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Film Review: “63 Up” and the Wonders of Existence

December 13, 2019
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“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” –- Hamlet

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TV Review: “Flesh and Bone” — Once Again, Ballet as a Crazed Deathmatch

November 30, 2015
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If the creators of Flesh and Bone want to whip upanother trite soap opera, that’s their prerogative. But hush about the “realism.”

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Book Review: “The Water-Babies” — A Darwinian Fairy Tale by an Eccentric’s Eccentric

January 30, 2015
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Why is The Water-Babies a classic fairy tale? It doesn’t take itself too seriously, yet it doesn’t ignore important issues.

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Music Interview: Thomas Dolby — Music, Entrepreneurship, and Academia

July 26, 2018
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“Rather than encourage the machines to behave like machines, I chose to find ways to sort of use them to create a very cinematic and atmospheric soundscapes.”

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Music Interview: Preview/Interview with Gil Rose on Odyssey Opera’s “Dmitrij”

September 9, 2016
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“Would I love to do these big operas in Symphony Hall? Yes. When I feel like I’ve got two-thousand people to attend, I’ll move over to Symphony Hall.”

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Concert Review: David Cross Band/Beat — A King Crimson Moment

November 5, 2024
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Just weeks apart, two different groups have made their way to Boston on international tours – without Robert Fripp but with his blessing – their shows focusing on a specific era of King Crimson’s existence. 

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Book Review: Three New Novels Explore the Power of Trauma

March 31, 2015
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A trio of new novels suggest that bad as it gets may not be as bad as it can get.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part Three)

May 29, 2021
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More homages to 1971’s magnificent bursts of cinematic iconoclasm.

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Opera Review: A Decolonized “Magic Flute” by the Isango Ensemble

November 8, 2019
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What if you took canonical Western works and reimagined them from an African perspective?

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Rethinking the Repertoire #15 – George Whitefield Chadwick’s “Symphonic Sketches”

June 14, 2017
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If George Whitefield Chadwick had been born in, say, London or Munich, he might be better known today than he is.

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