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Commentary: Brandeis University Axes the Arts

August 30, 2023
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Gutting a venerable department – particularly a world-renowned one that, by all accounts, delivers – in the name of belt-tightening is shortsighted and foolish.

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Book Review: “From a Distant Relation” — Drowning in Yiddish

January 24, 2022
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What is evident throughout these superb tales of turn-of-century shtetl life is their authenticity.

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Theater Review: “Hurricane Diane” — A Whimper Rather than a Whirlwind

September 4, 2021
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Madeleine George’s uneven 90-minte one-act comedy/drama borrows heavily on Greek mythology to zip up the misadventures of a cluster of suburban women in New Jersey,

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Theater Review: “The Bluest Eye” — Pieces of a Classic

February 5, 2022
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Dramatist Lydia R. Diamond makes an honorable effort to adapt Toni Morrison’s novel to the stage, but with mixed results.

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Visual Arts Review: The ICA’s Watershed Points to How We Got Here

August 20, 2019
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Purple is an ambitious, over-the-top endeavor, which feels completely appropriate, given the calamity at hand.

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Book Review: “Hope in the Dark” — An Homage to Community

February 2, 2017
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Now, more than ever, It’s worth being reminded of our natural potential for good.

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Theater Review: “Out of Sterno” — Absurd to the Point of Distraction

July 4, 2015
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Out of Sterno punches the same punchline far too often.

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Classical Concert Review: Winsor Music Chamber Series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

April 18, 2014
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Praise is due Peggy Pearson and Winsor Music for providing a forum for the talented young composer Lev Mamuya.

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Film Review: “A Fantastic Woman” — The Struggle to Be

February 25, 2018
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Lelio’s latest film explores the plight of a woman whose intrinsic nature and self-worth are rejected by a world that doesn’t value her.

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Classical Concert Review: BMOP celebrates Joan Tower

February 13, 2018
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Above all, Joan Tower’s music doesn’t waste your time.

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