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What are we supposed to feel as we are pulled from horror to melodrama to comedy?
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Rimsky-Korsakov’s delightful village comedy, based on a Gogol short story, receives a modern recording that features a superb international cast.
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Penning some of the most beautiful and harmonious tunes for the Wailin’ Jennys over the group’s two decades, Ruth Moody always envisioned a solo career to complement her Jennys output.
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The spring season has yielded a sizable crop of musical revivals. But how many of them actually bear fruit?
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Saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr, was not initially drawn to spirituals. In fact, as a young person, he found them frightening.
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This provocative installation is at the deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum is a “dystopian meditation on the lives of marginalized groups, debt, the challenges of home ownership and living in a climate-stressed world today.”
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A powerful performer and artist emerges in this ambitious album about being publicly ostracized and maligned — and coming back stronger.
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What sets “Cold Nights of Childhood “wonderfully apart from today’s autofiction genre is the narrator’s absolute lack of self-pity. There is no blame-game, and no lugubrious victimhood.
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Book Reviews: Something Wickedly Imbecilic This Way Comes
Two books chase the devil’s tail as they examine America’s evil ways.
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