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Concert Review: 2026 Young Concert Artists Winners Show What They’re Made of – YCA presents 2026 winners Donum Quartet, pianist Taige Wang, and soprano Bridget Esler at Carnegie
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#classicalmusic #YCA #YoungConcertArtists @YCA_music
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Music Reviews: ‘Freak Out!’ (60th Anniversary Edition) by the Mothers of Invention, plus Grey DeLisle and Flesh for Lulu blogcritics.org/music-review… #FrankZappa @zappa @Flesh4lulu
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Theater Review: ‘860,’ Billy Crystal’s Standout Solo Show of Humor and Heartbreak
blogcritics.org/theater-revi… #BillyCrystal #Broadway #Theater #860
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Videogame Review: ‘Stupid Never Dies’ – High-Speed Action Meets Exponential Leveling
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#GPTRACK50 #stupidneverdies #videogame #videogames #videogame @GPTRACK50
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Interview: Composer Linda Bouchard, Laureate of the 2028 Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music
The composer speaks with us about her new #music inspired by French Canadian history and the Saguenay Fjord:
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@azrielifdn
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Music Reviews: Zombies Reissues, a Jimi Hendrix Concert & a Dave Alvin Standout—"a Zombies reissue series makes clear that this British Invasion group had much more to offer than the 3 hits you probably know."
blogcritics.org/music-review… #classicrock #JimiHendrix #music @JimiHendrix
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Theater Review: ‘Other Desert Cities’ with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Allison Janney, Ed Harris—this revival of Jon Robin Baitz's play "doesn't quite get to its expected cathartic, profound, heartbreaking result," writes our reviewer. Read more:
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Game Review: ‘Employee Disposal Program’ from Pleiades Interactive, "a satirical look at the sanity-crushing landscape that is the modern corporate world. The goal is to be the last employee with any sanity left." Read more:
blogcritics.org/game-review-… #boardgame #cardgame
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Concert Review: Trio Azura, 2025 Young Concert Artists Winner – Ravel, Higdon, Mendelssohn at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall blogcritics.org/concert-revi… "This is an ensemble that could develop some real star quality if they remain a unit." @YCA_music #classicalmusic #pianotrio
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Concert Review: Pianist Chengcheng Ma in Carnegie Hall Debut—In a challenging and often dazzling multicultural program, Ma presented two world premieres and featured 4 guest pianists. Our review: blogcritics.org/concert-revi… #classicalmusic
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Documentary Review: Ava DuVernay’s ’14th’ at the New York Film Festival 2026 examines the power of the 14th Amendment to guarantee citizens' rights, and Congress' ongoing failure to enforce it. Our review: blogcritics.org/new-york-fil… #avaduvernay #fourteenthamendment
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Movie Review: ‘Behemoth!’ at NYFF 2026—With a superb performance from Pedro Pascal, Tony Gilroy's 'Behemoth!' draws in its audience with vignettes scored by 9 of the industry’s stellar #moviemusic composers.
blogcritics.org/new-york-fil… #moviereview @PedroPNation #movies
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Videogame Review: ‘Silver Pines’: A Masterclass in Atmospheric 2.5D Horror—"easily ranks as one of the most compelling gaming experiences of my year," writes our reviewer. Read more:
blogcritics.org/videogame-re… #silverpines #videogames #wychelm
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Concert Review: Musica Sacra—‘SurRound: The Earth Remembers’—Kent Tritle led the #choir in a "thoughtfully programmed concert about our planet, performed beautifully and a cappella in one of the nation’s grandest spaces." More: blogcritics.org/concert-revi… #choir @StJohnDivineNYC
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Music Review: Kyle Miller, Daniel Conant and Others – ‘Bed of Creeks & Coils,’ Music for Guitars by Kyle Miller, William Anderson & Benjamin Boretz blogcritics.org/music-review… #guitar @NewFocusLabel
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Movie Review: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’—"This quality epic film series continues hitting all the emotional notes, awesome action, and 'amazing' storylines," writes our reviewer. Read more:
blogcritics.org/movie-review… #spiderman @MarvelStudios #MCU #marvel #movies #moviereview
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Videogame Review: ‘Ratatan’: Does the ‘Patapon’ Successor Hit the Right Rhythm? "Stepping into Ratatan for the first time feels like watching a Saturday morning cartoon come to life." Our full review:
blogcritics.org/videogame-re… #videogame #videogames #roguelike @ratatan_game
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New York Film Festival 2026 Movie Review: ‘A Statement’ with Paul Rudd & Paul Giamatti uses original transcripts to dramatize a historic weekend-long meeting that Congress commissioned on global warming in 1980.
blogcritics.org/new-york-fil… #climatechange #climate #moviereview #NYFF
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Concert Review: Orli Shaham Elevates Clara Schumann in Classical Music History and Canon
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#ClaraSchumann #classicalmusic #piano #OrliShaham @orlishaham
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Concert/Movie Review: Parlando Performs Olga Neuwirth’s Live Score to 1924 Film ‘Die Stadt Ohne Juden’ (‘The City Without Jews’) blogcritics.org/concert-movi… #music #silentfilms #Parlando
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