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Concert Review: Boston Baroque and Making Handel’s “Messiah” Fresh

December 14, 2025
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The Boston Baroque served up a lithe and vital performance of the Messiah that felt rich, personal, and gloriously lived in.

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Film Review: James L. Brooks’s “Ella McCay” — A Clumsy Misstep for a Master of Ensemble Comedy

December 11, 2025
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The film skims across topical issues aimlessly; it strives for relevance but never achieves it.

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Visual Arts Review: “Revolution! 250 Years of Art + Activism in Boston” — The Trials and Tribulations of Democracy

December 17, 2025
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It’s as if the curators of this BPL exhibit are warning us that the future of our democracy depends on our paying attention.

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Arts Feature: Top Classical Recordings and Concerts of 2025

December 14, 2025
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Our classical music critics supply their favorites, albums and concerts, from over the past year.

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Classical Album Review: Fernande Decruck, Concertante Works, Vol. 2

December 11, 2025
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Though none of the works exhibit the stylistic flashiness of Fernande Decruck’s better-known contemporaries, they all suggest a musician of singular—and sometimes idiosyncratic—vision.

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Video Game Review: “The Séance of Blake Manor” — As Creepy as it is Cozy

December 9, 2025
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What really sets “The Séance of Blake Manor” apart from other games in the genre is its meticulous world building and research.

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Book Review: Jan Kerouac’s “Baby Driver” — Storming Down the Road

November 22, 2025
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“Baby Driver” is a book in the tradition of American road literature, but it moves at a distinctly different pace.

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Concert Review: The Dream Syndicate — Doing Impressive Justice to Its Past

December 13, 2025
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Wednesday’s show proved that The Dream Syndicate more than honors both its past and present with passion and precision.

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Film Review: “Peter Hujar’s Day” — Carpe Diem

November 21, 2025
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Knowing that artist Peter Hujar died of AIDS in 1987—one of countless casualties of a devastating epidemic that cut short so many artists’ lives—gives the film a sad, mortal urgency.

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Visual Arts Review: The Spirit and the Street — Allan Rohan Crite’s Portrait of Community

November 16, 2025
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As an artist, Allan Crite was always observing, drawing, and thinking about his Boston—the buildings, streets, parks, and playgrounds of Lower Roxbury and the South End.

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