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Concert Review: Umphrey’s McGee’s UMBowl X — Taking the Idea of Themes to Extremes

April 30, 2024
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Umphrey’s McGee’s Um Bowl was an exhaustive two-night series for non-diehards but rollercoaster nirvana for the initiated.

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Theater Review: “West Side Story” — Still Brilliant After All These Years

August 12, 2018
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The Barrington Stage Company’s moving and fiercely energetic production brings West Side Story back to the stage with a bang.

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Music Review: Providence Art-Pop Trio Arc Iris stretches its wings in “iTMRW”

January 28, 2020
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So, after three original albums (plus a re-imagining of Joni Mitchell’s Blue) that fell short of wide acclaim, perhaps it was only a matter of time for them to think big.

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Fuse Theater Review: An Exhilarating “On the Town” in the Berkshires

June 23, 2013
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What fun!! I’m so glad to have seen “On the Town,” a hard-to-get-right musical in this lovely, lusty and lithe production.

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World Books April Update

April 17, 2010
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By Bill Marx I have neglected to point out the recent postings at my other gig, the online feature World Books at BBC/PRI’s The World. I just completed my April podcast, a departure for the series because I focus on a classic American author rather than a writer in translation. But this April 21st marks…

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Book Review: Andrea Barrett’s Magical “Natural History”

February 11, 2023
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Although science is Andrea Barrett’s springboard, she is writing fiction about the people who do scientific research and teach it: memorable people who have hearts and secrets and feelings and hopes and dreams and goals.

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Jazz CD Reviews: Laszlo Gardony: “Serious Play”; Tim Ray: “Windows”; Yoko Miwa: “Pathways”

July 23, 2017
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These three area pianists offer up a mini-festival of satisfying keyboard music.

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Fuse TV Review: Political Satirist John Oliver — Viewers Are Responding, not Just Watching

October 1, 2014
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Each John Oliver monologue takes a different weighty and urgent political issue and deconstructs it with wit, clarity and moral purpose.

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Book Review: “Such Kindness” — American Quicksand

December 30, 2023
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Don’t underestimate the elemental power of a story that takes the reader inside the mind and heart of a good and decent man caught in a helpless situation.

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Special Feature: Quotes for the New Year

January 1, 2024
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A few quotes for the New Year that will sting or sustain.

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