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Film Commentary: The IFFBoston — Documentaries Focusing on the Marginalized

May 6, 2016
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The IFFBoston’s commitment to films about marginalized communities is turning the festival into an essential cultural event.

Book Review: “Realigners” — Stuck in the Middle

November 7, 2022
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In the end, the historical cavalcade Timothy Shenk presents doesn’t tell us much about how America ended up in such straits or how it will pull out of them, if at all.

Outside the Box: No Endowment — But the Festival will return in 2018

July 13, 2017
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The free Outside the Box arts festival is taking the year off, but its head vows that it will return next year.

CD Reviews: Mascagni’s “Zanetto” and Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts”

January 24, 2017
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Odyssey Opera’s first commercially-released album is a fun showcase; BMOP delivers an excellent performance of Four Saints in Three Acts.

Classical CD Reviews: Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner and Andrew Manze conducts Vaughan Williams

June 17, 2017
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For all the surface-y beauty of the BSO’s playing, it’s a dull interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3.

Fuse CD Review: Leonard Cohen’s Timeless Solutions to Our “Popular Problems”

October 21, 2014
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Cohen fans, rejoice – Popular Problems proves that the power and depth of his music haven’t faded now that the man singing them is officially an octogenarian.

Book Review: “Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death” — A New Language for Living with Auschwitz

September 30, 2014
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Otto Dov Kulka’s exploration of the time he spent in Auschwitz as a child won the 2014 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate prize, one of the judges calling it “the greatest book on Auschwitz since Primo Levi.”

Blues Album Review: Gary Clark Jr.’s “JPEG RAW” — Branching Out in New Directions

May 15, 2024
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Gary Clark Jr.’s “JPEG RAW” could be seen as an orchard whose far-reaching sonic branches — nurtured by the rich, fertile, and ancient soil of the blues — stretch into jazz, hip hop, and funk.

Theater Reviews: On Broadway, “Topdog” Sizzles While “Salesman” Slogs

December 9, 2022
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In Broadway revivals, Topdog/Underdog is absolutely riveting, while Death of a Salesman feels forced and unconvincing.

Book Review: A Remarkable “My Beloved World”

February 19, 2013
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This is not just a story of a plucky girl succeeding; in weaving her complicated story and giving credit to those who helped her to understand how to think critically and how to develop her own moral philosophy, Sonia Sotomayor never forgets that luck and serendipity also play a part.

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