Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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Latest in Visual Arts
Visual Arts Review: MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures Gallery — Window into an Endangered World
The MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures gallery offers an impressive visual representation of a region’s cultures, geographies, and histories.
Latest in Music
Music Interview: At 73, Dave Mason is Feelin’ (and Playin’) (and Singin’) Alright
A talk with Dave Mason, a R&R Hall of Famer who will be performing with Electric Hot Tuna at the Wilbur.
Latest in Dance
Dance Review: “Gallim” — Extremes of Stress and Release
Gallim specializes in depicting raw emotions through movement.
Latest in Television
WATCH CLOSELY: Resistance and Revenge in Season 3 of “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Following a very compelling second season, the series seems to be losing its edge, slightly, though only intermittently.
Latest in Books
Media Commentary: Walter Lippmann and the Need for Reliable News
99 years after Liberty and the News, Walter Lippmann’s hopes for journalism remain largely unfulfilled.
Latest in Theater
Theater Review: “Hello, Dolly!” in Boston a Welcome Confection
The national tour of the smash-hit revival retains much of the charm of the original.
Latest in Film
Film Review: “The Nightingale” — Song of the Powerless
The Nightingale delivers an indelible vision of inhumanity perpetuated by colonialism and white privilege.
Latest in Food
Book Feature: Joan Nathan — Sitting at “King Solomon’s Table”
There are 170 recipes in King Solomon’s Table . Joan Nathan, a sort of culinary archeologist, tracks down the details of their origins to Biblical times.
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Film Review: “The Nightingale” — The Horrors of Imperialism
The Nightingale serves as both a powerful exploration of the past (from the perspective of the exploited) and a gripping vision of resilience in the face of unfathomable hate, greed, and cruelty.
Music Review: Best New Album of July 2019
Chance’s The Big Day beautifully blends authentic passion with superior talent and special guests with star power.
Country Music Review: Gabe Lee’s “farmland” — The Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot Blues
This Nashvillian has a simple message for America: “You best pull yourself together, or you might never be the same.”
Theater Review: “Ghosts” — Specters on the March
In this always compelling production, director Carey Perloff decided to bring the uncanny on stage, almost as a sixth character, in the form of composer/musician David Coulter.
Theater Review: “Dumas’ Camille ” — A Thickly Layered, But Intimate, Evening
Dumas’ Camille is nothing if not ambitious. Such complexity is seldom found on a summer stage.