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Leigh M. Wilson

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Arts

A Second Look at Yelp, Where Critics Go Uncritiqued

With restaurants’ reputations and restaurateurs’ livelihoods at stake, the question remains: How much should Yelp ratings really matter?

Hartmann's "Great Gate of Kiev" Painting
Music

100 Years of Mussorgsky/Ravel’s ‘Pictures’: Exhibition is Still Open

Not just music about an art museum, “Pictures at an Exhibition” is music about friendship.

Winter Image
Arts

Arts Playlist: Winter-Inspired Orchestral Music that Will Ruin Your Christmas Parties

The holiday season can feel like a slap in the face if you’re not expecting it. One moment you’re peaceful, and the next you’re bombarded by the red and green frenzy called Christmas.

Mariah Carey Holidays
Arts

Carey Cracked The Christmas Code: Preparing for Annual Chart Ascent

Even if listeners “don’t want a lot for Christmas,” “there is just one thing” that they can’t go without: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw
Music

Twentieth Century Ending Soon for American Orchestras

Bernard Haitink and his peers were the safe choice for decades, but their final bow will force orchestras to look forward — to Nathalie Stutzmann and beyond.

Leahy Ardon Still.
Theater

Leahy Ardon Profile: Levity, Laurels, and the Levant

Artist, educator, and activist all in one, Ardon navigates her different roles with apparent ease.

Cover Art for "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary.
Books

From Our Bookshelves: 'Dear Mr. Henshaw'

Beverly Cleary's 1983 novel, "Dear Mr. Henshaw" is strikingly relatable to the post-pandemic reader as it details a life gripped by loneliness and isolation.

Addison Rae "Obsessed" Music Video Still
Arts

Influencers-Turned-Singers Will Continue Forever

In an unsurprising move, TikTok star Addison Rae released her debut single “Obsessed” this month, a short song that highlights self-love and empowerment.

Berkshire Theatre Group 2
Theater

Berkshire Theatre Group Moves into 2021 with Successful 2020 in Hand

While the rural nature of Massachusetts’ westernmost county poses a challenge to small businesses, the low density is a blessing for pandemic-era theater.

North German Philharmonic Rostock
Music

North German Philharmonic Rostock Review: Reimagining the Classical Recording

Under conductor Marcus Bosch, The North German Philharmonic Rostock’s latest release provides a refreshing take on the classical album.

Lights Up: Save Our Stages Still
Theater

Lights Up: So, Who’s Paying Tonight?

In an attempt to promote artistic freedom, America surrenders its art over to the private sector.

Columns

An Orchestra Fit for Harvard

An orchestra as fine as Harvard’s shouldn’t be taken for granted. HRO at its best sounds like what it is — a group made up of conservatory-level players who happen to also have a penchant for academics.

A Night at the Symphony
Columns

In Defense of the Wind Ensemble

If bands want to command more respect in the music world , they first have to treat themselves like professionals — at Harvard, and across the country.

Columns

Doping at the Philharmonic

The industry faces a choice: either destigmatize beta-blockers and provide health resources, such as an in-house medical team to provide and monitor dosage, or ban them and introduce a system of drug testing as enforcement.

Columns

Beethoven Dead at 250

With classical music in such decline, especially in America, we desperately need to try something new. More Beethoven is just more of the same.

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