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Music Interview: Session Americana and That Little Round Table

February 17, 2017
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Session Americana has matured from a local, informal collective to a polished touring band.

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Theater Review: A Very Winning “Beauty Queen of Leenane”

February 15, 2017
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The Druid Theatre Company staging shows what amazing things happens when a group of artists work together fully and completely .

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Coming Attractions: February 19 through 28 — What Will Light Your Fire

February 13, 2017
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming weeks.

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Dance Review: Gallim Dance’s “WHALE” — Strictly Small Fry

February 13, 2017
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Nothing in this over-lengthy work refers to whales, the ocean, or even the fishing industry.

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Book Review: “The Mary Julia Paintings of Joan Brown” — In a Pantheon All its Own

February 9, 2017
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Poet William Benton’s slender and beautiful book can safely be described as sui generis.

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Film Review: “The Salesman” — The Limits of Empathy

February 9, 2017
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Director Asghar Farhadi’s most stringent judgments generally fall upon members of his own sophisticated, worldly cohort.

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Book Review: “The Feud” — Brilliant Literary Frenemies

February 8, 2017
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Alex Beam generates interest via his portrait of frenemies Edmund Wilson and Vladimir Nabokov as brainy but flawed human beings.

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Music Preview: Drive-By Truckers — Triumphantly Defiant

February 6, 2017
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It’s almost as important to see the Drive-By Truckers show at the Royale as to join a march in the streets outside.

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Music Preview/CD Review: Valerie June — Learning to Master the “Order of Time”

February 5, 2017
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Singer Valerie June lays down an impressive vocal marker with her new album.

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Film Review: “The Autopsy of Jane Doe” — Death Becomes Her

February 3, 2017
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At first,The Autopsy of Jane Doe comes off as a sort of small town crime thriller, but it slowly evolves into what feels like a bonafide horror film.

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