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HomeFront: 4 stars for 'Nomadland,' tween-friendly TV, remembering comedian Patrice O'Neal


HomeFront: 4 stars for ‘Nomadland,’ tween-friendly TV, remembering comedian Patrice O’Neal
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated February 18, 2021, 6:57 p.m.
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Welcome back to HomeFront, where we’re listening to metal and punk covers of
“Let It Snow” (surprisingly soothing) and thinking about a Laura Ingalls Wilder book other than “The Long Winter” for a change. This time it’s “Farmer Boy,” in which Almanzo’s father says, “When the days begin to lengthen / The cold begins to strengthen.” Yes, I
am a lot of fun at parties.
FILM: Frances McDormand stars as Fern, a prickly widow roaming the American West in a van, in ....

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Conductor David Hoose turns toward the next movement


Conductor David Hoose turns toward the next movement
By Jeremy Eichler Globe Staff,Updated February 18, 2021, 9:00 a.m.
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David Hoose believes that, on its face, choral music can be difficult to love.
It’s an unexpected sentiment from the conductor of Cantata Singers, one of the city’s most treasured ensembles, but Hoose has his reasons: The sound of a chorus doesn’t have as much coloristic glamour or layered complexity as the sound of an orchestra; at a choral concert, there is nothing to watch — no bows dancing in unison or percussion vividly struck; there are none of the dramatic plots or the costumes found in opera; and in many choral works, you can’t even understand the words well enough to appreciate the subtlety of their relationship to the music. ....

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Lois Darlene Strother Davis | The Gazette


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Lois Darlene Strother Davis died Jan. 2, 2021, following a courageous 10-year battle with Alzheimer s disease.
Born to humble beginnings on July 8, 1931, on a farm outside Martelle, Iowa, Lois was the youngest of four, and the only daughter of Glenn Erwin and Doris Essalee (Armstrong) Strother.
Lois attended Martelle School, graduating in 1948, dreaming of a life that would encompass music. This ambition steered her to Coe College to study the Performing Arts.
In 1949, Lois married John Hank Harley Davis Jr. They settled into farm life north of Mount Vernon and three children resulted from the marriage: Ann, Louisville, Ky., Jay (Christine), Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Kate Bair, Morrison, Ill. Lois and Hank later divorced. ....

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