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Rethinking the Repertoire #9 – Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony

March 10, 2016
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So, is the “Gaelic” Symphony an unalloyed masterpiece? I’d argue in the affirmative.

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Book Commentary/Review: Imagine There Are No Negative Reviews — It’s Not So Easy If You Try

September 10, 2012
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Who has taken criticism out of the hands of the “true critics”? Is someone making me read rancid Amazon reader reviews? Where do we look for the “true critics”?

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Food Muse: Rendezvous in Central Square

November 19, 2009
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by Sally Steinberg American chef Steve Johnson knows what he’s doing. A rendezvous in Central Square is a rendezvous with well-being. What’s in a name? When it comes to the restaurant Rendezvous in Central Square, a lot. There’s location, the crossroads thing. There’s social resonance, the people thing. There’s the history of Steve Johnson, chef/owner…

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Latin Jazz Album Reviews: Oscar Hernández, Argentina Durán, and Jesus Molina — All in Superb Form

June 17, 2024
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A trio of Latin-themed jazz albums that range from the best of the year to an uneven debut effort.

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Fuse Dance News: The “Restless Creature” Takes A Rest

February 7, 2014
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Dancer Wendy Whelan will not be appearing under the auspices of the Celebrity Series of Boston as planned.

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Hip-Hop Concert Review: Run the Jewels’ Powerful “Holy Calamavote”

October 20, 2020
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The best thing about Holy Calamavote may be that it presents Run the Jewels in a live presentation of RTJ4 that rivals the atmospheric might of the record itself.

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Arts Commentary: The Authors Guild’s Modest Proposal

January 18, 2019
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Invariably, these economic realities are barriers to entry into the broader cultural arena for the less-well-heeled among us, sustaining inequity.

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Visual Arts Review: Eugène Delacroix at the Met — An Uneasy Fit

November 26, 2018
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Perhaps Eugène Delacroix is best regarded as a leader of the resistance to academic art, part of the transition to impressionism.

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Poetry Review: The Verse of Rowan Ricardo Phillips — Let’s Get Weaponized?

April 20, 2020
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Rowan Ricardo Phillips attempts to combine a woke perspective with his vast knowledge of poetry from the past.

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Film Review: “My Life as a Zucchini”—A French Fable of Loss and Belonging

March 14, 2017
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Children’s connections to one another are layered and complex, and their understanding of the adult world more sophisticated than we usually allow.

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