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This Is a Robbery is the most complete and compelling narrative yet about the looting of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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Free from the stress of leading a major-label band on the road, Mark Sandman could always return home to Hypnosonics, an alternate vehicle for his elastic vision.
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In his new book on film directors, critic David Thomson gives us plenty to think about and plenty more to argue about.
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Nothing that guitarist Pat Metheny had done previously hinted at this sprawling 1981 masterpiece.
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You need to hear this play. Especially if you are white and already “know” Othello. Listen again (and again) and prepare to question old assumptions.
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The current rage for inserting the personal/confessional in everything from cookbooks to literary criticism can go too far.
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The 51-minute piece represents a digital time capsule. It comprises 16 short episodes — reflections in movement of lives caught inside the pandemic — crafted by dance-maker collaborators.
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Pop a bowl of popcorn, pour coke over a tall glass of ice, and listen to author and screenwriter Jesse Kornbluth’s irreverent, amusing take on the Oscars.
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Director Jess Chayes has done all that is humanly possible to stage a lively live production under Zoom constraints.
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This is one of the best traditional big band records you’ll hear this year, or maybe this decade.
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Arts Commentary & CD Reviews: On The Kennedy Center, Ben Folds, & Gustav Mahler