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Coming Attractions: May 19 through June 4 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 19, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

Television Review: “This is Not Happening” — Standup Comedy Gets Real

May 19, 2019
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This Is Not Happening serves up welcome shots of honestly and reality that hit you in the most ticklish parts of your own amusingly flawed, hilariously stupid humanity.

Jazz CD Review: The OGJB Quartet — Skipping About Through Time

May 18, 2019
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It is enormous fun to hear how this group of veterans try to think in new ways — as they do throughout this engaging release.

Visual Arts Review: Yin Yu Tang — The Architecture of Daily Life at the Peabody Essex Museum

May 18, 2019
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Yin Yu Yang is a brilliant example of architectural and cultural collaboration that allows visitors to experience and learn about Chinese art, architecture, and culture.

Film Commentary: “Between the Lines” Eulogizes the Beginning of the End of Boston’s Alt-Weekly Era

May 17, 2019
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Even 42 years ago, disillusionment was setting in among the workers at alt-weekly papers like The Real Paper and The Boston Phoenix.

Theater Commentary: The Boston Theater Critics Association — Still Evaluating?

May 16, 2019
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The BTCA should take action in support of #MeToo.

Theater Review: BalletX — Plenty of Spunk

May 15, 2019
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Here was another (all-too) typical example of ballet companies reinforcing a patriarchy that hardly reflects the number of women in their ranks.

Arts Fuse Podcast #15: REE-AL-O-TEE!

May 15, 2019
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The boys (Lucas Spiro and Matt Hanson) are joined once again by Arts Fuse editor-in-chief Bill Marx.

Theater Review: “black odyssey boston” — An Electrifying Epic Journey

May 14, 2019
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black odyssey boston is a fearless, funny, and fraught reimagining of Homer’s Odyssey as the story of the African-American diasporic experience.

Film Review: “Tolkien” — Too Little Darkness

May 13, 2019
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As readers know, a thread of melancholy runs through Tolkien’s masterwork, deepening and informing his achievement. It should, by rights, have its place in any depiction of his life.

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