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Film Review: Hitting Up Against “The Wall”

September 18, 2013
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I guess that’s the point. We all need to slow down, go back into nature, appreciate animal life, take long walks in the forest and in the mountains.

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Music Commentary: Free-For-Alls Bode Well for Jazz’s Future

September 17, 2013
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The obvious question is how can such a sprawling free festival – and the nightly fireworks shop that capped two of the nights – happen in such a cash-strapped city?

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Opera Review: A Triumphant Bang of a “Rienzi” From Odyssey Opera

September 17, 2013
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For their debut on Sunday, Odyssey Opera and conductor Gil Rose could hardly have picked a more spectacular, unfamiliar epic than they did.

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Rock Album Review: MGMT — Sonic Innovators Make a Misstep

September 16, 2013
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What is a problem, however, is that despite a fairly promising start, nothing at the beginning of MGMT can make up for the migraine inducing cacophony of pointless sound that is the album’s final half.

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Movie Review: A Surprisingly Intelligent “Afternoon Delight”

September 16, 2013
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We’ve heard all these gripes before, in life, in books, on TV, and in piles of movies. But Kathryn Hahn, is so enthralling and right that Rachel’s alienation, her poor little rich girl suffering, feel harsh and real.

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Fuse Album Review: of Montreal’s Latest — An Astonishingly Raw Affair

September 16, 2013
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Lousy with Sylvianbriar proves that of Montreal is still fully capable of crafting catchy and rollicking rock songs when it wants to.

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Author Interview: George Scialabba’s “For the Republic” — An Independent View

September 15, 2013
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George Scialabba is still outfoxing the professional eggheads in For the Republic, his third collection of essays on political and cultural topics.

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Theater Review: “The Libertine” Serves Up Decadent Pleasures

September 14, 2013
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Playwright Stephen Jeffreys, despite his gifts as a writer, seems unable to find the dramatic stakes in his play.

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Film Review: Contrived “Family” Values

September 13, 2013
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While it has its highlights, The Family limits our frame of reference to other movies, rather than anything resembling real life.

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Dance News: The Launch of Moving Target

September 12, 2013
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Moving Target has announced a series of Saturday afternoon workshops featuring a remarkable series of guest teachers at Cambridge’s Green Street Studios.

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