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Film Review: “Florence Foster Jenkins” — Delusions of Grandeur

August 12, 2016
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Stephen Frears balances laughs with a smattering of poignant scenes, a broad, see-sawing approach that will appeal to American audiences.

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Jazz Album Review: “Blues & Bach: The Music of John Lewis” — A Remarkable Accomplishment

January 12, 2023
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MJQ pianist John Lewis would have loved to have had an orchestra this well rehearsed and recorded so beautifully.

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Concert Review: Dead & Company’s “Final Tour” at Fenway — Into Uncharted Territory on Saturday

June 27, 2023
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There was nothing sloppy about the band’s searching and probing: the members of Dead & Company were perfectly locked into each other, were enjoying the musical exchanges being made in the moment.

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Book Review: “Divine Images” — William Blake’s Imagination as Mankind’s Saving Grace

July 6, 2021
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The author’s aim is to render William Blake’s complex vision understandable to novices. It is a lucid effort, though the book presents a disappointingly conventional overview of the artist’s achievement.

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Theater Review: “Cyrano” — A Classic, Well Refreshed

July 24, 2018
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With this fun and irreverent staging of Cyrano, GSC Artistic Director Robert Walsh has thrown audiences a delightful curve.

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Visual Arts Commentary: The Shock of the Cute — Too Much of a Cute Thing?

April 15, 2020
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What gives with the overbearing presence of cuteness throughout the world of contemporary visual art?

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Visual Arts Remembrance: Farewell to a Light Artist — John Powell

March 1, 2020
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It seems quite fitting for an artist of light to leave a gallery show filled with his distinctive multimedia light art. Memories of John Powell, like his art, will continue to glow, brightly.

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Film Review: “Sing Sing” — The Truth of Performance, Behind Bars

August 3, 2024
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Compellingly, “Sing Sing” reinforces the belief that art, no matter where it takes place, has the power to heal, educate, and build community.

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Sundance Film Festival 2023 Dispatch #1 — Girls Just Wanna

January 28, 2023
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The three films I selected to start my 2023 Sundance journey were very different from one another, but they shared one common theme: girlhood.

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Music Review: “Someone​/​Anyone? A 50th Anniversary Tribute to Todd Rundgren’s Something/​Anything?”

February 3, 2022
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Someone/Anyone? is packed with lots of great music and makes a strong complement to the album it compliments, Something/Anything?

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