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Fuse Coming Attractions: May 8 through 17 — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

May 8, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Book Review: Writer Delmore Schwartz — New Directions Gives His Volatile Brilliance its Due

May 7, 2016
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Once and For All asserts the value of Delmore Schwartz’s provocative and multifaceted literary legacy.

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Music Review: Singer/Songwriter John Hiatt — Making a Cranky Sort of Peace

May 7, 2016
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John Hiatt’s voice has taken on some Tom Waits-like cragginess in recent years.

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Music Interview: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Turns 50

May 6, 2016
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Amazingly, the group’s 50th anniversary tour features three of the original members: lead singer/guitarist Jeff Hanna, string player John McEuen, and drummer Jimmie Fadden.

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Fuse Film Review: “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” — The Trials and Tribulations of a Nazi Hunter

May 3, 2016
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Reality is the driving force behind the suspense in this film’s look at the lurid underbelly of post-war Germany.

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Dance Review: Swans’ Return at Boston Ballet

May 3, 2016
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Even the hippest of us can succumb to a deep longing for harmony, lush orchestration, and magic.

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Fuse News Update: Wisely, Outside the Box Seems to be Downsizing

May 2, 2016
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This is Boston, not Austin.

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Literary Appreciation: “The Passion for the Thing” — An Argument for Writer Harry Crews

May 2, 2016
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The Southern-inflected melee of Harry Crews’ universe is like a Hieronymus Bosch canvas dipped in whiskey and flour and deep-fried.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: May 1 through 10 — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

May 1, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Theater Review: “Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary” — Heartfelt History

April 30, 2016
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Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary is at its most theatrically gripping when Marissa Chibas is caught up in her memories.

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