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Classical Album Reviews: Ferdinand Hiller’s Symphonies — A Major Rediscovery from the Era of Mendelssohn and Schumann

April 6, 2026
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This is one of the most welcome, ear-opening recordings I’ve heard in recent years, easily capable of restoring Ferdinand Hiller to the position he once held as the composer of highly accomplished, enjoyable, and intriguing works.

Theater Review: Good Theater’s “Grand Horizons” — An Entertaining, At Times Unsettling, Domestic Dramedy

April 6, 2026
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A renovated and flexible performance space with unlimited free parking is what every theater company from Boston to Portland dreams of.

Book Review: “Great Pond” — Where Beauty and Hard Truths Swim Together

April 6, 2026
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Ed Meek’s ability to harness language and cadence is comparable to watching a cowboy harness a wild mustang.

Doc Talk: Hammer’s Gaze, Rimbaud’s Renunciation — Unyielding Queer Legacies

April 5, 2026
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A pair of eminent lives — celebrated.

Book Review: Streetwear’s Conquest — Culture Captured, Politics Ignored

April 5, 2026
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Concentrating on the strategies that enabled casualwear to grow worldwide, the book ignores the broader historical and political conditions that encouraged that success in the first place.

Film Review: “Mother of Flies” — Nature is, Well, Healing

April 3, 2026
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This is pure cinema, unpretentious, rough-hewn, mystical, conjured from the earth, offered up at the forest altar of whatever flesh-and-blood gods are still listening.

Children’s Book Reviews: Happy Family Stories

April 3, 2026
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Three light-hearted books about family life reveal deeper meanings.

Theater Review: “The Comeuppance” — Reunions in the Age of Bad Choices

April 2, 2026
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The proceedings are continually involving, each of the performers supplying sufficient dramatic weight and interacting as a credible ensemble of characters rather than caricatures.

Music Festival Review: Big Ears 2026 — Guitars, Big Bands, and a World of Unhinged Sounds

April 2, 2026
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Over four days of listening (and walking), we found that the 13th Big Ears reaffirmed its reputation for daring curation—fostering a community of eager listeners always ready to discover something new.

Film Festival Roundup: Berlinale’s Political Palette — Red Hangars, Rose Rebels, Yellow Censorship

April 2, 2026
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This year’s Berlin International Film Festival was nothing if not political.

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