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Fuse Oscar Predictions 2016 — Who Should Win? Who Will Win?

February 28, 2016
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Eight nominees? WTF, Academy? If you’re going to change the structure to allow ten nominees, then have ten nominees!

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Music Interview: John Berberian Brings his Oud Artistry to the Lowell Folk Festival

July 21, 2015
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John Berberian, an Armenian-American master of the oud, is in our midst.

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Author Interview: Historian Jason Sokol on Race and Massachusetts — From the Red Sox to Springfield

January 5, 2015
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“I think a lot of people around town are fairly aware of the Red Sox’s checkered history in terms of race.”

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Film Review: “Eight Days a Week” — A Marvelous Look at The Beatles on Tour

September 12, 2016
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Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.

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Jazz Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1938-1983

April 4, 2015
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More composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.

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Visual Arts Feature: Leonard Cohen — Peering Behind the Public Persona

December 15, 2022
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Despite Leonard Cohen’s outward humility, he was, in fact, an artist who very much cultivated acclaim, and wanted that attention to endure.

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Television Review: “The Family” — Ruthlessness and Christian Piety

October 1, 2019
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The documentary sees The Family as really just a huge, secretive, and well-funded lobbying firm: separating church and state is for losers.

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Book Review: “Five Cities” — Urban Meditations on Turkish History and Culture

June 27, 2019
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Five Cities is a species of psychogeography, a deep map, that weighs the effects of topography, urban environments, and monuments of the past on mood and perspective.

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Theater Review: Lincoln in the Shooting Gallery – “Topdog/Underdog” at The Huntington Theatre Company

March 20, 2017
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This is a wonderful production of an important play that still has a dog in the fight.

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Translator Interview: John Taylor on Philippe Jaccottet

December 8, 2022
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“We have entered an age of unequivocal partisan discourse, of linguistic robotization, of tiny symbols standing for complex emotions. In total contrast to this, Philippe Jaccottet’s writing constantly shows nuance, attentiveness, perseverance, circumspection, and a genuine quest for essential truths.”

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