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Takács Quartet at the Perelman
Music in its best and purest sense
The Takács Quartet, in its annual Philadelphia appearance, showed again why it’s one of the world’s best, a few tonal lapses notwithstanding.
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'Bonhoeffer's Cost' by Beacon Theatre
High drama about the price of commitment
While Bonhoeffer’s theology is important, we remember him today for his courage in seeing through the Nazis' lies and his willingness to die so that others might live. While it asks penetrating questions, this play is ultimately about Bonhoeffer the man.
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RUBBERBANDance at the Annenberg
Hip-hop grows up
RUBBERBANDance Group's artistic director and choreographer Victor Quijada takes hip-hop dance language, with all the athletic expressiveness of urban youth culture, and injects it into a formal modern dance structure.
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The BMI 'music spy' controversy
Paying the piper: Should music be free?
People were outraged to learn that BMI and other copyright protectors are sending "spies" to clubs and other live-music venues. Not too surprisingly, there's another side to the story.
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'The Hairy Ape' (1st review) and 'Penelope'
Men, cages, and the unattainable woman
When a woman is responsible for men’s actions, do they always behave badly?
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Steven Pinker’s 'Sense of Style'
It's not that hard, people
Steven Pinker’s explication of the underlying sense of English grammar and advocacy of clear prose make his Sense of Style a must-read for anyone who wants to be a better writer.
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The Love Park redesign
No love for Love
If we continue down our current track, the new Love Park may look more attractive for a few years, but it would surely fare no better than the current one at becoming a lively and inclusive urban space and withstanding the test of time.
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Curtis Presents the Dolce Suono Ensemble
From Barber and Rorem to Kramarchuk and Zhou
Dolce Suono presented the work of Curtis composers in eight pieces that sampled 91 years of musical creativity.
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John Ridley's 'American Crime' on ABC
ABC grows up
Improbably, ABC now steps up to challenge the best cable crime series. Honest.
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Copeland and Mack in the Washington Ballet's 'Swan Lake'
Black and white swans
Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack starred in Washington Ballet’s production of Swan Lake. This is the first time an American production of the ballet has cast black dancers as the leading couple.
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