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Book Review: The Story of the ‘Hand Grenade’ — Emmanuel Carrère’s Biography of the Russian Writer Eduard Limonov

November 5, 2014
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A compelling chronicle of the life of the notorious Russian writer and political activist Eduard Limonov.

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Book Review: “Mark Twain” — The Life of a Champion of Liberating Irreverence

July 18, 2025
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At its best, Mark Twain emerges in this biography as much a live wire as ever: brash, outspoken, and overflowing with exasperating contradictions.

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Jazz Album Review: On Tristano

February 3, 2022
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Unlike musicians who operate on the surface and create a beautiful veneer, pianist Lennie Tristano’s music asks harder questions.

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Book Review: Gene Krupa –“Master of the Drums”

May 22, 2025
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Chronicling Gene Krupa’s ups and downs and registering his impact on contemporary music, Master of the Drums is a well-deserved account of one of the key musical artists of the past century.

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Theater Review: A Timely ‘Timon of Athens’

May 28, 2010
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This Shakespearean drama is savage and sour, its astringent vision of anger as the sole motive for living anticipating the death’s head satire of Swift, Céline, Thomas Bernhard, and Samuel Beckett. Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare. Directed by Bill Barclay. Presented by Actors’ Shakespeare Project at the Midway Studio, Boston, MA, through June 13,…

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Book Review: “Hedged” — How Private Equity Destroyed the Newspaper Business

January 16, 2024
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Newspapers are still our most reliable source of local journalism. Private equity, though, is squeezing the life out of newsrooms as greedy owners cash in.

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Concert Review: Deborah Voigt — Not Your Ordinary Diva

April 29, 2014
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In both appearances here, courtesy of the Celebrity Series, Deborah Voigt was sensational and very likable to boot. This cannot be said of all divas.

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Classical Music Review: The Boston Lyric Opera — An Efficient and Satisfying “Macbeth”

November 7, 2011
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The Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of “Macbeth,” with sets designed by John Conklin, is based on elements of a New York City Opera production and plays up the macabre elements of the story, which are many.

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Arts Commentary: Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum Envisions the Future — Now

March 1, 2015
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To call the American Visionary Art Museum quirky would be an understatement: therein lies its charm as well as one of the reason for its success, even in economic hard times.

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Visual Arts/Film Review: “Elliott Erwitt — Silence Sounds Good” — Far From Dull

September 2, 2020
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Aside from making generalities about “making good photographs” and “earning a living,” celebrated photographer Elliott Erwitt steadfastly refuses to be drawn out.

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