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Shelter in Place Attractions: November 1 through 17 — What Will Light Your Home Fires

October 19, 2020
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Film Review: “Town Bloody Hall” — Rip-Roaring Feminist Cross Fire

October 18, 2020
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The 1979 documentary Town Bloody Hall is a time tunnel passageway into what stand-up comedians used to call “women’s lib.” It is still liable to raise a gendered ruckus — and provide a rollicking good time.

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Podcast Review: “The Joe Rogan Experience” — Taking Responsibility for Random Gab?

October 16, 2020
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As amusing and informative as The Joe Rogan Experience can be, a few podcast interviews doth not an actual education make.

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Children’s Book Review: On Your Toes! — New Picture Books about Ballet

October 15, 2020
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A trio of new ballet books offer messages of inclusion and acceptance that both celebrate ballet and acknowledge some of its problems.

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Children’s Book Review: Music All Around — Picture Books to Play

October 14, 2020
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Two fine books for children that draw on music to deliver inspiring messages.

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Opera Album Review: A Baroque Opera — Ripped from 18th Century Headlines

October 13, 2020
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Telemann’s music here is a delight, often resembling, in style, appeal, and high craftmanship, what we find in Handel’s operas and oratorios.

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Book Review: “Remain in Love” — The Story of the Talking Heads, Told with Charm

October 13, 2020
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With the beguiling Remain in Love, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz puts a refreshing spin on a familiar genre.

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Rock Album Review: Blue Öyster Cult — Still Defying Norms

October 12, 2020
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The record celebrates everything that has made Blue Öyster Cult such an enduring presence — yet it sounds totally in the moment.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Lovecraft Country” — Blackness, Blackness, All Is Blackness

October 12, 2020
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Lovecraft Country is quite a thrill ride at times, its heady balance of realism and fantasy spiced up with an intoxicating dose of science fiction and time travel.

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Book Review: “Panthers and the Museum of Fire” — Creative Upheaval

October 12, 2020
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Brief and incessant, repetitive and spiraling, Panthers & the Museum of Fire offers a illuminating perspective on an internal drama: how trivial moments can become pivotal in the development of a writer.

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