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Book Review: Charles D’Ambrosio’s “Loitering” — Slam-Bang Ghost Stories

December 1, 2014
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Charies D’Ambrosio’s short fiction collections were finalists for major awards, but it is his essays that I return to again and again.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

November 30, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, film, theater, and author readings for the coming  week.

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Visual Arts Review: The Young Have Come Down With “Warhol Mania”

November 29, 2014
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In 1957, Women’s Wear Daily called Andy Warhol “the Leonardo da Vinci of the shoe trade.”

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Visual Arts Review: Anne Lilly and Carrie Seid — Tapping Into the Potential of Abstraction to Puzzle

November 28, 2014
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Each artist leverages the power of abstraction to bewilder in ways that provoke ideas and a variety of emotional reactions.

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Film Review: “The Theory of Everything” — Hey, It Turns Out All You Need Is Love

November 26, 2014
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The irony is that there is precious little theory in The Theory of Everything — no real exploration of Stephen Hawking’s ideas and what makes them so important.

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Visual Arts Review: Peabody Essex Museum’s “Calder and Abstraction” – Poetic Whimsy in Elegant Form and Motion

November 25, 2014
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With grace and wit, Alexander Calder’s artwork integrated poetry and science, aesthetics and engineering.

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DVD Review: Roman Polanski’s “Macbeth” – A Paranoiac Fever Dream

November 25, 2014
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Among the most haunting aspects of Roman Polanski’s 1971 film version of Macbeth is his visceral depiction of the tragedy’s violence.

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Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Looks Abroad

November 24, 2014
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This was was a truly memorable afternoon at Symphony Hall, filled with interesting programming decisions and exciting revelations.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

November 23, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, and author readings for the coming  week.

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Album Review: When Nobody/Everybody is Listening – The Basement Tapes

November 21, 2014
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It may seem a bit like overkill, and in many ways it is, but that all depends on your perspective.

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