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Part of what makes “Under a Rock” special is Chris Stein’s open-eyed fascination with New York City.
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This musical succeeds, at least in part, because it dares to shine a light on parts of our lives that we don’t like to talk about.
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In truth, recordings don’t capture the Naughtons’ symbiotic flair — the performance at Rockport revealed them not only to be a superb piano duo, but a significant cut above.
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Four films at this year’s Provincetown International Film Festival shared the theme of face-to-face communication, exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of encounters unmediated by screens and phones.
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This world-premiere recording lets us hear one of the most effective recent operas, based on the famous book by Dr. Oliver Sacks.
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Two standouts at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival: “Bikechess” and “Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger”.
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Here are films I’ve most loved watching the late Donald Sutherland in over the years.
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A 1968 book of photos and interviews on a motorcycle club makes a fictionalized transition to the screen.
Read MoreMusician Interview: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Celebrate the 20th Anniversary Of “Shake the Sheets”
“I would say that a good half of ‘Shake the Sheets’ has always remained in our set. We haven’t necessarily played all of those songs at every show, but they’ve been rotating in and out all the time over the last 20 years.”
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This week’s poem: Laurence O’Dwyer’s “Aurora at Kvalvika”
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger