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The Emperor of the Moon is a boisterous bit of family friendly late-afternoon entertainment under Shakespeare & Company’s Rose Footprint Tent.
There has never been a better time in America to reconsider the importance of television’s role in the political discourse.
“Hey, the more Yes music being played in 2016, the better.”
Shakespeare & Company’s staging of Merchant of Venice is the strongest this critic has ever seen or could hope to.
Most of the can’t-miss acts on this year’s Lowell Folk Fest roster are artists who make preserving musical traditions a family business.
Homophobia may not have been behind Freddie Mercury’s decision to keep the location of his ashes a secret, but it hardly ruins Mercury’s Ashes.
Readers inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.

Cultural Commentary: Artwashing — Aiding Derelict Neighborhoods or Abetting Social Inequity?
For the anti-gentrification critics, urban deterioration should be left the way it is.
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