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Classical Music Preview: Catching Up and Looking Ahead with Benjamin Zander on the BPO/BPYO Season

October 9, 2021
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For Benjamin Zander and his musicians – as for all of us – it was a strange, even desperate, several months.

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Television Review: The Final Season of “On My Block” — A Strong Windup

October 8, 2021
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The fourth and final season of On My Block maintains its precarious equilibrium between laughter and menace, but it is teetering.

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Jazz Album Review: Saxophonist Dave Liebman — Still Chasin’ the Trane

October 8, 2021
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At 75, Dave Liebman pays tribute to John Coltrane by still doing what Coltrane would surely have wanted him to do: to look within and find truths that are a wellspring of rewarding and challenging music for the rest of us.

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Jazz Review and Perspective: Sheila Jordan’s “Comes Love”

October 8, 2021
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Comes Love was Sheila Jordan’s first full recording session as a leader, and it automatically becomes a collector’s item for those who love the legendary jazz singer’s work.

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Book Review: Man Ray — He Could Have Been a Contender

October 7, 2021
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The biography raises the subject of Man Ray’s Jewish roots, but the matter is dropped pretty quickly.

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October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

October 7, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Arts Remembrance: Arnie Reisman — The Party of the First Part

October 7, 2021
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In a way, Arnie was, to Boston, what George S. Kaufman was to the Algonquin Round Table, except the “vicious circle” lasted only ten years while Arnie enlivened his circle of friends for more than sixty.

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Television Review: “Maid” — Exploring Domestic Abuse in America

October 6, 2021
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Series creator Molly Smith Metzler clearly cares about the subject matter and is determined to tell a nuanced story about the hellish plight of the victims of domestic abuse.

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Film Review: “Prayers for the Stolen,” A Microcosm of Mexico, Makes US Premiere at the NY Film Festival

October 6, 2021
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Let’s see if Prayers for the Stolen is selected as Mexico’s Academy Award nominee. It’s a long shot, given that this is a film that tells so much of the truth.

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Theater Review: “The Sound Inside” — A Hollow Thud

October 5, 2021
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A hatred of self and others sits, relatively neglected, at the center of Adam Rapp’s script.

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