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Arts News: Boston’s “Mayor’s Holiday” — A Valuable Cultural Gift

December 8, 2014
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You’d be a fool to miss taking advantage of Boston’s Mayor’s Holiday.

Film Commentary: “Pride and Prejudice” — The Nature of Love, 20 Years On

April 21, 2025
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Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen was a cultural tipping point; he was the bold standard bearer for what has become a spirited new form of historical cinema.

Theater Review: Wilbury Theatre’s Splendid “Caretaker”

October 3, 2017
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Wilbury Theatre proves that an arts organization can grow while pushing an experimental agenda.

Book Feature: Joan Nathan — Sitting at “King Solomon’s Table”

August 18, 2018
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There are 170 recipes in King Solomon’s Table . Joan Nathan, a sort of culinary archeologist, tracks down the details of their origins to Biblical times. 

Theater Review: “The Luck of the Irish” — Serious About Real Estate

April 13, 2012
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Though rooted in Boston history, “The Luck of the Irish,” with its racial, class, marital and inter-generational conflicts, could be set anywhere in the world.

Coming Attractions: May 19 through June 3 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 19, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Pop Culture Commentary: The Rise of the “Boomer Doomer”

March 18, 2021
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Hippie Boomers have morphed from being figures we were horrified to see victimized (think “Easy Rider”) to the kind of people that audiences are positively happy to see get their comeuppances.

Book Review: Last Night A Book Saved My Life or….What To Read, or Not

September 17, 2017
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I asked the venerable progressive publisher New Directions to send me what it has done for literature lately.

Book Review: Writer Delmore Schwartz — New Directions Gives His Volatile Brilliance its Due

May 7, 2016
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Once and For All asserts the value of Delmore Schwartz’s provocative and multifaceted literary legacy.

WATCH CLOSELY: Sabrina’s Solstice, and Other Dark Seasonal Gems

December 23, 2018
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Where do you go once you’ve watched the classic Xmas films? Some suggestions.

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