Month: April 2015

Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Pianists Impress ‘Up Close’

April 23, 2015
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Had they not had interesting and flourishing careers already in place, Elizabeth Schumann and Gloria Chien could give many full-time piano duos a run for their money.

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Film Review: “True Story” — A Failed Whodunit

April 22, 2015
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True Story relies far too heavily on answering the formulaic question ‘Did he do it?’

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Visual Arts Review: Asserting Cuban Identity — Through Art

April 22, 2015
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For these artists, African origin is the foundation that should guide the development of Cuba’s national personality and consciousness.

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Film Review: “Welcome to Leith” and “61 Bullets”

April 22, 2015
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Two powerful documentaries that explore the dark side of America, past and present.

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Music Interview: Andrew Grant Jackson on 1965, Music’s ‘Annus Mirabilis’

April 21, 2015
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1965 was the year in which the leading artists in American and British popular music pushed themselves beyond making albums that mixed covers with subpar originals.

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Concert Review: Joseph Calleja — A Tenor to Love

April 20, 2015
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Joseph Calleja’s voice is absolutely gorgeous, and he has been compared to the great Golden Age tenors Gigli and Caruso.

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Book Interview: Todd Tietchen on Jack Kerouac — Torn Between Routes and Roots.

April 20, 2015
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The hope is that general readers and scholars will realize a more rounded comprehension of Jack Kerouac.

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Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — A Real Tradition, but of What?

April 20, 2015
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The tradition of hybrids is there, for anyone who chooses to use it. Our modern media world makes that tradition accessible in hitherto unimaginable ways.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

April 19, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Fuse in New York: “An American in Paris” and “Wolf Hall,” Parts One and Two

April 19, 2015
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Today’s Broadway is at its best presenting blockbuster spectacles like Wolf Hall and An American in Paris.

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