: “Fargo”: or, Do Contract Killers Get Bored and Create Chaos for Fun?

April 15, 2014
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“Fargo” creates its own world of crime and moral conundrums while delivering a fair share of blood. Whether the TV series delivers on its promise to be in the same aesthetic world as the original movie is an open question.

Book Review: “Long Mile Home” — An Informative View of the Boston Marathon Bombings That Lacks Investigative Muscle

April 15, 2014
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A fast-paced, fact-laden book by two “Boston Globe” reporters about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that doesn’t answer the tough questions.

Classical CD Reviews: Jon Nakamatsu plays Schumann, Bach’s “Brandenburg Concertos,” and Mendelssohn’s “Lobgesang” (Harmonia Mundi)

April 15, 2014
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A round-up of reviews of classical music CD releases from Harmonia Mundi.

TV Review: HBO’s “Silicon Valley” — The Comic Adventures of Nerd Musketeers

April 14, 2014
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“Silicon Valley” is sharp fun for both the computer lingo-savvy and for the non-Tweet, non-Facebook crowd such as out-of-it me.

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