The Avalanches’ ‘We Will Always Love You’ is a reflective descent into Hades

On “We Will Always Love You,” singer Blood Orange is an effervescent guide, a Virgil guiding the audience’s Dante into the underground.
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On “We Will Always Love You,” singer Blood Orange is an effervescent guide, a Virgil guiding the audience’s Dante into the underground.
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“Right here, right now #8 and last” closed out the season with a small-scale story that departed from most of the main characters and plotlines.
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Ever wondered what a hackathon would look like if it centered on theater rather than computer science? You’ll have your opportunity to find out Monday, thanks to the partnership between local playwriting incubator PlayGround and The 24 Hour Plays.
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The memories leave my lips tasting of lemon, sour knowing that they are in the past, yet sweet, knowing that everything that happened was transitory.
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The set list itself was an eclectic balance of songs that each brought something new to the table. But the success of the concert overall rests largely on the powerhouse performance given by Hynes.
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Leaves aren’t the only thing scattered across the Bay Area in late September — tons of fabulous musicians will be passing through on their tours this coming week as well.
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Rewind to a couple months ago in the weeks following Prince’s death (or over half a decade ago with Michael Jackson). For every hot take that celebrated Prince as a pillar of Black excellence, there was a parallel take that his legacy transcended the mortal bounds of race. Death lends
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