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Book Review: Doing the “Art Monster” Mash

August 11, 2024
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The art monster is messy, ambitious, and narcissistic but couldn’t care less about what you think. Are you frightened?

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Jazz Album Review: Larry Goldings’ “I Will” — Clear Sounds to Treasure

May 30, 2025
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Pianist Larry Goldings’ repertoire on this trio album is expertly chosen for its variety and melodic appeal.

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Fuse Concert Review: An Opera Lost in Space

October 17, 2005
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Handel and Haydn Society’s irreverent take on “Dido and Aeneas” is another example of an operatic trend in which production values push musical values to the sidelines

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Book Review: Stanley Fish Invites Readers to “Think Again” — With Chutzpah

January 19, 2016
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The New York Times columns selected for Think Again are engaging, provocative, maddening, humorous, and insightful.

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Book Review: “Adrift” in a Memorably Neo-Beat World

July 5, 2015
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The protagonist’s version of barroom existentialism works as an unofficial précis for the struggle to make it through another day of being human.

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Television Review: “The Sex Lives of College Girls” — Wonderfully Down-To-Earth

November 30, 2021
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Let’s hope The Sex Lives of College Girls is given a second season because, much like Sex Education, it is a reminder of the value of the real at a time Big Tech and others are trying to pull us into living and loving in the virtual.

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Jazz Album Review: “Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund”

August 18, 2021
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There’s a pleasing variety in this collection, which serves up valuable music that might not have otherwise been heard.

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Film Review: “Plan B” — A Walk on the Wild and Diverse Side

May 26, 2021
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Plan B, Hulu’s latest raunchy teen romp, proves why we need diverse voices in Hollywood.

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Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic plays Mozart, Brahms, and Bartók

October 20, 2019
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There was nothing sleepy or commonplace about the ensemble’s performance of favorites by Mozart, Brahms, and Bartók.

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Film Preview: At Somerville Theatre — Fake Bands, Real Good Movies

April 11, 2019
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Most of the films selected will be shown in 35mm, making the visual experience as invigorating to watch as the music will be to listen to.

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