Coming Attractions
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.
The Arts Fuse Currents
Music
When a favorite artist disappoints, is the fault in our stars or in ourselves?
Visual Arts
Victoria Johnson’s lively biography celebrates Church’s ambition, while overlooking some of the broader shifts that dimmed his legacy.
Film
Portraits of a legendary critic and modern Deadheads highlight what’s gained—and lost—when culture resists critique.
Books
Victoria Johnson’s lively biography celebrates Church’s ambition, while overlooking some of the broader shifts that dimmed his legacy.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: J. Kates’s “The Fourth Cottage”
Dance
Shakia Barron’s “The Gathering” transforms the stage into a shared space of rhythm, improvisation, and release.
Theater
Sharon Rothstein’s sharp drama shifts the focus from censorship to the corrosive culture of public shaming.
Television
In the series “Alice and Steve,” Nicola Walker anchors a dark comedy that’s less about laughs than about longing, aging, and emotional dysfunction.
Podcasts
Host Elizabeth Howard talks to Peter Bouteneff about the power of silence in the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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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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