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Classical Music Commentary: Tanglewood Confabulation

September 1, 2010
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This past Friday night’s guests were two of the most impressive names in classical music, concert pianist Emmanuel Ax and conductor Kurt Masur. By Ron Barnell One of the highlights of this and the past several Tanglewood seasons has been a two-step operation. First, early Friday night Boston Symphony Orchestra concert goers enjoy chamber music…

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Theater Review: “Nalaga’at” (Please Touch) — A Daring Dramatic Struggle Against Absence

April 10, 2014
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Theater is a public art. And yet, the irony here is that the most profound communication between individuals can be the least publicly communicable.

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Book Review: “The Warehouse” — A Visual Primer of America’s Carceral System

June 1, 2024
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The graphics in “The Warehouse” provide clear explanations of a grim reality. The U.S. leads the world at incarcerating its citizens.

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Visual Arts Review: “Painting Edo” — Lessons About Art and the Good Society

February 14, 2020
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Go feast your eyes.

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Music/Book Interview: Ann Powers — On Love, Sex, and Popular Music

October 6, 2017
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“As morality shifts,” NPR’s Ann Powers writes, “music does, too, helping people navigate those boundaries.”

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Television Review: “Witches: Truth Behind the Trials” — Just the Facts

October 13, 2024
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There are valuable lessons here, but I are afraid that this docuseries will be overlooked among all the more enticing, and sensationalized, witchy watchings. 

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Visual Arts: Conservation Conundrums

April 26, 2012
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Art conservation is a very pragmatic field, full of compromises.

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Film Review: The Sublimely Refined Touch of Ernst Lubitsch

June 15, 2017
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In Trouble in Paradise, Lubitsch makes us feel complicit in the best of ways; he makes us feel clever.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

December 28, 2023
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This week’s poem: Richard Hoffman’s “Not This Time.”

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Fuse CD Review: Jay-Z’s “Magna Carta Holy Grail” — More Miss Than Hit

July 5, 2013
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Those cynical about the album’s extravagant promotional campaign will be glad to hear that Jay-Z’s latest studio effort is very hit-or-miss.

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