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Theater Review: “Paradise” — A Fascinating Culture Clash

April 19, 2017
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Paradise‘s central conflict and the performances in the Underground Railway Theater production are damn good.

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Visual Arts Review: “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth” — Treasures of an Imaginary World

March 15, 2019
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This is the most extensive public display of original J.R.R. Tolkien material for several generations.

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Book Review: “The Story of Hebrew” — A Surprise Comeback

December 14, 2017
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I cannot recall reading any book about Jewish history that contains so many “Aha!” moments.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet — The Whole Enchilada

May 15, 2018
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Sleeping Beauty needs not only to thrill us but to carry us somewhere back into its own history.

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Concert Review: Cantata Singers — Music That Bears Witness to Catastrophe

January 23, 2018
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Peter Child’s challenge was to match his orchestral and choral music to the harrowing nature of the text — and he worked this out well.

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Theater Review: “One Man, Two Guvnors” — From Brighton to Boston

September 12, 2013
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Director Spiro Veloudos keeps the clockwork running smoothly, not just ensuring that that the actors keep the rhythm, but making use of a skilled backstage crew who engineer (miraculously and on time) scenery and costume changes.

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Jazz CD Reviews: John Scofield’s “Überjam Deux” and Dave Holland’s “Prism”

August 12, 2013
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Dave Holland’s Prism tells stories, several of which are very effective. Scofield’s, like his earlier Überjam releases, extends the jam-band esthetic into jazz without completely giving in to it. And neither of them would be as they are without the great looming shadow of Miles Davis.

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Book Review: “Imperium” — A Shock-Packed Pastiche of History

August 10, 2015
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In this entertaining satire of empire, Christian Kracht makes use of a nihilistic magic realism, without the sweetness one normally associates with that mode.

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Arts Commentary: It’s OK to Like Board Games, Even the Bad Ones

September 29, 2021
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These cheesy board games were repetitive and horrible and I loved every one of them.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — October 28

October 28, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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