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Culture Vulture: Homage to Chopin

August 28, 2010
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By Helen Epstein After some peculiar programming last week, Tanglewood’s current weekend got off to a rousing start on Thursday night as Garrick Ohlsson gave a haunting, introspective, and idiosyncratic performance of Chopin. The program, emotion-packed and filled with delicacies as though the pianist could not bear to leave anything out, included nocturnes and mazurkas,…

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Coming Attractions in Underground Music: December 2011

December 2, 2011
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MIT saves a December void of underground musical events by hosting Florian Hecker and Terry Riley.

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October Short Fuses — Materia Critica

October 3, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Book Review: America’s “Great Disorder” — A Saga of Creation and Redemption Followed by Confusion and Rancor

April 7, 2024
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“A Great Disorder ” is brisk, bold, and thought-provoking, but the volume’s muddled concept of myth does it in.

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Television Review: “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” — A Hypocritical Homage

May 23, 2023
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The documentary tries to tell the story of the real Anna Nicole Smith, but it falls short.

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Television Review: “Chicago Party Aunt” — Livin’ the Vida Loca, Windy City Style

September 16, 2021
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The bizarre half hour animated comedy is a hilarious love letter to The Windy City.

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Rock Album Review: Cloud Nothings — Still Facing Down Existential Dread

July 21, 2020
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Cloud Nothings’ latest effort is less muscular than their previous work, but it still contains its fair share of hooky bliss.

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Television Review: Marc Maron’s “End Times Fun” — Getting Creative About Extinction

April 13, 2020
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One thing that gives Marc Maron’s comedy a certain punch is that he is an equal-opportunity crank.

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Arts Commentary: MFA Boston — at 150

November 9, 2019
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There have been times in the MFA’s past when it hasn’t lived up to its educational mission, when it has pandered to the whims of the wealthy — particularly its fat cat benefactors.

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WATCH CLOSELY: New and Old Spring Shows Worth Being Excited About

January 7, 2019
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Here is what a smart, savvy viewer who likes high-quality entertainment is looking forward to on TV this year.

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