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Concert Review: Blueswoman Samantha Fish — Promise Galore

December 25, 2019
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While Samantha Fish shines with her guitar work on the new album, she impressed more with her singing live.

Dance Review: Boston Dance Theater — Going Berserk

December 24, 2019
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The Boston Dance Theater’s talented group of dancers spent much of the performance nervously twitching and swaying.

Music Review: New Releases of November 2019

December 23, 2019
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Five tunes that will make it impossible to have a Blue Christmas.

Film Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2019

December 23, 2019
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Our demanding critics choose the best (and the most disappointing) films of the year.

Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven’s “Leonore,” Tesla Quartet’s “Joy & Desolation,” and Emmanuel Pahud’s “Dreamtime”

December 22, 2019
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A fresh, bracing take on Beethoven as a dramatist, Tesla Quartet serves up refreshingly direct and emotionally-complex performances of Mozart, and flautist Emmanuel Pahud has crafted an ear-catching, unpredictable program.

Book Review: Common Sense About Climate Change — The Need to Hit the Streets

December 22, 2019
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In this valuable call-to-action, Roger Hallam says we have to recognize that climate change is an emergency and rebel against our extinction.

Music and Concert Favorites 2019

December 22, 2019
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Our expert music critics serve up their usual highly eclectic round-up of the year’s most memorable.

Music Feature: Billy Strings — A Breakout Year

December 21, 2019
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Billy Strings is deservedly catching fire with a unique blend of mind-snapping talent as a guitarist, deep appreciation for tradition, appetite for improvisation and experimentation, and ever-improving songwriting.

Film Review: “Bombshell” — Shock and Awe

December 21, 2019
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Bombshell takes a stand, looking to portray its besieged women as complex, flawed human beings who also happen to be the victims of sexual harassment.

Theater Review: A Musical “Moby-Dick” Lumbers from its Seabed at the A.R.T.

December 20, 2019
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Dave Malloy’s musical version of Moby-Dick shows promise, but he needs to trim plenty of blubber.

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