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DVD/Blu-Ray Review: “A Hard Day’s Night” — Still Fun After Five Decades

July 28, 2014
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A Hard Day’s Night stands as a landmark in rock history because it exemplifies the Beatles’s joyously innocent starting point — today it delivers an irresistible sonic joy that comes from listening to songs that still rock after fifty years.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

July 27, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Book Review: Know When to Fold ’em — Colson Whitehead Explores “The Noble Hustle”

July 24, 2014
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The Noble Hustle gives talented novelist Colson Whitehead an opportunity to spelunk in some of the gnarlier corners of the American dream, in this case the Tropicana in Atlantic City.

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Music Interview: “I Can’t Admit Defeat” — Wussy Carries On

July 23, 2014
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“Music is kind of like a religion in a way, and your heroes become your patron saints.”

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Fuse Remembrance: Otto Piene, Pioneer Environmental Artist and Former Director of MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies

July 23, 2014
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The late Otto Piene was a world-class artist. He created large scale and elegant environmental art pieces that seamlessly combined art, participation, and technology.

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Music Review: Matthew Sweet/Tommy Keene –The Indelible Pleasures of Power Pop

July 22, 2014
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One good reason to see Matthew Sweet is that his songs are more immediate live than on CD.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

July 20, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Fuse Film Review: At the Maine International Film Festival — “Love is Strange”

July 18, 2014
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At first, Love is Strange seems to be about the trials and tribulations of dealing with prejudice in today’s world. But at closer inspection, it is really a moving depiction of the challenges of growing old.

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Book Review: Before, During, and After — A Look Back at Patriotic and Paranoid American Cinema

July 18, 2014
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Informative new books look at a pair of tumultuous periods in American history — the Second World War and the Cold War — when Hollywood rode a particularly rocky political roller coaster.

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Theater Review: “Her Aching Heart” — Laughing Heartily at Heterocentrism

July 17, 2014
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The Nora Theatre Company’s production of Her Aching Heart has enough energy, wit, challenge, and—yes—heart to delight those who approach the rousing satire with the right spirit.

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