Month: June 2014

Jazz Review: Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion — A Taste of Genius

June 30, 2014
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If drummer Ginger Baker’s staring into the abyss, he’s doing it with defiance and a good beat.

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Concert Review: The Boston Choral Ensemble’s “Cosmic Journey” — An Out-of-This-World Experience

June 30, 2014
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What I’ll remember most is how the BCE’s various choral pieces seemed custom-made for the Hayden Planetarium’s celestial projections, and how, for an hour, the so-called real world faded away.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 29, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Film Review: Gore Vidal — A Memorable Gadfly That Stung the Left and the Right

June 29, 2014
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The haughty, witty Gore Vidal, my role model, was never happier than when going against the madding American populace.

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Film Review: A Superior “Lift”

June 28, 2014
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Lift explores so many divergent issues that it would have been easy for the filmmakers to only give lip service to problems it raises. Thankfully, that is not the case.

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Visual Arts Review: In New Haven — Five West Coast Artists and William Bailey

June 27, 2014
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Had Bay Area Figuration taken its place in the canon, we might not find ourselves in the tiresome situation we’re in at the moment.

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Book Review: The “Jewish Lives” Series — Biography Simplified But Illuminating

June 27, 2014
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YUP’s uneven Jewish Lives offers a series of short, accessible biographies that could become a significant literary mural, showcasing the scope of Jewish culture.

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Fuse News: Boston’s New Puppet Map

June 27, 2014
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There is now an online “sonic census” of puppetry in the greater Boston area.

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Film Review: A Much Too Predictable “Escapement”

June 26, 2014
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Even given the over-the-top wish-fullfillment of the film’s plot, Escapement’s weak dialogue and lack of subtlety proves to be its ultimate undoing.

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Film Review: Charmed by “The Grand Seduction”

June 26, 2014
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The Grand Seduction has some mawkish moments, but it’s still a very sweet movie, skillfully made and charmingly told.

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