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Rock Concert Review: Guitarist Steve Hackett — The Real Thing

November 21, 2014
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Of all the songs ever written about a woman violated by her brother’s ghost after she decapitates him playing croquet, “The Musical Box” remains the best.

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Fuse Remembrance: Mike Nichols — An Appreciation

November 20, 2014
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It would not be overstating the case to say that Mike Nichols was a social and moral barometer for an entire generation of film and theatergoers.

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Fuse Film Review: “St. Vincent” — More Than a Formula

November 19, 2014
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Because of first-rate performances, St. Vincent rises above Hollywood’s standard ‘cranky old man finds love through friendship with needy child’ trope.

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Visual Arts Review: Harvard Art Museums Reborn – Spectacular Art in a New Showcase

November 18, 2014
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Starchitect Renzo Piano and his team did very well given their constraints. It is damn hard to build the right frame for so much abundant beauty.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

November 16, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, visual arts, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Fuse Visual Arts Review: The Savage Cartoonistas at RISD — What A Nerve!

November 16, 2014
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What Nerve! takes an innovative and fresh take on a little-noticed but piquant tributary of American art.

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Book Review: “The Pushcart War” — One for the 99%

November 14, 2014
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First published in 1964, Jean Merrill’s classic children’s novel has just been reissued by New York Review Books to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

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Concert Review: Stevie Wonder at the TD Garden — A Thing of Beauty

November 14, 2014
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Not all musical retrospectives are a guaranteed success, since time can put rust on many a talent, but Stevie Wonder was ebulliently up for the challenge.

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Book Review: Jack Kerouac in Mexico — Fiction Dressed as Fact

November 13, 2014
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Reading this book is like listening to a lively conversation from a self-proclaimed Kerouac authority giving his opinions over a café con leche late at night at Cafe Pamplona in Harvard Square.

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Visual Arts Feature: When a SEVEN Is More Than a Seven

November 13, 2014
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Most museums today dream of coming up with striking public images. In that sense, the Portland Museum of Art’s acquisition of SEVEN combines a significant artistic statement with a marketing coup.

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