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Jazz Preview: Jazz Outside the Box—or Hiding in Plain View?

July 14, 2013
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Sometimes what you’re searching for is actually right in front of you.

Music Preview: Green River Festival 2013 — Americana and Roots Music Galore

July 14, 2013
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One of the best music festivals in New England is the annual “Green River Festival,” which takes place in Greenfield, Massachusetts—this year on July 20-21, 2013—along with its own hot air balloon festival.

Film Review: A Likable Coming-of-Age Story: “The Way, Way Back”

July 14, 2013
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Stuffed with familiar themes from coming-of-age classics like “The Summer of 42,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Moonrise Kingdom,” “The Way, Way Back” is a long stretch from its predecessors, but the film is salvaged by a terrific cast.

Theater Feature: From the Mouths of Female Despots — An Interview With Playwright Theresia Walser

July 13, 2013
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Dramatist Theresia Walser is careful to point out that these women did not merely benefit from the abuses of authoritarian power, but perpetrated many of them as well.

Theater Review: The Compelling Story of a “Geisha of the Gilded Age”

July 13, 2013
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It was an unexpected pleasure to stumble onto this one-hour, one-woman show, which explores a fascinating episode in Japanese-American history.

World Music Interview: Kobo Town — Playing the Calypso News

July 13, 2013
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NOTE: KOBO TOWN’S PERFORMANCE AT JOHNNY D’S HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Film Review: “Your Day Is My Night” — An Innovative Look Inside a NYC Chinatown Apartment

July 12, 2013
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Director Sachs calls “Your Day is My Night” a “hybrid documentary,” with real-life stories told by middle-aged and elderly Chinese immigrants presented in a honed, often theatrical, style rather than as verité oral histories.

Dance Review: Brooking Challenges

July 12, 2013
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Instability is key to Brian Brooks’ choreographic agenda. Some of the dancers crouch on their hands and feet and are transformed into slow-moving mounts for the dancers balancing on their backs.

Fuse News: A Quick Guide to The Outside the Box Festival

July 12, 2013
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Participants of Ted Cutler’s Outside the Box Festival recognize there could have been more publicity about the event.

Jazz CD Review: Violinist Billy Bang’s Superb Final Recording — “Da Bang!”

July 12, 2013
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When I saw him, he was rarely still on stage: a Billy Bang performance was something like a dance.

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