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Poetry Review: Pennie for Your Thoughts — Social Media, Abuse, and Scottish Verse in “poyums annaw”

November 11, 2025
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This is poetry that sets its goals, finds the right language to reach them, hits hard, and recovers an ancient purpose for verse that has fallen by the wayside in recent times: consolation.

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Coming Attractions: November 9 Through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 9, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Visual Arts Review: A Painter Among Poets — Grace Hartigan’s “Gift of Attention”

November 3, 2025
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The exhibit highlights the interplay between Grace Hartigan and the circle of modern poets who became her friends, supporters, and in some cases, patrons.

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Dance Review: From Light to Darkness, Music from the Sole Finds Its Groove

October 21, 2025
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The blend of rhythmic dance and gorgeous music made for a very harmonious collaboration.

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Film Review: Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” — Creature Comfortless

October 26, 2025
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The monster almost comes alive. 

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Album Review: Peggy Lee’s “Mirrors” — Fifty Years of Cabaret Noir

October 23, 2025
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The musicians assembled here for the updated recordings of tunes from fifty years ago are first-rate, and Peggy Lee still convincingly inhabits a wide range of material.

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Film Review: “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” — Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Girl

October 26, 2025
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Besides Chainsaw Man’s abundant visual pleasures and uncompromising blend of ultra-violence and adolescent sexuality, one of its particular draws is that it’s a cinephile’s anime.

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Concert Review: My Morning Jacket Rewards Devoted Fans with an Expansive Set at MGM Fenway

October 15, 2025
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Seasoned fans were most likely to appreciate My Morning Jacket’s generous — if imperfect — sprawl.

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Book Review: “Lion Hearts” — Dan Jones Brings His Essex Dogs Saga to a Stirring Close

October 14, 2025
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Novelist Dan Jones excels in re-imagining the life of common people in wartime, in particular a small group of English fighters embroiled in the so-called Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between England and France.

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Film Festival Preview: GlobeDocs Film Festival 2025 — A Varied Mix of Documentaries

October 20, 2025
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Our critic watched a half-dozen films in this year’s GlobeDocs Film Festival and shares his thoughts.

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