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Visual Arts Commentary: Boston’s Historical Memorial to Black Lives Vandalized

June 15, 2020
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Boston’s most celebrated piece of public art was one of 16 monuments irresponsibly defaced during the recent protests.

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Book Review: “The Unsuitable” — A Super Female Superego

June 15, 2020
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The text is littered with accusatory, staccato lines from mama Wince, whose conversations with her daughter achieve Carrie-esque arias of passive aggressiveness.

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Arts Commentary: The Music Biz — When Difficult Becomes Dire

June 15, 2020
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The advantage of localism enjoyed by a club down the block disappears in cyberspace.

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Rock Review: Jade Hairpins — Cruising Down “Harmony Avenue”

June 13, 2020
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In the spirit of its mischievous name, Jade Hairpins never takes itself all that seriously, and that is all to the good. Why dampen eccentricity this joyful with any reservations?

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Book Review: “The Turncoat” and “Marrow and Bone” — Two Revealing Looks at World War II

June 12, 2020
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For each of these major, prize-honored writers — Siegfried Lenz and Walter Kempowski– birth = destiny = art.

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Film Review: Three Early Classics of Gay Love and Desire

June 12, 2020
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It is an apt time to honor these pioneers: to recognize that we are here, and have always been here, making compelling art from under the shadow of oppression.

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Book Review: “The Talking Drum” – Gentrification From A to B

June 11, 2020
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Despite her story’s potential for uncomfortable confrontations and revelations, the author chooses to pack the vicissitudes of her novel’s changing neighborhoods and their inhabitants’ lives into a neat and tidy package.

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Television Review: “Laurel Canyon” — Journey Back to a Tiny Fortunate Universe

June 11, 2020
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From the mid-’60s to around 1972, Laurel Canyon became the epicenter of a magical musical interlude that gave birth to some of the most iconic and timeless music of a generation.

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Theater Commentary: A Modest Proposal — Boston Theaters, Junk Your Seasons!

June 10, 2020
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Today’s spirit of protest calls for risk and innovation, dissent and defiance. Our timid stages fall disgracefully short of reflecting that iconoclasm.

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Book Review: “Parakeet” — A Wild Constellation

June 10, 2020
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Parakeet is a virtuosic, perplexing, challenging trip. If it’s too disturbing a tale for this particular moment (it shouldn’t be), it may be a great work to explore in a year to come.

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