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Visual Arts Review: “Remember the Ladies” — A Balmy Era for Women Artists in New England

June 20, 2021
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Overall, “Remember the Ladies” is a love letter to an era and to a cheerful vision of painting.

Film Review: “The Sparks Brothers” — Playing Together, Staying Together

June 18, 2021
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Edgar Wright’s first documentary looks into why the long-lived, constantly risk-taking, dazzlingly original band Sparks remains relatively unknown.

Rock Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney’s “Path of Wellness” — Healing Hometown

June 17, 2021
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This version of the band is less gritty and angry then back in the ’90s, but it is still identifiably anarchistic.

Book Review: The Woman Behind “All-of-a-Kind Family” — A Remarkable Legacy

June 17, 2021
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Biographer June Cummins considers the first All-of-a-Kind Family book, published in 1951, as groundbreaking and Sydney Taylor as “one of the first writers of multicultural literature for children.”

Film Review: “Raya and the Last Dragon” — An Animated Plea for Unity

June 16, 2021
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In addition to generalizations about Asian cultures — the voice actors come from a variety of Asian, but not all Southeast Asian, backgrounds — there are other issues a grown-up viewer might object to.

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (June Entry)

June 16, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes Leonard Bernstein, Leon Russell, The Faces, Carla Bley, and Rod Stewart.

Visual Arts Interview: The Colonial Elephant in the Room — Talking with Barnaby Phillips, author of “Loot: Britain and The Benin Bronzes”

June 16, 2021
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Last week, just a month after the publication of Loot in the US, the Met in New York announced that it was returning two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.

Theater Review: “Tiny Beautiful Things” — A Memorable Search for Answers

June 15, 2021
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The GSC production of Tiny Beautiful Things supplies a 90-minute catharsis, an opportunity to deal with all we’ve bottled up over the last 15 months or so.

Book Review: “Broadway Goes to War — American Theater during World War II”

June 13, 2021
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For many dramatists, the label of ‘leftism’ was not pejorative: it was about fighting for human decency and political reform.

Coming Attractions: June 13 through 29 — What Will Light Your Fire

June 13, 2021
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As the age of COVID-19 wanes, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues if the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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