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Television Review: Ken Burns’s “Benjamin Franklin” — Gauzy Soft-Core Patriotism

April 8, 2022
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Corporate anti-racism – Bank of America is a major sponsor for the documentary – causes Ken Burns to pull his punches.

Concert Review: Pianist Jeremy Denk’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” — An Embarrassment of Riches

April 6, 2022
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I have heard many recordings of Bach’s work, but none had the vibrancy of what I heard in Jeremy Denk’s Sunday concert.

Visual Arts Commentary: Two Books and a Play — Creating Architectural Literacy

April 6, 2022
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Given the current state of play, any attempts to enrich our knowledge of the built environment are valuable.

Theater Review: “AntigonX” — Sophocles Newly Envisioned, Splendidly

April 6, 2022
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AntigonX shows how a theater company’s admirable dedication to innovation lifts new voices and ideas.

Theater Interview: The Need to Make Theater in Ukraine Today

April 5, 2022
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We live on the stage of my theater now.

Rock Album Review: Elvis Costello’s “The Boy Named If” — Sly and Mischievous As Ever

April 5, 2022
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For all his verbal ingenuity, rousing chord progressions, and cynical smartass wit, Elvis Costello’s always tucked a raw, beating heart beneath his jaunty shades and devil-may-care grin.

Visual Arts Review: “Displaced: Raida Adon’s Strangeness” — The Remains of Home

April 4, 2022
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Raida Adon rejects political categories because they fail to capture the utter strangeness of lived experience.

Album Review: Club d’elf’s “You Never Know” — Spontaneous Magic

April 4, 2022
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This is the quintessential Club d’elf album, smartly arranged and surprisingly accessible without losing any of the group’s improvisational edges or exotic breadth.

Dance Review: “The Just and the Blind” — Shackled, Humiliated, Scared

April 3, 2022
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The Just and the Blind sends a needed and powerful message — it is 2022, we need to wake up!

Film Review: “You Won’t Be Alone” — Witchcraft, Forever

April 3, 2022
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This is no run-of-the-mill supernatural witch movie.

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