Coming Attractions
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Music
The album lightly reiterates John Powhida’s prog influences while offering a snappy set of short, earworm-inducing pop songs.
Visual Arts
This provocative installation is at the deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum is a “dystopian meditation on the lives of marginalized groups, debt, the challenges of home ownership and living in a climate-stressed world today.”
Film
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” — Think “I, Claudius” with monkeys, by way of “Lord of the Rings” and “The Searchers.”
Books
The history of U.S. policy on immigration might charitably be described as shameful.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: Elizabeth Marie Young’s “The 5 Magic Words”
Dance
“We ask them to interpret the music through their own experiences, so they are connecting to and performing what Mr. Ailey called ‘blood memories’ on stage.”
Theater
“I believe folks coming to the theater will have a great time, they’ll learn about the Negro leagues and about a phenomenal woman.”
Television
What are we supposed to feel as we are pulled from horror to melodrama to comedy?
Podcasts
In this episode of The Short Fuse, host Elizabeth Howard and Alex Waters, technical editor of the podcast, reflect on the year in an informal conversation.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Food
Flux Gourmet occasionally reminded me of the films of Peter Greenaway, who often juxtaposed the grotesque or disturbing with the beautiful and ethereal.
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.