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By Helen Epstein The extraordinary Eleanor Norcross: educator, collector, painter and daughter of Fitchburg’s first mayor. Have you ever been to Fitchburg? It’s off the beaten path and although I’d heard of its state college, and seen the signs — about five miles north of Route 2 — I’d never ventured into the once-properous, now…
Read MoreWoody Allen’s big comeback? His best work in a decade? Genius rivaling “Annie Hall”!? What potent, absorbing, and thoroughly compelling version of “Match Point” were these critics watching? Look, it’s set in London, not New York! Listen, that crackling soundtrack is opera, not jazz! And wait a minute, there is no would-be Woody character in…
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An album that does admirable justice to one of the most prolific, significant, and increasingly long-lived composers of a remarkable generation.
Read MoreOnce again the Festival Puertorriqueño de Massachusetts will be a downtown affair.
Read MoreDutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey first performed, as the soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. in the Celebrity Series line-up back in 2007. He made his second appearance at NEC’s Jordan Hall two nights ago. It was a spectacular performance.
Read MoreAmy Schumer’s quasi-memoir is composed of stuff that would be better off posted on Facebook.
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It’s as if critics of silent films were barred from discussing talkies, or devotees of black and white were banned from discussing color.
Read More“It was an amazing event and it was a blow to lose it. Free outdoor events that give people access to the arts are a rarity,”
Read MoreSaturday’s performance ranked among Odyssey Opera’s finest and most artistically satisfying undertakings.
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Film Commentary: A Touch of Awe
By Bill Marx At a time when special effects in films are increasingly computerized, it is inspiring to be reminded that images can be more than surfaces that thrill. A festival of movies by the master of the silent cinema, F.W. Murnau, will screen at the Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Film Archive…
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