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Music Review: The Compelling Mystery of Dean Blunt’s “The Redeemer”

June 7, 2013
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With “The Redeemer,” Dean Blunt has yet again managed to mystify his listeners – this time with gorgeous compositions, a vague yet compelling narrative, and unprecedented honesty.

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Theater Review: “Annapurna” — A Lyrical Look at Living With Terrible Choices

July 12, 2014
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Chester Theatre Company productions often remind me of concerts in a chamber music series that feature musicians who have worked together for long periods of time.

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Visual Arts Review: “City Of Work” — A Satirically Dystopic Vision of The Daily Grind

January 21, 2013
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Artist Michael Lewy’s comprehensive, clever and surprisingly humorous take on an imaginary experimental settlement explores the ramifications of having human potential promptly assessed and harnessed for work, and work alone.

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Classical Music Review: O Give Me a Muse of Apollo’s Fire!

November 6, 2011
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The audience went wild after each piece Philippe Jaroussky sang. There were three gorgeous encores, ending with the slow, familiar aria from Handel’s “Xerxes”. Most of the crowd would have been happy to have stayed for more. We knew this was an Apollo’s Fire concert to remember.

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Film Review: “Annihilation” — A Sci-fi Puzzle Wrapped in an Enigma

February 25, 2018
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Annihilation wants to be a big movie about big ideas — what we get is a flawed impersonation of one.

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Dance Review: Companhia Urbana de Dança — Hip, Hipper, Hippest

April 19, 2016
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Companhia de Dança of Rio de Janeiro applies a suggestion of narrative to the standard revue format..

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Pop Album Review: “how i’m feeling now” by Charli XCX — What Life is Like, Sheltering in Place

May 29, 2020
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Charli has successfully dramatized her impatiently jagged state of mind, supplying an emotionally honest stream of consciousness that suggests what she (and no doubt many others of her generation) is feeling and thinking in quarantine.

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Book Review: “Shooting Creek and Other Stories” — The Presence of Evil

April 15, 2017
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These well-crafted stories are not for the faint-hearted.

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Fuse Theater Review: Kurt Vonnegut Redux? Not in “Make Up Your Mind”

November 6, 2013
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Unfortunately, there are only flickers of Kurt Vonnegut’s dark and playful genius in “Make Up Your Mind.”

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Theater Review: Apollinaire Theatre Company’s “Hamlet” — Thrilling and Peripatetic

July 25, 2016
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Apollinaire Theatre Company has expanded the possibilities of finding first-rate outdoor Shakespeare in the Boston area.

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