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Visual Arts Review: Italian Futurism — The Future That Wasn’t

May 9, 2014
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Futurism, as the Italian proponents conceived of it, ended up not having much of a future. But its practitioners had some good days at the beginning.

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Jazz Review / Commentary: David Sanborn at Scullers – The Craftsman Cometh

February 13, 2012
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Art with a capital A has been put on such a pedestal that Craft with a capital C has been downgraded to a shabby or rustic sort of activity of which the practitioner should be a little ashamed. ’Tain’t so.

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Book Review: “About Time” — Clocks That Made History

January 24, 2022
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David Rooney’s thesis in About Time is provocatively ironic: clocks, through their ever-increasing precision and regularity, are the instruments of constant change.

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Book Review and Interview: “The Lost History of 1914” — Almost the War That Wasn’t

March 8, 2012
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In his exploration of history, Jack Beatty suggests that World War I, as we know it, was an improbable event.

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July Short Fuses – Materia Critica

July 3, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Film Preview: Busby Berkeley’s Babylon at the HFA

December 7, 2016
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A 30-film series dedicated to Busby Berkeley, Hollywood’s architect of mind-blowing musical production numbers.

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Either/Orchestra: The 25th Anniversary Concert

February 8, 2011
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UPDATE: Either/Orchestra’s 25th anniversary concert comes to New York—an unforgettable confluence of talent revisiting more than two decades of memorable compositions and arrangements.

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Coming Attractions: September 15 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 15, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Music Interview: The Flamin’ Groovies—”The most famous unknown band in the world”

November 24, 2015
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Cyril Jordan of The Flamin’ Goovies talks about smoking pot with Ted Kennedy and impressing The Rolling Stones.

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Rock Festival Review: Boston Calling — A Surprisingly Successful Juggling Act

May 28, 2019
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The best (or worst, depending on your preferences) aspect to Boston Calling has become its attention to youth-centric subcultures that have blown mainstream in DJs/electronic music and hip-hop.

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