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Dance Review: “Object.” — Objectifying Women, Intensely

November 20, 2019
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We are immersed for 70-minutes in a powerful evocation of the destructive culture created by men who treat women as sex objects.

Book Review: Amina Cain’s “Indelicacy” — Brilliant, But Icy, Minimalism

February 10, 2020
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Amina Cain’s style is unusual, and it may tow readers so rapidly through this brief novel they won’t look back.

Book Review: “Mona” — No Prisoners Taken

March 19, 2021
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It isn’t always easy being beautiful, brainy, and talented.

Film Review: “Ramen Heads” — Delicious Obsession

April 6, 2018
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Food porn? You know it when you see it.

Fuse Music Interview: Cold Specks — The Queen of Doom Soul

October 27, 2014
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Neuroplasticity is a bit more fleshed-out than its predecessor, but the album retains ample amounts of the slow to mid-tempo spookiness that Al Spx calls “doom soul.”

Coming Attractions in Jazz: June 2011

June 10, 2011
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Honors for a Boston jazz institution and distinguished guests joining the Makanda Project highlight New England jazz in June, along with piano duos, CD releases, visitors from New Orleans and Senegal, and a genuine supergroup.

Concert Review: Jane’s Addiction — Fisticuffs at the Leader Bank Pavilion

September 14, 2024
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At the Leader Bank Pavilion, Perry Farrell was tackled after he pushed and punched guitarist Dave Navarro, abruptly ending the show a few songs early and putting the reunion tour of Jane’s Addiction’s original lineup in limbo.

Film Review: “American Fiction” — Pinned Down by Blackness

December 10, 2023
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In this promising filmmaking debut of Cord Jefferson, we’re given a too-rare peek in cinema into upper middle-class African-American life.

Book Review: Black Food Matters — “The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food”

November 4, 2020
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The Rise is the rare cookbook that does more than offer a culinary and educational journey. It inspires.

Album Review: Club d’elf’s “You Never Know” — Spontaneous Magic

April 4, 2022
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This is the quintessential Club d’elf album, smartly arranged and surprisingly accessible without losing any of the group’s improvisational edges or exotic breadth.

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