@jgarelick

Freelance journalist/jazz nerd/books-music hoarder. Copy editor Boston Globe opinion pages (retired). Former arts editor Boston Phoenix (RIP).

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Biden’s first term has been stellar. Why does no one seem to see that? bostonglobe.com/2023/08/02/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

Biden’s first term has been stellar. Why does no one seem to see that? - The Boston Globe

Many younger, liberal people I know, including some of my own students, seem distraught at the prospect of the coming campaign. What they fail to grasp is that Biden may well be the greatest one-term...

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Cécile McLorin Salvant and John Pizzarelli will be singing and swinging in Worcester bostonglobe.com/2023/07/20/a… via @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeArts

Cécile McLorin Salvant and John Pizzarelli will be singing and swinging in Worcester - The Boston...

Music Worcester is bringing two stellar interpreters of the Great American Songbook to the city on back-to-back nights this weekend.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant and John Pizzarelli will be singing and swinging in Worcester bostonglobe.com/2023/07/20/a… via @BostonGlobe

Cécile McLorin Salvant and John Pizzarelli will be singing and swinging in Worcester - The Boston...

Music Worcester is bringing two stellar interpreters of the Great American Songbook to the city on back-to-back nights this weekend.

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‘City of a Million Dreams’ looks at New Orleans through lens of jazz funerals bostonglobe.com/2023/06/15/a… via @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeArts

‘City of a Million Dreams’ looks at New Orleans through lens of jazz funerals - The Boston Globe

Jazz funerals are "a life force of this culture in this city," says writer and filmmaker Jason Berry, who comes to Somerville and Vineyard Haven this week.

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A very exciting announcement - Naomi’s film premieres online this Friday June 16, co-hosted by @uncutmagazine. So happy that everyone will be able to see this work!
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Join us for the streaming premier of Naomi Yang’s film, Never Be A Punching Bag For Nobody (cc @dada_drummer) 'The former Galaxie 500 bassist peers into Boston’s forgotten corners...' uncut.co.uk/news/join-us-for…

Join us for the streaming premier of Naomi Yang's film, Never Be A Punching Bag For Nobody - UNCUT

Uncut co-hosts the streaming premier for Naomi Yang's documentary, Never Be A Punching Bag For Nobody

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At 77, Boston jazz stalwart Bill Lowe is finally a leading man bostonglobe.com/2023/06/07/a… via @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeArts

At 77, Boston jazz stalwart Bill Lowe is finally a leading man - The Boston Globe

The bass trombonist and tuba player from Boston has released "Sweet Cane," his first album as a solo bandleader, which he'll celebrate with shows in Dorchester and Lowell.

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Why a 25-year-old lynching should still haunt America bostonglobe.com/2023/06/06/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

Why a 25-year-old lynching should still haunt America - The Boston Globe

White supremacists murdered James Byrd Jr. in Texas. The racist extremism they espoused is now this nation’s biggest terrorist threat.

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Nancy Gertner: Don’t scrap improved process for picking US attorney @BostonGlobeOpinion bostonglobe.com/2023/05/18/o… via @BostonGlobe

Nancy Gertner: Don’t scrap improved process for picking US attorney - The Boston Globe

Senators Markey and Warren set up a merit selection process, open to everyone and vetted by an independent advisory committee. The committee was bipartisan and diverse. (I was the chair.)

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The next US attorney for Mass. should be from planet Zotz and have no perceptible ties to life as it is lived on Earth: Biden and Garland should play it safe in choice to replace Rollins bostonglobe.com/2023/05/18/o… via @BostonGlobe

Biden and Garland should play it safe in choice to replace Rollins - The Boston Globe

After the resignation of US Attorney Rachael Rollins following two explosive reports, the office needs a leader who is above ethical reproach and has no political connections.

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Celtics win in 7 in plenty of time for massive coverage in all editions of Monday print. Go, @BostonGlobeSports! ‘It’s a movie:' When Jayson Tatum turns it on, he can't be stopped bostonglobe.com/2023/05/14/s… via @BostonGlobe

When Jayson Tatum’s got it? ‘It’s a movie,’ and all the 76ers could do was watch. - The Boston Globe

When the 76ers flipped an early six-point deficit into a nine-point first-quarter lead, there was some uneasiness at TD Garden, but the home team regrouped quickly and blew open a tie game in the...

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Hey, Boston business leaders, give Mayor Wu a chance bostonglobe.com/2023/05/15/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

The mayor, the business community, and so many fragile egos - The Boston Globe

A certain part of Boston’s business community is freaking out.

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Looking forward to this show tomorrow night: From opera to ‘Innervisions,’ singer Debo Ray works wonders bostonglobe.com/2023/05/11/a… via @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeArts

From opera to ‘Innervisions,’ singer Debo Ray works wonders - The Boston Globe

“I like to think of myself as like a collector of sounds,” says the Cambridge native, who'll be performing a Stevie Wonder tribute at the Regent Theatre in Arlington on Friday.

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Looking forward to this show tomorrow night: From opera to ‘Innervisions,’ singer Debo Ray works wonders bostonglobe.com/2023/05/11/a… via @BostonGlobe

From opera to ‘Innervisions,’ singer Debo Ray works wonders - The Boston Globe

“I like to think of myself as like a collector of sounds,” says the Cambridge native, who'll be performing a Stevie Wonder tribute at the Regent Theatre in Arlington on Friday.

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The rush for Supreme Court scoops is undermining ethics reform efforts bostonglobe.com/2023/05/03/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

The rush for Supreme Court scoops comes with a consequence: undermining ethics reform efforts - The...

The spate of Supreme Court-related news splashes — even those that are factual and carefully reported — have served to muddy the ethical waters.

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White America’s ‘sundown town’ mentality almost claimed Ralph Yarl's life bostonglobe.com/2023/04/18/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

White America’s ‘sundown town’ mentality almost claims another Black teen’s life - The Boston Globe

What toll does it take on Black people when our mere presence is perceived as a threat to be eliminated?

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Medical staff have heard this before: The anti-union rhetoric is redolent of that used by large corporations such as Starbucks and Amazon.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/14/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

Medical staff have heard this anti-union rhetoric before - The Boston Globe

Medical residents are tired of being fleeced, whether in gifted Patagonia or promised Shangri-La by our “only partners.” I’d rather they secured a bathroom break.

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Not a lot of specifics here. I'm eager to see how it will work in practice: "New faculty-led organization at Harvard will defend academic freedom" bostonglobe.com/2023/04/12/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

New faculty-led organization at Harvard will defend academic freedom - The Boston Globe

The new Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard is devoted to free inquiry, intellectual diversity, and civil discourse. Leaders are diverse in politics, demographics, disciplines, and opinions, but...

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I was pleased to see the 10th anniversary of the Marathon bombing reported on a local news affiliate in Chicago this weekend.... "Boston did summon the strength to ‘finish the race’"bostonglobe.com/2023/04/17/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

Boston did summon the strength to ‘finish the race’ - The Boston Globe

City's post-Marathon bombing response becomes a "template" for dealing with trauma.

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Whose garden is it? bostonglobe.com/2023/03/03/o… via @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeOpinion

Whose garden is it? - The Boston Globe

Every garden, no matter how small, is an opportunity to create a richly hospitable environment for the organisms that ultimately benefit us and our planet.

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On the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, what have we learned? bostonglobe.com/2023/02/21/o… via @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion

On the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, what have we learned? - The Boston Globe

Ukrainians, by their deeds and their words, have given us all a lesson in freedom. Americans clearly had something to learn.

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