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For Sergio Mendes, the captivating anniversary show was a chance to look back on the early years of bossa nova and its birthplace.
Read MoreOddly, not everyone is concerned with vampires. A friend tells me he finds them overdone, ornate, weighed down with baroque bells and whistles. His vote goes to zombies. I reply that zombies are one-trick monsters. They don’t even suck, only bite. That, he says, is what he likes about them; they are stripped down, perfect…
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The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums and live shows.
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Moppa Elliott is an important jazz composer and a dynamic leader. When he brings a group to our area (which happens only rarely), do not miss the gig. When he issues a new recording, pay attention.
Read MoreThe Wooster Group deconstruction adds layers of artificiality to what may or may not have been a serious event.
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Overall, this was classy cello playing. Colin Carr relied on, and brought out, the inherent architecture of the Bach suites.
Read MoreTo say that Odyssey Opera continues to set the bar for opera performances in Boston may be a bit superfluous, but it’s true.
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John Giorno was in the vanguard of what later became the herd: Ginsberg, Kerouac, Warhol, Buddhism, Burroughs, enlightenment, spiritual quests to India, unfettered sex, wild poetry, new technology, experimental forms of expression, queer politics, pot, speed, LSD — all the household bric-a-brac of the counterculture.
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Taking action on even a modest number of these suggestions will undoubtedly shake up the current puerility of much of American theater criticism.
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Film Commentary: Time to Reduce Filmmaking’s Carbon Footprint
It is about time that the filmmaking industry is forced to seriously grapple with issues of sustainability.
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