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The Discovery Ensemble’s precision was also on full display in the vigorous contrapuntal writing that came across with impressive, electrifying energy and visceral punchiness.
Read MoreDramatist Melinda Lopez’s “Becoming Cuba” holds your attention even after you see just where it is going and why.
Read MoreFar from being the cool, detached, and cerebral creations of the color field artists, these quilts, imagined in their intended context, are deeply personal, sensuous, and alive.
Read More“Fargo” creates its own world of crime and moral conundrums while delivering a fair share of blood. Whether the TV series delivers on its promise to be in the same aesthetic world as the original movie is an open question.
Read MoreA fast-paced, fact-laden book by two “Boston Globe” reporters about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that doesn’t answer the tough questions.
Read MoreLoose Salute uses its genuine love for the too-little-heard Michael Nesmith and too-little-respected Monkees songbooks as a springboard for inventive arrangements that are true to the unique character of the music.
Read More“Silicon Valley” is sharp fun for both the computer lingo-savvy and for the non-Tweet, non-Facebook crowd such as out-of-it me.
Read MoreThree reviews of new classical music CDs: one is inviting, another lively, and the last could use more intensity.
Read MoreEveryone these days is racing through “Blood Will Out,” an undeniably enthralling three-hour read.
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger