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Fuse Remembrance: Kurt Masur (1927-2015)

January 3, 2016
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Kurt Masur leaves behind a complex legacy, one that’s not neatly (or easily) summed up by the caricature of a stern, conservative, Old World German maestro.

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Concert Review: Cantata Singers Perform “Missa solemnis”

March 20, 2018
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This performance was far more than special and crazily beautiful — it was extraordinary.

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Film Review: “The Lost Daughter” — Surviving Womanhood

January 17, 2022
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Beyond its engaging plot and the tour de force performances by Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter is a gorgeous and sure-handed work of cinema.

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Book Review: “What, and Give Up Showbiz?” — The Busy Life of Boston Impresario Fred Taylor

January 28, 2021
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Boston’s Fred Taylor was by turns (and often simultaneously) a recording engineer, promo man, artist manager, talent scout, press agent, newspaper columnist, concert promoter, club manager, nightclub owner, restaurant, and movie house owner.

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Book Review: “Get Off My Neck” — How the Judicial System Works, From a Former Insider

April 27, 2024
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Many of the circumstances and particular cases Debbie Hines discusses in “Get Off My Neck” are grim, even sickening. But her experience in the American justice system has taught Hines to choose hope and struggle over despair. And that is encouraging.

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Visual Arts Review: “The Treasure House of Memories” — Dreaming of New Pasts

September 22, 2021
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At the ICA, artist Raúl de Nieves’s work is playful, joyful, and up for interpretation.

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Book Review: “Beeswing” — Richard Thompson Loses His Way and Finds His Voice

April 16, 2021
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Richard Thompson’s memoir displays flashes of his writerly talents, but the volume feels a bit less immediate than one might hope.

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Author Interview: Gish Jen on “The Resisters”

February 13, 2020
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Gish Jen’s new novel asks, Is ambition worthwhile in a world without justice?

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Music Preview: Music as Metaphor — A Far Cry, a Physicist, and a Composer Reflect on “Gravity”

April 11, 2019
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The music swelled as the early universe spun …

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Book Review: “Summer Cannibals” — A Patient Psychological Portrait of a Toxic Family

September 3, 2018
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Summer Cannibals’ main virtue is its keen transmission of psychological warfare in families.

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