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Television Review: Season Three of “Ramy” — Spreading the Drama Around

September 28, 2022
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Ramy’s drama takes a backseat to those of his relatives and friends, and that ends up expanding the reach and power of the series.

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Book Review: “What Came Before” — A Horde of Micro-essays

October 16, 2020
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At his best, Matthew Schultz’s abilities as a writer transcend the small, tight canvasses he has prepared for himself.

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Book Review: “On Fire” — An Optimistic Take on Climate Change

November 2, 2019
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In this book, Naomi Klein shines a light on the path to a politically and economically just model of sustainability.

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Film Commentary: “Between the Lines” Eulogizes the Beginning of the End of Boston’s Alt-Weekly Era

May 17, 2019
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Even 42 years ago, disillusionment was setting in among the workers at alt-weekly papers like The Real Paper and The Boston Phoenix.

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Book Review: “The Ash Family” — A Commune or a Cult?

March 24, 2019
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The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.

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Music Feature: At 76, Singer Mavis Staples Continues to be an Antidote to Despair

February 27, 2016
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Mavis Staples’ voice and stage presence still exude power, still plumb emotional and spiritual depths.

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Film Review: “Mickey 17” — Kicking Capitalism in the Teeth

March 6, 2025
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Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” is one of the most vicious, cruel, and savagely arch vivisections of our global economic and socio-political reality since… well… Bong’s 2013 movie “Snowpiercer”.

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Book Review: A Retrograde Shakespearean Shout-Out

September 6, 2021
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Shakespearean’s version of the Bard comes off as somewhat Monty Pythonesque — we are usually marching along with “Men Men Men.”

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Arts Commentary: Is Art Ever Out of Season? — Anti-seasonal hits and Non-hits

July 3, 2019
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My tastes have always been everywhere and all over, whatever the time of year. But there is a seasonal connection for me — some books, movies, and music are inseparable from the season in which I consumed them.

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Theater Interview: Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival’s David Kaplan on “Last Call: The Final Fall Festival”

September 2, 2025
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“For this season, I did not want us to do a ‘greatest hits.’ I did not want to limp away. This is our last full and robust season, but not our last time producing plays.”

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