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Book Review: “Fugitive: My Childhood on the Hollywood Blacklist” — A Still Relevant Warning

September 26, 2024
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Tony Kahn’s memory is extraordinary, and his talents as a writer, illustrator, and designer are prodigious.

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Film Reviews: At the Toronto International Film Festival — in “The Bibi Files,” Netanyahu Fumes on Leaked Tapes

September 25, 2024
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“The Bibi Files” is a documentary that should be seen before its revelations, caught on tape, are overtaken by a larger war; the Palestinian no-budget drama “To a Land Unknown” presents a credible picture of refugee life.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Animal Buddies with a Message

September 25, 2024
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Two new wordless picture books feature animals as friends, revealing greater truths about community and the environment.

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Film Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” — Forty Years in the Making … And it Shows

September 25, 2024
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In “Megalopolis,” we have Francis Ford Coppola, Titan of Cinema, unleashing his undiluted meditation on Roman History, US History, Political Rivalry and Cooperation, Urban Planning, Technology, Love, Marriage, etc.

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Music Festival Review: Metalfest 2024 — A Peak Celebration of Heaviness

September 25, 2024
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This year’s edition of Metalfest matched the fabled fests of yore – a point not lost on many of the bands that performed, many of them making note on stage that the metal world had somehow been made right again.

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Arts Remembrance: Saxophonist/Composer/Arranger Benny Golson –“I Remember Benny”

September 24, 2024
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Benny Golson’s accomplishments were enormous and lasting.

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Classical Album Reviews: “American Road Trip” and “Beyond the Years”

September 24, 2024
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Violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Orion Weiss prove that there is plenty of music written on these shores to explore, especially when you are not limited by region or style. Soprano Karen Slack and pianist Michelle Cann demonstrate the strength of Florence Price’s songs and arrangements.

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Album Review: Eva Cassidy’s “Walkin’ After Midnight” — More Evidence of a Wonder

September 24, 2024
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It’s the variety of sounds in Eva Cassidy’s repertoire, reinforced by her ability to use them with the utmost tact and control, that impresses this listener.

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Book Review: The Music Is You — August Kleinzahler’s “A History of Western Music”

September 24, 2024
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August Kleinzahler’s “A History of Western Music” will be a special treat for poetry readers who also appreciate music in all its forms and genres.

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Concert Review and Commentary: Music Worcester’s The Complete Bach & In Memoriam, Richard Dyer

September 23, 2024
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Music Worcester’s ambitious project, which will involve multiple Boston-area music groups, is slated to run the next eleven seasons. The goal will be to present every note the great man wrote. And a homage to the late Richard Dyer, the chief classical music critic of “The Boston Globe” for three decades.

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