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Dance Review: Korea’s Bereishit Dance Company — Addressing Violence, Beautifully

February 11, 2020
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The amazing Bereishit Dance Company asks how dance fits into the physical world.

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Film Review: Boston Jewish Film Festival — A Powerful “Bulgarian Rhapsody”

November 6, 2015
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The history lesson embedded in Bulgarian Rhapsody is subtle yet also packs a wallop.

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Film Review: A Dispatch from the 23rd Annual Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 2 of 2)

April 10, 2023
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Local film festivals like BUFF are keeping what’s left of the American film industry from turning into a massive IP holder churning out algorithmically generated slop for the masses.

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Classical Music Review: Clarinetist McGill Thrills (with Pacifica Quartet)

October 27, 2012
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It was an absolute pleasure to finally hear the extraordinary clarinetist Anthony McGill in person, and clearly the audience felt the same, because there were several curtain calls and much cheering.

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Poetry Review: “Beowulf & Beyond” — A Rousing Night Out with Old English

July 25, 2021
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Translator Dan Veach invites us to “pull up a bench in the mead hall, grab a brew, and enjoy a jazzy new performance.”

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Theater Review: “Detroit Red” — Life in Boston, At the Bottom

February 7, 2020
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While there is much to admire about Detroit Red’s script, there are serious problems with the staging.

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Concert Review: “La Pasión según San Marco” at Symphony Hall

January 13, 2014
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There’s much in “La Pasión” to like. Composer Osvaldo Golijov’s use of Latin and South American musical forms has been well documented: the piece offers a striking compendium of idioms covering a huge geographical range.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 9

April 9, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Symphony Hall

November 3, 2015
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By any measure, this is an impressive orchestra, as technically accomplished as any number of professional ensembles, domestic and international.

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Film Review: At the IFFB — “Weiner” Is the Joke on Us?

April 28, 2016
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In the age of reality television, where no humiliation or personal flaw goes unnoticed, Anthony Weiner revels in all the attention.

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