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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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The Arts Fuse Currents
Music
Two standout releases showcase adventurous composition, tight ensemble interplay, and the next wave of trumpet-driven jazz.
Visual Arts
Jubilant collages, TV motifs, and immersive rooms celebrate 25 years of Black artist Derrick Adams’s inventive practice.
Film
A retrospective of four films by those two Hungarian artists unfolds as a monochromatic monolith of mud, misery, human folly, and inexorable corruption.
Books
If there is a through-line consolidating Ian Buruma’s account, it is the admonition: Do not rush to judgment.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: James Cook’s “Suffering Is Not Special”
Dance
Turn the lake into a lotus pond and you can take it from there.
Theater
In this high-energy comedy of creative frustration, history—and hubris—repeat themselves to hilarious effect.
Television
A sharp, locally grounded dramedy that captures the contradictions of suburban Southern California — and the steep cost of survival for young women.
Podcasts
Host Elizabeth Howard explores the importance of books for people incarcerated in Mississippi.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Spotlight
A diary of shows attended – good, bad, and indifferent — at this year’s Big Ears Festival, as well as comments on some of the non-musical joys and hassles.
About the Arts Fuse
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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