Month: January 2016

Concert Review: Mirror Visions — An Extraordinary Vocal Ensemble

January 25, 2016
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I urge anyone interested in the voice and or just terrific music to try to attend one of Mirror Visions’ concerts.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: January 24 through February 2 —What Will Light Your Fire This Week

January 24, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Fuse Music Interview: Paul Collins — The Still Reigning King of Power Pop

January 24, 2016
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After more than four decades, Paul Collins is still keeping The Beat

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Fuse Theater Review: “Sondheim on Sondheim” — A Terrific Overview of the Man Behind the Musicals

January 24, 2016
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The revue is a moving and hilarious mixture of reminiscences and stories about Sondheim’s life and a well-chosen sampler of his songs.

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Book Review: Books about Rock n’ Roll — Some Rock, Some Don’t

January 23, 2016
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The success of Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids, has meant an uptick in the number of new rock n’ roll books hitting the racks.

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Film Review: “The President” — Saving the Soul of a Monster

January 23, 2016
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The President doesn’t try to drum up easy sympathy for its arrogant anti-hero.

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Theater Review: Fresh Ink’s “The Housekeeper” Keeps Things Neat

January 22, 2016
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The Housekeeper may be too conventional for its own good, but it is intelligently crafted and engagingly entertaining.

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Classical Music Review: The Composer Focus Series Asks — “Mozart?”

January 21, 2016
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This performance of contemporary pieces inspired by Mozart came with a touch of the playfully interrogative.

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Fuse Event: Time For a Fusical! An Awards Evening Whimsical and Electrical

January 20, 2016
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Be there for the birth of The Arts Fuse awards for outstanding contribution to the arts in New England.

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Book Review: “Winter” — A Luminous Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man

January 20, 2016
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This novel about Thomas Hardy becomes not only the story of an odd triangle, but also a meditation on the nature of art.

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