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Music Feature: The Power of Boston Disco — Celebrating an Era

September 19, 2018
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Disco is back in town! DJ Joey Carvello returns to Boston and the compilation Boston Goes Disco! is released.

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Jazz CD Review: Tyshawn Sorey’s “Pillars” — Like Nothing You Have Heard Before

September 19, 2018
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Tyshawn Sorey flies far from his innovative masters. I hardly expected that the result would be so mesmerizing and alive.

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Theater Review: “The Niceties” — The Gloves Are Off

September 18, 2018
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Eleanor Burgess’ The Niceties is an articulate, if structurally crabbed, expression of #blacklivesmatter anger as well as a millennial rebel yell.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Three Temporary Public Art Pieces — A Dialogue with Art and Ourselves

September 18, 2018
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Three bold new public art installations underscore the possibilities of visual and conceptual experiences in 21st century Boston.

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Theater Review: “Native Gardens” — A Flowering Feud

September 17, 2018
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The show’s attempt at satire comes off as blunt and lecture-heavy at times, but the production still manages to be an engaging comedy of manners.

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Book Review: “Another Life” — Curing Writer’s Block

September 17, 2018
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This slender memoir reads like a rambling conversation with a literary stranger you meet on a train.

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Film Review: “Rodents of Unusual Size” — Scary! Creepy!

September 17, 2018
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How will PC New Englanders react to seeing nutria gunned down by hunters, and some bashed on their heads to make sure they are dead?

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Rock Concert Review: The The — Deconstructed

September 16, 2018
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In every meaningful way, The The’s return to the States, the band’s first tour in 16 years, was generous.

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Classical CD Reviews: Jansons’ “Resurrection” Symphony, Harding’s Mahler Five, and Steinbacher’s Strauss

September 16, 2018
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Two Mahler symphony entries: one is above average, the other a disappointment. Violinist Arabella Steinbacher delivers a first-rate and strongly recommended disc.

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Dance Preview: The Latest Buzz about Luminarium Dance

September 16, 2018
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“The work is now stronger having successfully balanced both the needs of the visual choreography and the sound.”

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