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In his letters, Irish poet Seamus Heaney’s tone, and the expanse of his openness, varies according to the addressee — but his approach to all is inevitably marked by seriousness and elegance.
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HBO’s “Industry” is an intense and highly intelligent series that just seems to keep getting better and better.
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The 8-piece band Tuba Skinny is one of the most entertaining purveyors of traditional jazz around.
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You want Baroque energy and Early Classic poise? Here’s a first-rate recording of a one-act, one-singer opera by Telemann along with some of his imaginative orchestral works.
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Goose’s three nights seemed a bit hit-and-miss, which is not unusual for jam-bands, although that only made highpoints more exhilarating.
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Spanish director Victor Erice looks back at what’s lost and gained in “Close Your Eyes”.
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“The Front Room” lacks the suspense and tension of “My Mother the Car” and, on top of that, it doesn’t have the benefit of a super-catchy theme song.
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This week’s poem: Sara Letourneau’s “An Evening of Hummingbirds”
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Arts Remembrance: To Sérgio with Love — Sérgio Mendes, 1941–2024
Sergio Mendes, the man who ignited my own love affair with Brazilian music, has passed, at the age of 83, from complications of long Covid.
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