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Film Review: Notes From the Provincetown International Film Festival

June 24, 2015
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A round-up of films seen and people talked to at this year’s Provincetown International Film Festival — a moveable feast.

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Cultural Commentary: Artwashing — Aiding Derelict Neighborhoods or Abetting Social Inequity?

July 27, 2016
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For the anti-gentrification critics, urban deterioration should be left the way it is.

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Dance Review: Ids in Captivity

October 10, 2015
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Most of the piece was carefully engineered; it seemed more calculated than liberated

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Coming Attractions in Film: September 2012

September 1, 2012
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A list of unusual and compelling films coming up in September that you may not have a second chance to experience if you don’t plan your evening ahead!

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Theater Review: Playing “The White Card”

March 7, 2018
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The White Card‘s examination of white philanthropy and racism stays well within the comfort zone.

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Book Review: “Franci’s War” — A Very Relevant Holocaust Memoir

March 31, 2020
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Here we have the story of a young Czech woman who could not only take a piece of fabric and shape it into a gorgeous dress, but could also take her experiences during WWII and shape them into a compelling memoir.

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Visual Arts Review: “Burning Down the House” — A Female Chorus of Concern

January 21, 2024
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These five artists do indeed make their voices heard. They shine as soloists, and their messages are only amplified when they join into a chorus of multi-part harmony. 

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Opera Album Review: Finally, Verdi’s Original 1857 Version of “Simon Boccanegra” Gets the Recording It Deserves

June 21, 2025
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The skillful Mark Elder leads a fine cast, including the superb Peruvian tenor Iván Ayón-Rivas.

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Book Review: “Birdcage Walk” — Helen Dunmore’s Exhilarating Farewell

September 12, 2017
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Helen Dunmore’s astounding final novel is a fascinating take on a family of radicals living in Bristol, England during the French Revolution.

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Book Review: Into the Labyrinth of Fragmentary Memories — The Novels of Patrick Modiano

November 19, 2014
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The prose of Patrick Modiano, this year’s Nobel prizewinner, has a distinctive French style whose directness and grammatical limpidity by no means exclude semantic depth and complexity.

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