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Visual Arts Review: Is There a Boston Art?

March 10, 2023
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Arnold Trachtman, Isabelle Higgins, and Barbara Ishikura are all “Boston Modern” artists who never stray far from communicating all-too-human joys and worries.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Red Rose” is Teen Social Media Horror

March 9, 2023
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Technology-driven horror narratives are ubiquitous these days: Red Rose has an authentic look that makes its creepiness distressingly plausible.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

March 9, 2023
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Here’s this week’s poem, “Time” by Nicole Callihan.

Opera Review: “The Dragon of Wantley” — Knight Kicks Dragon in the Arse

March 8, 2023
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More popular than The Beggar’s Opera, J. F. Lampe’s goofy opera of 1737 receives its first complete recording, and the performance is splendidly, subtly humorous.

Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble — Animated by The Bard

March 7, 2023
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Chamber music under Shakespeare’s spell is responsible for one of the high points of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble’s current season.

Visual Arts Commentary: The New Geometry of Boston’s Skyline

March 5, 2023
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Two campus structures and one downtown office building speak a new visual language.

Rock Remembrance: David Lindley, A Splendidly Cavalier Spirit

March 4, 2023
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Electric guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, saz, oud, Hawaiian guitar, lap steel, fiddle, cittern; if it could be plucked, strummed or bowed, odds are Mr. Dave played it and played it well.

Jazz Remembrance: Tribute to Wayne Shorter

March 4, 2023
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One of the true masters of jazz, Wayne Shorter, passed away during the early hours of March 2. Our writers quickly gathered to express their appreciations of Shorter’s innovations and his long life of constant creativity.

Film Review: “The Quiet Girl” (An Cailín Ciúin) — Childhood Through a Glass, Softly

March 3, 2023
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The Quiet Girl is the first Irish language nominee for the Best International Feature Oscar, and it’s not hard to see why this subdued gem of a film is capturing hearts.

DocTalk: On the Barricades of Europe — The Boston Baltic Film Festival

March 3, 2023
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The populations in former Soviet Socialist Republics and current NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia know all too well what it’s like to live under Russian subjugation as is seen in a trio of trenchant and timely documentaries.

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