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Theater Review: “The Thanksgiving Play” — Looking Back in Anger

December 5, 2024
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A staging of “The Thanksgiving Play” needs to be rooted in the dramatist’s demand that the script shock: it should traumatize the ancestors of the perpetrators.

Rock Interview: Incubus on Tour — Reimagining Their Landmark Album “Morning View”

August 26, 2024
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It has been over 20 years since Incubus released its acclaimed album “Morning View”. The band has re-recorded it under the name “Morning View XXIII”.

Book Review: “Washington Black” — Grappling with the Meanings of Liberty

November 8, 2018
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In Washington Black novelist Esi Edugyan has defied the cliché of the escaped slave discovering freedom.

Arts Commentary: Who’s Afraid Of James Baldwin?

May 5, 2014
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So what we have is a failure of nerve — a reluctance to make students grapple with the considerable demands of James Baldwin’s prose and sensibility.

Television Review: “Genera+ion” — A Sketchy Look at Gen Z

March 13, 2021
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Considering the show’s uneven writing, there’s no certainty that Genera+ion will last longer than a viral TikTok video.

Music Remembrance: Singer Ronnie Spector — 1943-2022

January 13, 2022
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Brian Wilson tweeted: “I loved her voice so much and she was a very special person and a dear friend. This just breaks my heart. Ronnie’s music and spirit will live forever.”

Concert Review: Kent Nagano’s Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Triumphs in Boston

March 18, 2016
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Kent Nagano’s return to Boston revealed him to be a fully mature world-class conductor.

Fuse Opportunity: Arts Fuse Poetry Critic Launches New Series of Courses

July 26, 2011
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An opportunity, via two workshops, to work with ArtsFuse Poetry Critic Daniel Bosch on making poems.

Book Review and Interview: Steve Almond’s “Bad Stories”

May 8, 2018
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We built this form of democracy and now we must stand up to what it’s become and say “I don’t consent to this.”

Film Review: GlobeDocs 2024 — A Wrap-Up

November 5, 2024
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For its 10th anniversary, the Boston Globe’s documentary festival expanded its cinematic field to a wide variety of genres and subjects.

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