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Book Review: “Smedley’s Secret Guide to Literature” — Teenage Lit-Land

August 8, 2016
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This savvy, witty, and casually erudite novella proves that when it comes portraying adolescence in fiction the less sentimentality the better.

Film Review: “Zero Days” — Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

July 13, 2016
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Alex Gibney’s powerful documentary looks closely at some recent examples of malware designed to wreak havoc worldwide.

Jazz Review/Interview: Duncan Heining Revises His Landmark Biography of Jazz Composer George Russell

December 2, 2020
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If you do not know George Russell, this book will bring you closer to one of the geniuses of American music.

Roots and World Music Preview: Late summer/early fall festivals and concerts

August 21, 2013
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The last of the summer festivals are finalizing their lineups just as many of the fall indoor festivals have announced theirs.

Classical Music Sampler: February 2013

February 2, 2013
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A strong month featuring performances from the celebrated Borromeo String Quartet, vocal group A Far Cry, and new music from Sound Icon.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Late Summer/Early Autumn Festival Update

August 30, 2014
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is back, and from Northampton to Falmouth jazz festivals abound throughout the waning days of summer and the arrival of autumn.

Fuse News Dance Preview: Paul Matteson and Friends Come for a Visit

October 22, 2013
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An evening of risk that explores the edges of physical and emotional risk in dances scored to everything from Kurt Weill to a kitchen table conversation.

Book Review: “In the Land of the Living” — A Coming-of-Age Yarn Mixed With Grief

July 18, 2013
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Austin Ratner’s follow up to “The Jump Artist” is an an exuberant, terrific novel — for its weaknesses, as well as its strengths.

Television Review: Hulu’s “Love, Victor” — Coming Out, Made Complicated

June 19, 2020
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It has its flaws, but Love, Victor is a fun teen rom-com hat isn’t entirely rosy.

Book Interview: George Scialabba on Low Dishonest Decades — and the Dishonesty to Come

December 12, 2016
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Reading the essays in this collection is like receiving a first-rate tutorial on the way we live now and how we got here.

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