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Television Review: “Swamp Thing” — I Think We Love You?

October 22, 2020
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Swamp Thing is downright ornery, at times questioning political and corporate power as well as environmental protections.

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Year-end CD Round-up, Part 2: Jurowski’s Tchaikovsky Symphonies, Strauss in St. Petersburg, Jasper Quartet’s “Unbound,” Walton Symphonies, and Howard Hersh’s Dancing at the Pink House

December 19, 2017
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Highlights include an excellent Tchaikovsky symphony cycle in modern sound and one of the year’s best chamber-music albums.

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Author Interview: Tiya Miles on Empowering the Memory of Harriet Tubman

June 14, 2024
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Many of us think of Harriet Tubman as a lone heroic figure. But the truth is she was never alone; she did things that other people did not do.

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Theater Reviews: On Broadway, “Topdog” Sizzles While “Salesman” Slogs

December 9, 2022
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In Broadway revivals, Topdog/Underdog is absolutely riveting, while Death of a Salesman feels forced and unconvincing.

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Album Review: Keb’ Mo’s “Good to Be…” — Too Contented

May 27, 2022
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At his best — and there are indeed moments of that here — Keb’ Mo’ is a genre-bender who brings new listeners to blues, folk, and smooth soul music.

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Film Reviews: Flesh and Fantasy in the Art House

April 26, 2014
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Two new films take a poetic and fantastical look at the artifice of sensual surfaces to imagine the horrific realities beneath.

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Book Review: “Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class”

October 17, 2023
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Dan Canon provides not only the statistics but powerful stories to demonstrate the extent to which plea bargaining has bankrupted the justice system

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Theater Review: A Shattering “Slave Play” Rattles Broadway  

October 15, 2019
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Jeremy O. Harris’s bold new play is wildly provocative and hysterically funny.

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Theater Review: Sutton Foster Shines Bright in Broadway Revival of “Once Upon a Mattress”

August 20, 2024
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This “Mattress” is all about Sutton Foster. And that’s a good thing.

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Film Review: 2019 Oscar-nominated Best Animation Shorts — Angst Galore

February 23, 2019
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The Oscar-nominated animation shorts are a dark lot this year.

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