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Livestreamed and Quarantined: Bebel Gilberto

It’s funny — when people ask me what my favorite genre of music is, I catch myself rotating between soul, funk and indie, depending on my mood that day. It was only after I had a conversation about bossa nova music with a friend this past week, though, did I realize my deep attachment for this genre.


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Weekender: The state of the independent bookstore

As the year goes on and COVID-19 continues to affect in-person selling and printing availability, bookstores have had to find routines and employ new sales options for customers in order to keep revenue up. Bookstores a little closer to home in Boston are experiencing similar struggles, though many of them have found ways to persevere even though they continue to have reduced hours and new COVID-19 protocol expenses. 







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‘Lovecraft Country’ explores reality through horror, fantasy

The ten-episode series debuted August 16 and has since been produced in weekly installments until October 18. As the brainchild of such notable executive producers Misha Green of "Underground" (2016-2017), Jordan Peele of "Get Out" (2017) and "Us" (2019) and J.J. Abrams of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (2019), among others, the show is a true fusion of genres.



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Coppola's 'On The Rocks' is subtle, showy all at once

“On The Rocks” isn’t trying anything particularly new or mind-blowing as a film. However, it’s somehow a both stylish and understated exploration of parenthood, marriage, and fidelity that, more than anything, gives Bill Murray the chance to show off his skills yet again.


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Livestreamed and Quarantined: Moses Sumney

Uncertainty has certainly become the norm, and while it’s frustrating we can't gather as a community in the same ways that we used to, it's songs like “Rank & File” that remind me how crucially important music is in making sense of the world.




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Keep the Cameras Rolling: 'Midsommar' and isolation

If you were looking for a fun, maybe even slightly campy thrill-ride to escape back to a simpler time before masks and Zoom trivia nights, "Midsommar" is not that movie. Despite being released in 2019, well before COVID-19 went global, it reflects similar anxieties, emotions and dangers.






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Boston Book Festival showcases feminist books

In a Boston Book Festival event aptly named “Fiction: Witches and Other Bad Heroines,” on Oct. 25, moderator Bridget Marshall interviewed four authors about the spooky contents of their novels and, more importantly, their radical female protagonists.


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Rorschach #1 lays dark, intriguing pattern

Despite Alan Moore’s outspoken hatred for any continuation of his comic, the staunch devotion the book’s fans have for it and the equally vicious scorn they have for any kind of follow-up, "Watchmen" sequels are now a fad and have generally flopped hard. Tom King’s Rorschach #1 comic (so far) has not.