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Classical Music Review: The Composer Focus Series Asks — “Mozart?”

January 21, 2016
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This performance of contemporary pieces inspired by Mozart came with a touch of the playfully interrogative.

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Music Preview: Lettuce — Creating the Funk of Tomorrow

January 18, 2016
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Lettuce is in the midst of a headlining tour; on January 22 the group will be back on its old stomping grounds in Boston..

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Fuse Coming Attractions: January 17 through 26 —What Will Light Your Fire This Week

January 17, 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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Concert Review: Boston Artists Ensemble — Chamber Music Done Right

January 16, 2016
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The Boston Artists Ensemble performance was full of bravado, virtuosity, subtlety, and charm.

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Film Remembrance: Alan Rickman — An Actor who Embodied Evil, Heartbreak, and Mystery

January 15, 2016
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Rickman was that rare actor whose low-key intensity was punctuated with just enough hilarity or insanity to make his characters unforgettable.

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Film Review: “Troublemakers” — Aesthetic Agitation on a Gargantuan Scale

January 14, 2016
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Land art is an outgrowth of the rebellious ’60s; radicalism taking the form of ambitious topographical rearangment.

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Fuse Remembrance: Bowie on Film — Ageless Enigmas

January 14, 2016
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Bowie the Legendary Rock Star and Bowie the Fashion Chameleon were flashier, bolder, than Bowie the Cinematic Iconoclast.

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Music Interview: Tim Jackson — on Robin Lane, The Band That Time Forgot, Johnny D’s, and the End of an Era

January 12, 2016
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“I hope that these new venues still want to book the occasional seasoned musician, because audiences of all ages still love rock and roll.”

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Visual Arts Remembrance: Industrial Designer Richard Sapper

January 12, 2016
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Steve Jobs approached Sapper about heading up design for Apple. Politely, he declined the offer because he was too busy at the time.

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Rock Remembrance: Prime David Bowie – Let’s Paint Our Faces and Dance

January 11, 2016
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Before Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, before Iggy Pop, before the New York Dolls, David Bowie was my personal post-’60s music inamorata.

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