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Jazz Commentary: Some Thoughts on Joshua Redman and Friends

May 1, 2022
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The important thing was the collective triumph of the band’s music, in a beautiful venue, with an audience that was alive to their every move.

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Midsummer Festival Update 2014

July 26, 2014
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Cambridge and Springfield have launched promising new festivals even as some others have dropped by the wayside. Meanwhile, festivals in Northampton, Cambridge (again), Lawrence, and Newton have announced their schedules..

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Film Review: Signs of Hope for American Indies At SXSW

March 23, 2019
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I saw a handful of fiction films which were well directed, capably acted, and offered meaningful stories.

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Coming Attractions: It’s Summertime and the Music Is Free

July 20, 2012
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There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but in Boston this summer (and throughout the year) free concerts are as easy to find as upset fans at Fenway Park.

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Book Review: Classic Coming-of-Age?—The Chester Chronicles

October 24, 2010
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Kermit Moyer’s exquisitely written book, conceived with the greatest care and written with an art that conveys artlessness (the highest art of all), is a welcome addition to the American canon. The Chester Chronicles by Kermit Moyer. Permanent Press, 231 pages, $28. By Roberta Silman. As the epigraph for his first novel, Kermit Moyer quotes…

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Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

January 17, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, film, and theater coming up this week.

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Television Review: “Ramy,” Season 2 — An Egyptian-American Muslim on a Hilarious Quest

June 2, 2020
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Much of the fun of Ramy comes from its deadpan embrace of heightened absurdity.

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Book Interview: Todd Tietchen on Jack Kerouac — Torn Between Routes and Roots.

April 20, 2015
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The hope is that general readers and scholars will realize a more rounded comprehension of Jack Kerouac.

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Film Review: “Spinal Tap II” — Aging Rockers, Fading Laughs

September 11, 2025
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This is another visit to the world of Spinal Tap. I had some good laughs, and that might be enough.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Some Favorite TV Offerings from 2019

January 5, 2020
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We are seeing some very fine horror these days. You can’t throw a (fire) stick without having it land in some rotting corpse, a spooky cave, or in a serial killer’s cup of coffee.

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