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Avett Brothers' exquisite 'True Sadness' mixes new, classic

Friday, 15 July 2016, 16:55 Last update: about 10 years ago

A quiet, deep sigh opens the loveliest tune on The Avett Brothers' terrific new album, "True Sadness." It might reflect the wistful tale of a romance Seth Avett pines for in "I Wish I Was." But...

Neil Gaiman has a lot to say about a lot

Friday, 15 July 2016, 16:01 Last update: about 10 years ago

Warning: This book may make you want to read a bunch of other books. Maybe even buy a comic. On my list, recommended by Mr. Gaiman: anything by Harlan Ellison, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,"...

Sara Watkins branches out

Thursday, 14 July 2016, 16:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

Sara Watkins describes her latest venture as "a breakup album with myself," but it seems like there might have been someone else involved. The songs on "Young in All the Wrong Ways" have bite to...

Moviegoers to Hollywood: It better be good

Thursday, 14 July 2016, 16:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

As Hollywood girds for a low-key Fourth of July box office weekend and watches its summer season dip 15 percent below last year's, an even more worrisome trend has taken shape: Moviegoers are growing...

'Fifty-Year Mission' is compelling 'Star Trek' time line

Thursday, 14 July 2016, 16:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman have compiled hundreds of interviews to create "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years." The...

Malta International Arts Festival closing events

Thursday, 14 July 2016, 11:32 Last update: about 10 years ago

Please, Continue (Hamlet) In this unique theatre experience, members of the audience will participate directly in the performance, blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality. Please,...

Tribute to Dennis Brown hails peerless reggae singer

Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 16:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

"We Remember Dennis Brown" is a much-deserved tribute to one of reggae's top crooners, a vocal marvel whose music was widely acclaimed in Jamaica and Britain and merits even broader attention...

How the magic of movies unlocked a boy's mind

Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 16:15 Last update: about 10 years ago

The most heartbreaking moment in "Life, Animated," an absorbing and ultimately exhilarating documentary about the journey of an autistic boy into manhood, is hearing his parents describe...

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