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Arts Commentary: “Counterculture in Boston 1968 – 1980s” — High and Heady Days

November 6, 2019
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About the post-Reagan era, Boston Phoenix and Boston After Dark editor, Arnie Reisman, observes: “Everything went to sleep, and while we were sleeping, the Republican Party grew six more heads.”

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Visual Arts/ Book Review: “Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures” — A Treat for Word-and-Image Fans

January 10, 2013
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“Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures” is indispensable reading for word-and-image freaks and a treat for fans of virtuoso scholarship.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Sunshine and Shadows — Sundials, Where Art and Technology First Met

September 11, 2024
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Considered the earliest integration of art and technology, sundials of various types have been around for 4000 years or so.

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Theater Review: Israeli Stage Brings “The Whore From Ohio” to Boston

November 16, 2013
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“The Whore From Ohio” is a provocative reminder that the same creature that is born to eat, drink, copulate, rot, and die is also a creature that dreams, tells stories, contemplates its own existence, and attends the theater.

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Classical Music Review: The NCCO at The Worcester Music Festival

November 10, 2011
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The New Century Chamber Orchestra’s ability to vividly bring to life music of delicate character was on full display in this concert, part of the 152nd Worcester Music Festival.

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Jazz Preview: Bassist Gary Peacock Plays What He Doesn’t Know

October 23, 2017
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Veteran bassist Gary Peacock doesn’t differentiate between experimental and straight-ahead jazz.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — March 31

March 31, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Theater Review: “Conscience” — When American History Rhymes

October 5, 2024
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Tony winning playwright Joe DiPietro does a commendable job of dramatizing the true-life confrontation between Margaret Chase Smith and Joseph McCarthy while they were both serving in the United States Senate.

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Jazz Album Review: Pianist Cecil Taylor — Lightning in a Piano

February 9, 2022
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“When you play with authority, then that’s what the music is about, like ooooh baby, and sing it.” — Cecil Taylor

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Theater Review: “Our Daughters, Like Pillars” — Bearing the Weight

April 26, 2022
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Kirsten Greenidge’s epic comic drama is a spot-on examination of the challenges changing times pose to evolving families.

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