As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Latest in Visual Arts
Visual Arts Commentary: Dishing It Out — Boston’s Arts and Crafts Movement Ceramic Leadership
Believe it or not, Boston — the home of stick in the mud, architectural and decorative conservatism — was the initial epicenter of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America.
Latest in Music
Album Review: “Hurray For The Riff Raff” — Making Art Out of American Angst
Life on Earth aches with the sadness of the human condition, touching on personal trauma and reaching into the malaise of a week of national bad news.
Latest in Dance
Dance Review: “The Just and the Blind” — Shackled, Humiliated, Scared
The Just and the Blind sends a needed and powerful message — it is 2022, we need to wake up!
Latest in Television
WATCH CLOSELY: “Minx” is Sexy, Funny and Oh So Seventies
This clever, funny, sexy series from HBO Max is my pick for the best new feel-good retro comedy of 2022.
Latest Short Fuses
June Short Fuses – Materia Critica
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Latest Podcast
Short Fuse Podcast #55: Talking to Author Meredith Hall about “Beneficence”
Host Elizabeth Howard talks to author Meredith Hall about her debut novel Beneficence, which deals with a family traumatized by death of a child by a gun.
Latest in Books
Author Interview: Novelist Gary S. Kadet — Ferociously Prolific
“I’m really dark. Everything I write is dark. Most people don’t know what dark fiction is, but agents ask for it.”
Latest in Theater
Theater Review: “Screwball” — Laughter’s Saving Grace
This is an indelibly zany concoction: part homage, part esprit de corps, part meditation on screwball comedy as a form of modest but invigorating cheer.
Latest in Film
Film Commentary: Diamonds in the Rough — One Perfect Moment from “Infinite Storm”
Years from now, I’m sure I will have forgotten nearly everything about Infinite Storm, but this one scene will still stick with me.
Latest in Food
Book Review: The Lost Southern Chefs — A History of the Commercialization of Southern Hospitality
For all of the book’s fascinating revelations, The Lost Southern Chefs leaves the reader with a number of unanswered questions.
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Film Review: “Father of the Bride” — Needlessly Recycled
It’s welcome to have a Latino-centered Father of the Bride, but it’s debatable if we really needed one this clumsily put together.
Coming Attractions: June 26 through July 12 — What Will Light Your Fire
As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in Cambridge
The brilliant set was a celebratory exploration of Molly Tuttle’s bluegrass roots, albeit with a fresh perspective.
Film Review: The Devil and “Elvis”
For 2 hours and 39 minutes, I was happy to sell my soul to Lucifer
Film Review: Tribeca Film Festival 2022 — A Satire from Germany and Two More Fine Documentaries
I wrote last week that the best films at the Tribeca Film Festival tended to be documentaries. Then I saw a scripted German film that turned out to be an exception.