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Theater Interview: John Bell on Bread and Puppet’s Staging of Aeschylus’s “The Persians”

April 19, 2022
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“The play challenges us to think about those we consider our enemies, and to think of them with compassion and understanding.”

Concert Review: Newport Folk Festival 2023 — Honoring the Past But Looking Toward the Future

August 1, 2023
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The real magic of the 2023 Newport Folk Festival didn’t arrive via high-wattage cameos but by way of the quality and quantity of collaborations from its homegrown community of musicians — as well as the cultural diversity of its lineup.

Classical CD Reviews: A Roundup of Beethoven Symphonies

August 11, 2020
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Evaluations of a smorgasbord of Beethoven symphony recordings.

Visual Arts Review: The Strange Beauty of “Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge”

September 18, 2011
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The astonishing exhibition “Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge” has the strange beauty and density of a scientific diagram or star chart. You can’t examine it deeply all at once. It is best to take a certain reading, see what questions arise, and go off to your lair to think.

Book Review: “An Unnecessary Woman” — A Memorable Story of Redemption

February 5, 2014
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When the septuagenarian protagonist of this novel finally gets out of her claustrophobic apartment, everything changes.

Music Interview: Matthew Sweet — After Five Years, Back on the Road

April 9, 2024
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The alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician was slowed down during the COVID years — but now he is back.

Album Review: Cindy Lee’s “Diamond Jubilee” — A Hidden Jewel

April 17, 2024
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Cindy Lee’s “Diamond Jubilee” is nothing if not immersed in its own inner world. That’s part of its complexity, its strength, and its beauty.

World Books @ PEN World Voices Festival – A Critical Thought or Two

May 7, 2009
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Widening literary perspectives is admirable, but as the festival matures somebody at PEN has to decide what World Voices is supposed to be. By Bill Marx My admittedly small sampling of the 5th Anniversary of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in New York last week left me feeling baffled. I attended seven…

Music Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers’s “Punisher” — A Stunning Sophomore Album

June 25, 2020
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Phoebe Bridgers has crafted a disc filled with pristine, meditative songs that carry a brutal emotional weight.

Jazz Album Review: Guitarist Al Di Meola Fuses the Beatles in “Across the Universe” Tribute

May 9, 2020
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All in all, this album a pretty easy recommendation for those who like Al Di Meola and/or the Beatles.

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