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Jazz Commentary: Survival of a Scene in Boston

April 21, 2018
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Local music venues — especially those with “off” music like jazz — are caught in a vice, with real estate escalation on one side and corporate-dominated digital technology on the other.

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Jazz Preview: Radio Host Eric Jackson Anchors Jazz Week 2018

April 20, 2018
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Eric Jackson at the Beantown Jazz Festival

WGBH’s Eric Jackson has truly been the voice of jazz in Boston for more than forty years. This year, Boston Jazz Week centers around a celebration of Eric’s four decades at the heart of the jazz scene in the Boston metro area.

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Book Review: “A Short History of Ireland” — A Concise Past

April 20, 2018
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Gibney’s volume offers a wide range of readers with an introduction to the complexities of Irish history, including questions of what exactly constitutes the national history itself.

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Visual Arts Review: A Delightful View of Edward Gorey’s World

April 18, 2018
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The delightful Wadsworth installation is a fitting setting for the beloved artist and illustrator and the work he himself loved.

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Theater Review: “True West” — American Anarchy

April 18, 2018
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Hub Theatre Company’s True West is a joy to watch.

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Rock Interview: Gozu — Multifaceted Heavy Metal

April 18, 2018
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It’s not a bad time to be performing back-to-the-boogie heavy metal music anywhere in the world.

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Theater Review: “Anna Christie” — A Memorable Look at Life on the Margins

April 17, 2018
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The Lyric Stage production of Anna Christie does right by Eugene O’Neill’s brilliance.

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Film Review: “You Were Never Really Here” — Lynne Ramsay’s Dark Materials

April 17, 2018
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In You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay’s themes of alienation, violence, guilt and redemption are once again present, albeit in a more frenetic form than before.

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Concert Review: A Healing Space — A Far Cry and the Miró Quartet Present “Loss and Resurrection”

April 16, 2018
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This is a sound I’ve never heard before at a chamber concert: over twenty musicians breathing in unison.

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Film Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s “24 Frames” — Final Photo Album

April 16, 2018
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Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s last film is made up of a series of sometimes resplendent, sometimes disappointing, images.

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