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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Music
“PoemJazz” is a project where music and poetry reinforce each other, where the declaimed poetry works like the sung line of a song — though Robert Pinsky never sings or pretends to.
Visual Arts
It is clear to Candy Darling’s biographer that the present moment contains alarming reminders of the political scapegoating generated by the culture wars of the ’90s. She leaves no doubt that her subject’s difficult, complicated life embodies a cautionary tale.
Film
More than the threat posed by the ghost, “Presence” is desperately terrified of ambiguity.
Books
The publication of “There is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas” is especially welcome and necessary at this time.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: Clara Burghelea’s “How to resist gluttonous grief”
Dance
International flamenco artist Omayra Amaya’s upcoming Boston shows represent a moment of both reunion and reflection.
Theater
In a production filled with emotional intensity, Audra McDonald delivers a powerhouse portrayal that elevates a somewhat uneven staging.
Television
“Enigma” is as unlike the standard sports documentary as a Cybertruck is to a F-150.
Podcasts
Short Fuse host Elizabeth Howard talks to Adam Kuper about his book “The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions”.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Spotlight
The creative force behind jazz is so strong and so universal that the music will continue to sustain us through whatever perils and calamities the upper echelons of business and politics land us in.
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.