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Visual Art Review: Contemporary Ferns and Mounds at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

August 21, 2024
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This summer’s installation of new sculptures is evidence that creative interventions in nature can be harmonious.

Film Review: “Jafar Panahi’s Taxi”—Iranian Trials and Tribulations on the Road

October 30, 2015
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Jafar Panahi’s Taxi is a winning, happy, unhappy, humane little road movie.

Theater Commentary: American Drama — A Diminished Force

June 13, 2018
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We will not get another Angels in America unless we demand it  — and stop accepting bogus substitutes.

Theater Review: German Stage — These Youth Don’t Want to Hear No “WhiteBreadMusic”

October 15, 2014
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In interesting ways, German Stage’s ongoing exploration of Germany’s immigrant populations provides a lens through which we can evaluate how we perceive our immigrants and how we treat them.

Author Interview: Richard L. Hasen on “The Real Right to Vote”

April 10, 2024
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“We have much less protection over our right to vote than most people think.”

Concert Review: Sierra Ferrell at Roadrunner — Blending the Rustic and Divine

September 14, 2024
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In performance, singer Sierra Ferrell offered a more expansive vision of her spirited and spiritual approach to country music.

Book Review: “The U.S. Antifascism Reader” — Recovering the Great American Tradition of Punching Nazis

July 18, 2020
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Practical handbook, compendium of theory, or history of an American tradition? A little of each… but enough of any?

Visual Art/Design Book Review: “America Goes Modern” — The Triumph of the Beautiful and the Functional

May 17, 2023
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America Goes Modern does splendid justice to the genesis of a miraculous design phenomenon.

Poetry Review: “Catullus: Selected Poems” — A Comfortable Intro to an Uncomfortable Poet

April 24, 2024
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Translator Stephen Mitchell serves Catullus best with the poems that don’t demand cleverness, where the sentiment is at least seemingly direct.

Theater Review: “Screwball” — Laughter’s Saving Grace

June 24, 2022
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This is an indelibly zany concoction: part homage, part esprit de corps, part meditation on screwball comedy as a form of modest but invigorating cheer.

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