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Coming Attractions: June 3 through 19 — What Will Light Your Fire

June 3, 2018
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Theater Review: “Evening at the Talk House” — Amusing Ourselves to Dystopia

June 1, 2018
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Evening at the Talk House is a savage indictment of our country’s acceptance of the immense, horrific violence necessary to maintain our consumer comforts.

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Dance Review: Wayne McGregor’s Anemic “Rite of Spring”

May 31, 2018
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Could it be that choreographer Wayne McGregor choked in the face of the Rite of Spring challenge?

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Book Review: “Blown” – A Madcap Journey

May 31, 2018
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Blown is a short and engrossing mystery novel that also stands as a morality play, an ethical fable that suggests that our own selves are perhaps the greatest mystery of all.

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Theater Review: “Gay Shorts, Part 2: We Are Family” — Amusement Galore

May 29, 2018
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Open Theatre Project’s Gay Shorts is bold, out, and unafraid.

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Jazz CD Review: “Heart of Brazil” — Homage to Egberto Gismonti

May 29, 2018
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While perhaps not more than the sum of its parts — that would be hard to imagine — the music on this tribute disc has its own vitality and stands well on its own.

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Music Feature: Alt-Country Singer Kelly Willis — Blue Again

May 29, 2018
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“I’m happy with where I am in my career. I know what I want to do and can do it. I just enjoy it.”

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet — Dancing in Time

May 28, 2018
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La Sylphide is full of magic. It might be about magic.

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Theater Review: “Allegiance” — Inspiration By-The-Numbers

May 27, 2018
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Despite my complaints, Allegiance is affecting – almost frustratingly so.

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Book Review: “Secrets and Shadows” — Lessons of the Past

May 25, 2018
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Roberta Silman’s engaging and deeply felt novel is a reminder of what it means to carry a historical burden on both a personal and national level.

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