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Book Review: Michael Glenn’s “Selected Stories” — Indelibly Messy Slices of Life

February 2, 2024
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In his short stories, Michael Glenn has a physician’s eye for detail and a psychologist’s insight into the way we think and what motivates us.

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Jazz Concert Review: The Abdullah Ibrahim Trio Featuring Cleave Guyton and Noah Jackson — In a Meditative Mood

November 19, 2024
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Most in the Berklee audience seemed satisfied with the chance to be in South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim’s presence, subdued perhaps, but still casting a magisterial aura.

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Concert Review: Four Acclaimed Instrumentalists from Four Corners of the World Return to “As We Speak”

June 16, 2024
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Four players bridged divergent worlds and styles from bluegrass and jazz to Indian and Western classical music while taking virtually no time to lock in together.

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Jazz Album Review: “An Evening with Ron Carter and Richard Galliano” — Delightful

July 5, 2023
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The clarity and focus of Ron Carter’s bass is exemplary here, as is the balance with Richard Galliano’s accordion.

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Culture Commentary: World War II Was a Race War, and It Isn’t Over

October 1, 2022
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It isn’t exactly news that the genocide of Native Americans was a model for Hitler, but it hit with fresh force in The U.S. and the Holocaust.

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Theater Review: “The Art of Burning” — Bonfire of the Vanities

January 29, 2023
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The domestic demolition in Kate Snodgrass’s script is served au flambé.

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Arts Remembrance: David Crosby — One More Link to Rock ’n’ Roll’s Golden Era Lost

January 20, 2023
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When I glorify or romanticize an artist like David Crosby it is because the performer has a gift for alchemizing songs into something huge, powerful, spiritual, and communal.

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Poetry Review: “Island Heart” — The Dance of Passion

August 9, 2022
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These poems are of their own time and place — written in Haiti and France early in the twentieth century — yet they remain impressively fresh.

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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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Film Review: “The Heat” — An Amusingly Rude Buddy Cop Comedy Set in Boston

June 28, 2013
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“The Heat” plays with clichés from a long line of mismatched buddy cop comedies, and it’s as good as any in the genre’s pantheon.

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