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Book Review: “Enlightenment Now” — An Antidote for our Pessimistic Era

April 13, 2018
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Steven Pinker’s book is a welcome antidote to the Trump era, when we are inundated, daily, with an avalanche of negative and disturbing stories.

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Visual Arts Review: The Art of Celia Paul — The Power of Quiet

April 10, 2018
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Celia Paul’s paintings are calm, reflective, and inviting.

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Book Review: “No Way Home” — A Memoir with Quirk and Heft

April 10, 2018
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No Way Home is a model for how to tell a weird, complicated story in a way that will make the reader hang on tight for the whole ride.

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Book Review: “Pandora’s Box” — An Illuminating Study of Epic Destruction

April 9, 2018
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Pandora’s Box never tosses the reader into a roiling overload of facts and figures, but looks at the horrors of WWI from many different, illuminating angles.

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Theater Review: “The Niceties” — A Gentle Slap Awake?

April 9, 2018
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The Niceties gives us an invaluable opportunity to hover outside of the current political debate about race and American history.

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Coming Attractions: April 8 through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

April 6, 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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WATCH CLOSELY: “Requiem” — A Stylish, But Uneven, Occult Thriller

April 5, 2018
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If you’ve seen The Wicker Man and/or Hot Fuzz, you may recognize and appreciate the tone of these folk horror underpinnings.

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Theater Review: Flat Earth’s “Antigone” — Inspired, But Flawed

April 3, 2018
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Flat Earth Theatre’s staging of Antigone was filled with strong performances and provocative ideas.

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Jazz Concert/CD Review: Frank Carlberg and Noah Preminger — “Whispers and Cries”

April 2, 2018
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The talented duo’s ability to impressively converse across a stylistic divide was fascinating.

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Film Review: “Unsane” — Stalking 2.0

April 1, 2018
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Despite some storytelling flaws, Unsane is ultimately suspenseful, terrifying, and rather haunting.

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