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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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Music
Baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams was clearly a generous soul, as well as a stunningly accomplished jazz musician.
Visual Arts
The exhibit highlights the interplay between Grace Hartigan and the circle of modern poets who became her friends, supporters, and in some cases, patrons.
Film
“Die My Love” is a healthy bitch-slap, its shock encouraging young folks to dismiss the bullshit about relationships too many other movies have hawked over the past decade and a half or so.
Books
Optimistic, a canny survivor, relentless, genderfluid—poet May Swenson described herself as “I am one of those to whom miracles happen.”
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: Christie Towers’ “from Timestamp: A Liturgy of the Hours”
Dance
The blend of rhythmic dance and gorgeous music made for a very harmonious collaboration.
Theater
“Kim’s Convenience” offers a genial comic glimpse of an immigrant family’s struggle for dignity and an economic foothold.
Television
When will there be a sitcom worthy of Tim Meadows’ talents?
Podcasts
Host Elizabeth Howard talks to South African Shakespeare scholar Chris Thurman about how the Bard is regarded, discussed, and performed in a postcolonial, post-apartheid country.
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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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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