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Music
Guest conductor Dima Slobodeniouk and the Boston Symphony Orchestra invited listeners to a meditative evening of music.
Visual Arts
“Visionary Projects” at the Boston Athenaeum is a captivating exhibition of Frank M. Costantino’s work, a display of over 80 drawings and watercolors.
Film
Heartwarming themes of love lost and the emotional power of music are undercut by a script constructed for the sake of dramatizing ideas rather than characters.
Books
Check out the book to absorb the trajectory of Doc Watson’s career from impoverished guitar player to becoming an icon of Americana, and a repeat winner of Grammy Awards.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: Calla MacGillivray’s “ORINOCO FLOW!”
Dance
The five performers with Down syndrome danced along with three professionally trained dancers without disabilities — and they all looked wonderful.
Theater
The Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “Don’t Eat the Mangos” commands attention with its blend of entertainment and enlightenment.
Television
The current state of Hollywood — terminal banality — is concerning. But that’s what makes it so perfect for a dose of acidic satire.
Podcasts
In this engaging conversation, Elizabeth Howard speaks with Sonya Chung, the director of Film Forum in New York, about the intersection of film and literature, the relevance of the Oscars, and the impact of independent films.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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The Arts Fuse was established in June, 2007 as a curated, independent online arts magazine dedicated to publishing in-depth criticism, along with high quality previews, interviews, and commentaries. The publication's over 70 freelance critics (many of them with decades of experience) cover dance, film, food, literature, music, television, theater, video games, and visual arts. Support arts coverage that believes that culture matters.
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