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Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Artist Textiles — Picasso to Warhol” When Cloth Became Art
The fascinating exhibition Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol traces the history of 20th century art in textiles.
Once you have wrestled with Paul Celan’s poetry, you may find yourself with a changed and sharpened sensibility to image and language.
Fuse Theater Review: Apollinaire Theatre Company Stages a Lyrical Trip To “Greenland”
In dramatist Nicolas Billon’s enigmatic but involving Greenland, the audience is called on to actively reconstruct what occurred in the characters’ lives.
Fuse Book Review: “Curtains?” — Grim But Valuable Truths about the Future of the Arts in America.
Curtains? is not entirely satisfying, but I’ll give Michael M. Kaiser points for honesty, clarity, and for not dodging uncomfortable truths.
Fuse Arts Interview: America’s Arts Economy — Future Tragically Imperfect
Over the next two decades, slow-creeping climate change is coming to the arts in America — the arctic ice on which the creative class stands is melting.
Fuse Book Review: “A Brief Stop on the Road From Auschwitz” — Destined to Become a Classic
Göran Rosenberg has written a calm yet passionate account of events after Auschwitz, a memoir marked by great intelligence and equally great emotional intensity.
Fuse Film Review: “Timbuktu” — From Moderation to Totalitarianism
Director Abderrahmane Sissako wants the viewer to have the golden-age city in mind when, today, 2015, we see how terrible life has become there.
Fuse Dance Preview: Compagnie Shantala Shivalingappa at the ICA
The Boston debut of internationally-acclaimed classical Indian dance performer Shantala Shivalingappa.
From the Editor’s Desk
Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, and author events for the coming week.
Music
Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Who Will Buy?
The writing is on the wall, and it’s not just a warning to the composer who trifles with the idea of writing a JIPC. It’s a warning to everyone who takes music seriously.
Theater
Fuse Theater Review: Apollinaire Theatre Company Stages a Lyrical Trip To “Greenland”
In dramatist Nicolas Billon’s enigmatic but involving Greenland, the audience is called on to actively reconstruct what occurred in the characters’ lives.
Film
Fuse Film Review: “Timbuktu” — From Moderation to Totalitarianism
Director Abderrahmane Sissako wants the viewer to have the golden-age city in mind when, today, 2015, we see how terrible life has become there.
Books
Once you have wrestled with Paul Celan’s poetry, you may find yourself with a changed and sharpened sensibility to image and language.
Visual Arts
Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Artist Textiles — Picasso to Warhol” When Cloth Became Art
The fascinating exhibition Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol traces the history of 20th century art in textiles.
Dance
Fuse Dance Preview: Compagnie Shantala Shivalingappa at the ICA
The Boston debut of internationally-acclaimed classical Indian dance performer Shantala Shivalingappa.
Television
Fuse Television Review: “The Americans” — Wasteland 2.0.
At every turn I sense potential in The Americans, always untapped, for a smart sitcom.
Food
Fuse Restaurant Review: Wasabi in North Cambridge — Superior Sushi
What is served at Wasabi is so-o-o-o fresh.
Video Games
Fuse Video Game Review: The Super Smash Bros. Are Back — Better Than Ever
Whether you are new or returning to the Super Smash Bros. series as a veteran, get this title on the Wii U and skip the 3DS version — unless you absolutely have to have the game on-the-go.
Commentary
Fuse Book Commentary: Found in Translation — Out in the ‘Burbs
Every writer fantasizes about passionate readers. These were as passionate as they come.
Interview
Fuse Arts Interview: America’s Arts Economy — Future Tragically Imperfect
Over the next two decades, slow-creeping climate change is coming to the arts in America — the arctic ice on which the creative class stands is melting.
Preview
Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, and author events for the coming week.
Review
Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Artist Textiles — Picasso to Warhol” When Cloth Became Art
The fascinating exhibition Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol traces the history of 20th century art in textiles.
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