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If any of these songs get some airplay and serve as gateway drugs to the glories of the Count Basie band, I’m all for it.
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“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” succeeds as a fun variation on the “buddy” story. The show sometimes ladles on the sugary frosting, but it’s a pretty tasty dessert.
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After discarding a conventional draft — lots of explanatory narration from the author as a book’s omniscient narrator — Rachel Cockerell decided instead to create the book entirely as a collage of fragments from the historical record.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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This trio of preschool books celebrates new babies, new siblings — and cat lovers.
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Two-plus hours of delight for anybody interested in Baroque opera, or willing to try it.
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Suzanne Vega’s collection of 10 new original songs further solidifies and builds on her reputation as a unique talent among her generation of singer-songwriters.
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Pianist Larry Goldings’ repertoire on this trio album is expertly chosen for its variety and melodic appeal.
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“The MFA is a place that really matters to a lot of people, and it is the safety of this place that matters and its commitment to excellence. These are things that must never be compromised.”
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Max Ewing is little known today, but this book celebrates him as a sexually nonconforming bachelor who strove to impress the quirkiest bohemian clique of the Roaring ’20s.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025