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Classical Album Review: Conductor Andris Nelsons’s Over-Sweetened “Strauss”

August 12, 2022
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This is a release that showcases many of Andris Nelsons’ strengths, including his strong sensitivity for instrumental colors, blends, and balances. At the same time, it also demonstrates the conductor’s hit-or-miss nature with the core repertoire.

Book Review: “Shooting Creek and Other Stories” — The Presence of Evil

April 15, 2017
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These well-crafted stories are not for the faint-hearted.

Book Review: “The Silence” — Brusque Prophecy

November 7, 2020
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Many Don DeLillo fans will overlook this novella’s somewhat stilted dialogue and perfunctory erotic scenes for the sake of another taste of his dark and knowing world.

Visual Arts: The Cotswolds Rembrandt

November 17, 2007
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em>The initial reactions by Rembrandt specialists to the Cotswolds painting were nearly all marked by caution.

Opera Album Review: The Met’s Biggest New-Opera Hit — Kevin Puts’s “The Hours”

August 8, 2024
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When the front page of the newspaper is getting me down, I can feel at least somewhat buoyed by remembering that we live in a world that can produce such profoundly touching and empathetic works of art as Kevin Puts’s “The Hours”.

Fuse Visual Arts Review: Questioning the Image

November 18, 2010
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But The Image in Question begs a crucial question: Isn’t modern media supposed to be flashy, colorful, and loud beyond all sane toleration? Aren’t  shrill, unceasing proclamations a part of what drives some individuals away from television and video-games to art galleries, the concert-hall, and the cinema? THE IMAGE IN QUESTION. WAR — MEDIA —…

Theater Review: “Alice” Grows Up in a Musical Wonderland

October 22, 2014
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Andrew Barbato’s play turns the Dormouse, the White Queen, and even the Red Queen (“Off with their heads!”) into nurturing Montessori teachers, concerned with comforting and reassuring an upset Alice.

Fuse Jazz Preview: Southeast by Northwest, the Festival Season Kicks Off this Weekend

June 4, 2016
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From Providence to Burlington by way of Cambridge, the New England jazz festival season is now underway.

TV Commentary: Jon Stewart — He Told Us to Put the Bong Down

August 26, 2015
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There’s no question Jon Stewart had the attention of millions but, all kidding aside, was he a part of the political game or just a color commentator?

Theater Interview: Davis Robinson on “Ensemble Devising” — Artistic “Rapid-Response” Teams

August 13, 2015
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“For artists involved in doing ensemble devising, there is tremendous value in the creative challenge on every level.”

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