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Levine to miss Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine will miss the remainder of this summer's season at Tanglewood to have a kidney removed.
Television review
PBS's car show sputters
Click & Clack's highly-rated radio show may roll ahead like an old jalopy, but "Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns" barely inches forward on four flat tires.
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Music
Concert review
Peter Stampfel conjures up the spirit of Club 47
Incredibly, Sunday's show at Club Passim was the first time since 1965 that Peter Stampfel had been back to the venue originally known as Club 47.
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Author gets too close to this true story of abuse and survival
How 16-year-old Jody makes a life for herself after an "escape" from an abusive family could have been a fascinating book. But "While They Slept" isn't it.
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Stage review
'Pageant' takes aim at frilly
dreams of fame
"Pageant Play," 90 minutes of guiltily pleasurable, quickly forgettable fun, is now premiering on the Berkshire Theatre Festival's small Unicorn Stage.
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Matthew McConaughey, girlfriend welcome baby boy
Matthew McConaughey's longtime model girlfriend, Camila Alves, has given birth to the couple's first child, according to OK! magazine. (AP)
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Landing with a thud
In the superhero comedy "Hancock," weaknesses outweigh strengths. Will Smith (left) plays an often-inebriated, misanthropic hero who is as unreliable as he is powerful.