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Dance/Movie Review: The Passing Parade — A Film about the Joffrey Ballet

May 10, 2012
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The new documentary, derails, partly because its hagiographic tone encourages elisions that beg important questions.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Netflix’s “Pandemic” is Harrowing, Prescient

March 27, 2020
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The sheer breadth of information presented here will, at the very least, raise public awareness by deepening our understanding of how pandemics work and why it is important to prepare for the inevitable.

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Music Commentary: The 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute

August 27, 2016
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If any of you are harboring a budding young musician, investigate the possibility of he or she attending BUTI.

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Folk Album Review: Tyler Childers’s “Long Violent History” – An Appalachian Murder Ballad for Breonna Taylor

September 26, 2020
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The Kentuckian’s message is one of both heritage and empathy — and the necessity of both.

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Film Review: “Nowhere to Hide” — A Potent Documentary about the Never-ending War in Iraq

December 6, 2017
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How palpable is the combat in Nowhere to Hide!

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Dance Review: “Postcards from the Front” — A Pandemic Time Capsule

April 20, 2021
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The 51-minute piece represents a digital time capsule. It comprises 16 short episodes — reflections in movement of lives caught inside the pandemic — crafted by dance-maker collaborators.

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WATCH CLOSELY: PBS’ “Jamestown” — Glossy Heritage TV

June 21, 2019
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Jamestown is a vividly timely reminder that anyone who calls themselves an “American” is actually descended from immigrants.

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Film Review: “Do Not Resist” — Brave New World Police

November 13, 2016
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Craig Atkinson’s incendiary new documentary provides sobering food for thought on the rise of police brutality and intimidation in America.

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Music Preview: Ernie Smith and the Underrated Sound of Jamaica’s Storytellers

August 11, 2015
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Ernie Smith’s rich baritone and playful lyrics have found a New England champion in the Rhode Island band Soul Shot.

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Book Review: George Szell’s Reign — Behind the Scenes with the Cleveland Orchestra

May 5, 2018
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George Szell’s Reign is ultimately an accessible, often sociable, but sometimes perplexing fan’s history of the Orchestra and its storied music director.

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