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Film Review: “Beanpole” — Hardship Rendered in Searing Color

March 1, 2020
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Beanpole is infused with a profoundly tender intimacy, interspersed with stark portrayals of pain, cruelty, and sacrifice.

Visual Arts Remembrance: Farewell to a Light Artist — John Powell

March 1, 2020
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It seems quite fitting for an artist of light to leave a gallery show filled with his distinctive multimedia light art. Memories of John Powell, like his art, will continue to glow, brightly.

Television Review: “McMillion$” — Big Mac and the Big Con

February 28, 2020
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HBO’s McMillions is a fun and light documentary, but it doesn’t deliver more than the momentary satisfactions of fast food.

Food Commentary: The Chicken Sandwich Wars — Political Food Fight Revisited

February 28, 2020
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I confess that I was one of those schmucks who tried (and failed) to stay vigilant in my high-minded refusal to eat at Chick-fil-A.

Concert Review: Vinicius Cantuária at Scullers

February 27, 2020
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Vinicius Cantuária and band offered a night of close-listening interaction between musicians with ears wide open.

Theater Review: “Nina Simone: Four Women” — Theater of Social Concern

February 27, 2020
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There’s much to admire and appreciate about this MRT production; but the play’s lack of a solid dramatic spine is a crippling problem.

Opera Review: Beethoven’s “Leonore” — Upcoming Performances in New York City

February 27, 2020
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Music lovers should seize this rare opportunity to see Beethoven’s first (1805) version of Fidelio, complete with a reconstruction of Florestan’s original aria.

Theater Review: “A Tale of Two Cities” — Beware the Revolution!

February 27, 2020
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Given Dickens’ penny-a-word driven verbosity and his fondness for resolving every plot point with a flurry of coincidences, adapter McEleney seems undecided: is this history play a tragedy or a farce?

Short Fuse Podcast #25 — An Interview with Film Directors Andrew Silver & Tim Jackson

February 26, 2020
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For the second straight year, the Art Fuse podcast — Short Fuse — has been named a finalist for the Somerville Media Center’s Best Boston Free Podcast of the Year Award!

Music Preview: Circles Around the Sun — Celebrating Legacies

February 25, 2020
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Circles Around the Sun has established a distinctive niche within the expanding universe of “Grateful Dead as genre,” appealing to the core audience for Dead music without having to pull songs from the group’s songbook.

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