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April Short Fuses — Materia Critica

April 1, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Exciting Innovators –Three Surprising Picture-Book Biographies

March 25, 2024
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Three lesser-known innovators are profiled in these intriguing picture book biographies.

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Book Review: Vincent Czyz’s “Sun Eye Moon Eye” — Cozy with the Quotidian and the Cosmological

April 3, 2024
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Logan Blackfeather is such a marvelous hero — and he is, in most senses of the word, heroic — that most readers will quickly connect with him and happily trail him through the significant stages of his education.

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Concert Review: The Sessanta Tour — Three of Alt-Rock’s Top-Tier Bands Triumphant

April 4, 2024
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Sessanta succeeded in making “old” songs and “old” bands sound powerful, vital, and progressive.

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Design Commentary: The Future of Boston’s White Stadium — A Public/Private Gordian Knot

April 3, 2024
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Many in the increasingly vocal community of stakeholders feel strongly that tradition, history, and student sports will be the victims of this apparent corporate/public conflict.

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Book Review: “The Road from Belhaven” — How Hope and Resilience Can Prevail

March 15, 2024
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Margot Livesey has given us an exhilarating historical novel filled with fascinating details of a different time in an isolated part of the world, all rendered in gorgeous prose.

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Coming Attractions: March 24 through April 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

March 24, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Film Review: “Problemista” — Immigration Blues

March 28, 2024
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In “Problemista,” Julio Torres has managed to make the trauma of the undocumented immigrant, struggling to stay in America, as amusing as it is agonizing.

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Album Review: “Art Songs of the Jewish Diaspora” — Compelling Music with Equally Compelling Backstories

March 23, 2024
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This is an album that I recommend heartily to anyone who enjoys exquisite music making, stunning booklet artwork, and serious scholarship.

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Doc Talk: Outsider Insights at the Salem Film Fest

March 21, 2024
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This year’s Salem Film Fest spotlights the price of being a rebel.

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