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Film Commentary: “Between the Lines” Eulogizes the Beginning of the End of Boston’s Alt-Weekly Era

May 17, 2019
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Even 42 years ago, disillusionment was setting in among the workers at alt-weekly papers like The Real Paper and The Boston Phoenix.

Classical CD Reviews: Music for Horn and Orchestra, Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, and the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2019 New Year’s Concert

May 17, 2019
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Markus Maskuniitty’s solo debut recording is stunning, Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra play Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto with zest, and this is one of the strongestNew Year’s Concerts of the decade from the Vienna Philharmonic.

Dance Review: “See You Yesterday” — Airing Nightmares

May 17, 2019
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The horrors portrayed in See You Yesterday are facts, but this show does not yet address the meaning a new generation can make of those facts.

Theater Commentary: The Boston Theater Critics Association — Still Evaluating?

May 16, 2019
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The BTCA should take action in support of #MeToo.

Jazz CD Review: Fred Hersch with the WDR Big Band — A Composer’s Flair

May 16, 2019
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Vince Mendoza’s colorful arrangements give us a welcome new way to appreciate Fred Hersch’s impressive creativity — his amply satisfying accomplishments as a composer.

Rock Interview: Nils Lofgren — Being “Blue With Lou”

May 16, 2019
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“Since the late ‘60s I’ve been up and down the Northeast corridor, and Boston’s always one of our favorite stops.”

Theater Review: BalletX — Plenty of Spunk

May 15, 2019
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Here was another (all-too) typical example of ballet companies reinforcing a patriarchy that hardly reflects the number of women in their ranks.

Arts Fuse Podcast #15: REE-AL-O-TEE!

May 15, 2019
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The boys (Lucas Spiro and Matt Hanson) are joined once again by Arts Fuse editor-in-chief Bill Marx.

Book Review: “Accounting for Slavery” — Plantation Roots of Scientific Management

May 14, 2019
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In this valuable study, Caitlin Rosenthal isolates an assortment of business practices and technologies that reflect the sophistication of New World plantation economies — dispelling myths of their romantic crudeness.

Book Review: “The Feral Detective” — Strictly From Hunger

May 14, 2019
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Farcical fight and sex scenes might be forgivable, but the “mystery” is so barely there it utterly fails to engage — and that’s lethal to a novel in this genre.

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