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“You make it a goal — one day performing on a big stage, such as Boston Calling. To see it come to fruition is a dream, it’s awesome.”
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Some unfortunate misfires in a collection that, otherwise, has a lot going for it.
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NDR Radiophilharmonie and Stanislav Kochanovsky may generate new fans for Tchaikovsky’s four orchestral suites; if you only want to dip your toes in Thomas Adès’ extraordinary music, his own take makes for a worthy introduction.
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Getting to know the Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the first composer of color to have a comprehensive long-term relationship with the BSO.
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In this film, Alexis Langlois suggests that the diva worship so central to queer cultural production has found new toxicity thanks to social media, where we all feel entitled to a piece of our idols.
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The beauty of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at this political moment is that it provides a firsthand rebuttal to the current administration’s draconian policies — without ever directly acknowledging them.
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At the Global Cinema Film Festival, some look for love and life in all the wrong places.
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This wake-up call — what will artists be asked to do to please the powers-that-be? — is also a good read.
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Arts Commentary: The Battle for Imagination — Unraveling America’s Cultural Infrastructure
Abolishing cultural infrastructure and the deregulation of emerging technologies are two sides of the same anti-intellectual coin.
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