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Concert Review: The Dream Syndicate — Doing Impressive Justice to Its Past

December 13, 2025
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Wednesday’s show proved that The Dream Syndicate more than honors both its past and present with passion and precision.

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Book Review: “Racebook” — Internetting While Black

December 13, 2025
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One of today’s most distinctive intellects wrestles with the internet and all its messy consequences.

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Film Review: “Eternity” — A Rom-Com Stuck in Limbo

December 12, 2025
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The problem is that, as “Eternity” goes on, the film starts to feel as if it is taking an eternity.

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Winter 2025 Appeal — Keep the Fuse Lit!

December 12, 2025
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This year we received the largest single donation in our history — $25,000. That gift inspired us to raise another $25,000 this holiday season to invest in our future.

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Film Review: James L. Brooks’ “Ella McCay” — A Clumsy Misstep for a Master of Ensemble Comedy

December 11, 2025
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The film skims across topical issues aimlessly; it strives for relevance but never achieves it.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

December 11, 2025
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This week’s poem: Joanna Fuhrman’s “Aubade”

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Children’s Book Reviews: Lighting Up Winter Holidays

December 11, 2025
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A trio of holiday stories— two celebrate friendship, one features a stagestruck chicken.

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Classical Album Review: Fernande Decruck, Concertante Works, Vol. 2

December 11, 2025
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Though none of the works exhibit the stylistic flashiness of Fernande Decruck’s better-known contemporaries, they all suggest a musician of singular—and sometimes idiosyncratic—vision.

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Short Fuse Podcast #82: Author Gish Jen Talks about “Bad Bad Girl”

December 10, 2025
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to author Gish Jen about her most recent book, the genre-bending novel “Bad, Bad Girl.”

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Locke’s List for 2025: Notable Operatic Recordings and a Few Non-Operatic Ones

December 10, 2025
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First recordings of major works and splendid recordings of some others, from Handel to Raff and from Boston’s Musicians of the Old Post Road to the astonishing operatic soprano Aleksandra Kurzak.

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