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Author Interview: “Of Thee I Sing” — Ben Railton on the Cycles of American Patriotism

July 27, 2021
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“If you are more critical or try to highlight some of the worst things that happen in America, then you are un-American or anti-American.”

Children’s Book Review: On Your Toes! — New Picture Books about Ballet

October 15, 2020
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A trio of new ballet books offer messages of inclusion and acceptance that both celebrate ballet and acknowledge some of its problems.

Music Interview: Tommy Stinson — The Living Embodiment of Rock-and-Roll?

January 18, 2017
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Anything Could Happen is a 12-song collection that is as good as anything that a fan could have hoped for from Tommy Stinson.

Film Interview: “Trafficked” — Siddharth Kara’s Disturbing Vision of Modern Slavery

September 26, 2016
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“The purpose of the film is to take the audience on what I hope will be a riveting, challenging, and ultimately uplifting journey into the world of human trafficking.”

Visual Arts Review: Jim Hodges — Applying Sentiment to Post-Minimalism

June 5, 2014
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This exhibition pits Jim Hodges’ undoubtable sincerity against the stylistic requirements of post-minimalism in battles that often come to a draw.

Book Review: “The Golden House” — More Surreal by the Minute

December 10, 2017
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The Golden family comes by its wealth, and accrues its menacing enemies, via long and labyrinthine subplots that are hard to follow.

Film Review: “Soft & Quiet” — White Tyranny

December 28, 2022
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Watching the action unfold may well make audience members extremely uncomfortable, even leave some traumatized. That may well be the point.

Theater Review: “Sea Sick” — How Damned Is the Ocean?

May 14, 2022
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Personable but bracing, Sea Sick delivers an essential message: not only about the damage that is being done to the oceans, but the horrors that are coming down the pike.

Music Review: Spain’s Rototom Sunsplash — Bad Politics and Good Music at Major Reggae Fest

September 15, 2015
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This year’s fiasco at Rototom Sunsplash proved that political energies can drive great art but have no place when it comes to programming and curation.

Jazz Preview and Appreciation: Cécile McLorin Salvant Is Coming to Jordan Hall

January 23, 2020
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Cécile McLorin Salvant understands that she is heroic.

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