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Dance Review: Camille A. Brown’s “I AM” — Where Ferocity Becomes Joy

November 19, 2025
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There is a sense that once wound up, the dancers are not going to let go – not from their power and not from their dreams.

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Coming Attractions: November 23 Through December 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 23, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Concert Review: “Inspiración” – The BSO Celebrates Puerto Rico with the Orquesta Sinfónico de Puerto Rico, and Re-celebrates James Carter with Dima Slobodeniouk

November 18, 2025
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Concerts in the past week by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with guest artist James Carter and the Orquesta Sinfónico de Puerto Rico with guest artist Luis Sanz were a cultural festival and a musical feast.

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Short Fuse Podcast #81: Dr. Shuvendu Sen on “Broadway, Bars & Fortune”

November 20, 2025
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Elizabeth Howard speaks with Dr. Shuvendu Sen—the director and producer of “Broadway, Bars & Fortune,” a documentary that explores how theater and the arts fosters healing and redemption among formerly incarcerated individuals.

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Film Review: Troubled “Dreams”

November 17, 2025
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This is a lyrical, visually arresting, if sometimes verbally prolix film version of Denis Johnson’s sublime 2011 novella.

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Classical Album Review: Third Coast Percussion Turns 20 — “Standard Stoppages”

November 15, 2025
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“Standard Stoppages” is a veritable cornucopia of sounds experienced in multifarious combinations, showcasing a diversity of fresh, inventive, and satisfyingly expressive voices operating at full tilt.

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Coming Attractions: November 9 Through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 9, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Television Review: PBS’s “The American Revolution” — It’s All in the Details

November 14, 2025
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Directors Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David P. Schmidt, along with screenwriter Geoffrey C. Ward, make learning history both accessible and enjoyable.

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Book Review: “Coyote” Bio Focuses on Sam Shepard’s Turbulent Life but Skims Lasting Impact of His Work

November 5, 2025
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The biographer puts far too much emphasis on Sam Shepard’s louche life, neglecting to provide much analysis about the value of his stage work, particularly on whether it will endure.

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Poetry Review: Pennie for Your Thoughts — Social Media, Abuse, and Scottish Verse in “poyums annaw”

November 11, 2025
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This is poetry that sets its goals, finds the right language to reach them, hits hard, and recovers an ancient purpose for verse that has fallen by the wayside in recent times: consolation.

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