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Book Review: “The Invisible Bridge” — Stranger and Scarier Than Fiction

October 1, 2015
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it’s useful to be reminded that Ronald Reagan, the revered All-American icon, was more simulacrum than savior.

Visual Arts: Strandbeests — Theo Jansen’s Divine Machinery

September 29, 2015
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Theo Jansen’s kinetic sculptures delightfully blur the conventional lines that divide art, science, and storytelling.

Music Review: Madonna in Boston — Queen of a Three-Ring Circus

September 27, 2015
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Madonna’s show made for spectacular eye and ear candy. But what was it all about? That’s where things got a little hazy.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

September 27, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

Visual Arts/Book Review: “Drawing in Silver and Gold” — the Miracle of Metalpoint

September 26, 2015
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What seems to be a constant is a feeling that it is miraculous that these works have come into being, and that they are unlike any other kind of drawing.

Film Review: “Learning to Drive” — Down the Formulaic Highway

September 26, 2015
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This modest film manages to hold the viewer’s attention, not to mention his or her compassion, throughout.

Album Review: Los Lobos — A Solid “Gates of Gold”

September 24, 2015
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It’s the rare breed of rock band that makes such meaningful music so deep into its career.

Theater Review: “The Strawberry Girl” — Harvest of Horror

September 24, 2015
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Israeli Stage has opened its sixth season, which is dedicated exclusively to female playwrights, with a haunting work that examines the complicity of an ordinary German in the Holocaust.

Visual Arts Review: “Mel Bochner: Illustrating Philosophy” — The Art of Picturing Ideas

September 23, 2015
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These drawings are invitations to view the world in an active way, to encourage us to exercise (and stretch) our minds.

Dance Review: Choreographer Leonid Yakobson — Soviet Rebel Under Cover

September 22, 2015
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Boston Ballet’s reconstructed versions of Yakobson’s Pas de Quatre and four Choreographic Miniatures were a revelation.

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