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Visual Arts Review: “Deeply Rooted: Faith in Reproductive Justice” — Religion and Rights

January 20, 2024
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The overall impression of this valuable exhibit is to remind us that religious conviction is by no means synonymous with conservatism.

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Concert Review: Discovery Ensemble at Sanders Theater

February 2, 2013
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John Adams’s Chamber Symphony brought out the best in Mr. Lewis as a conductor: it was fun watching him maneuver through the score’s intricate rhythmic patterns and his confidence was reflected by the Ensemble in a brash, involved reading of a far-too-little-heard (in these parts, at least) piece.

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Dance Review: Bill T. Jones — Pieces of a Conversation

November 14, 2016
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Bill T. Jones considers himself an heir of the postmodern dancers.

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Arts Commentary: “Counterculture in Boston 1968 – 1980s” — High and Heady Days

November 6, 2019
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About the post-Reagan era, Boston Phoenix and Boston After Dark editor, Arnie Reisman, observes: “Everything went to sleep, and while we were sleeping, the Republican Party grew six more heads.”

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Film Review: Isabelle Huppert’s Finely Wrought Bitchcraft

December 20, 2016
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Amazingly, Isabelle Huppert’s career is peaking at an age (63!) when many actresses find themselves struggling to stay employed.

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Visual Arts Review: Chihuly’s Magic Glass — Testaments to the Beauty of Vivacity

May 25, 2011
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“Through the Looking Glass” is a glorious celebration of American fine art and a much-needed boost to the MFA’s Americas wing collection. Amid the drab puritanical portraits and the remarkably unremarkable display of colonial dressers, Chihuly’s glassworks are testaments to the beauty of vivacity. Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass. At the Museum of Fine Arts,…

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Music Review — The Fringe, Dave Liebman, & Rakalam Bob Moses: All In, In Deep

November 11, 2010
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In less than an hour, there had been enough substance to send the first set crowd into the Cambridge night shaking their heads in amazement, spirits lifted, all else forgotten for a brief still time. Another houseful of listeners waited on the sidewalk for the second set. By Steve Elman The best way to hear…

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Coming Attractions: August 31 Through September 15 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 31, 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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Theater Review: “The Gaaga” — A Savagely Funny Dream of Ukrainian Retribution

June 8, 2023
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The Gaaga’s humor is driven by rage, anger, and disgust, emotions that are not often found in our domesticated (for easy consumption) theater scene.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Philip Guston and the Impossibility of Art Criticism

May 3, 2022
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While it’s too soon to call it timeless, the vitality in Philip Guston’s art has proved durable. But the structure around it – the “art world” in its blinkered, stultified form, institutional and academic in the worst senses of those words – has died and encased it.

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