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Visual Arts Review: Renaissance Sculpture — Colorful for Five Hundred Years

August 15, 2016
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I used to be skeptical of della Robbia sculpture but, after taking in the recently opened exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, I changed my mind.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: August 25 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 14, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, visual arts, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming week.

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Music Interview: Talking to Organist Dr. Lonnie Smith — Soul-Jazz Legend

August 11, 2016
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Jazz organ pioneer Dr. Lonnie Smith comes to the Rockport Jazz Festival.

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Film Review: Director Rouben Mamoulian, Reconsidered. Starting with “Applause”

August 10, 2016
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Mamoulian’s Applause is an opportunity to experience the first leg of the director’s ascent on his Hollywood roller coaster.

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Visual Arts Review: Unexpectedly Full — MASS MoCA’s “The Man in the Empty Space”

August 10, 2016
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It took some time, but the stunning synergy of Richard Nonas’ work began to reveal itself.

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Book Review: “Smedley’s Secret Guide to Literature” — Teenage Lit-Land

August 8, 2016
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This savvy, witty, and casually erudite novella proves that when it comes portraying adolescence in fiction the less sentimentality the better.

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Dance Review: Compagnie Hervé KOUBI — Multiculturalism, Inspired

August 6, 2016
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This acrobatic physicality doesn’t come off as a test of testosterone or showboating.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet II’s Pocket Survey

August 5, 2016
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The Boston Ballet II program was a miniature survey of classical ballet history, a perfect challenge for apprentice dancers.

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Jazz Concert Review: An Improvised Saturday at the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival

August 3, 2016
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This year I resolved to do an unapologetic fan experience at Newport Jazz.

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