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Jazz Review: Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion — A Taste of Genius

June 30, 2014
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If drummer Ginger Baker’s staring into the abyss, he’s doing it with defiance and a good beat.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 29, 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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Film Review: A Superior “Lift”

June 28, 2014
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Lift explores so many divergent issues that it would have been easy for the filmmakers to only give lip service to problems it raises. Thankfully, that is not the case.

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Film Review: A Much Too Predictable “Escapement”

June 26, 2014
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Even given the over-the-top wish-fullfillment of the film’s plot, Escapement’s weak dialogue and lack of subtlety proves to be its ultimate undoing.

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Film Review: “The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne — A Dynamic Documentary

June 24, 2014
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The beauty of this documentary is that even as it makes you laugh, the story’s essential sadness remains. Though it is very fast-paced, the film makes you stop and think — it’s as unsettling as it is charming.

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Book Review: Samuel Beckett’s “Echo’s Bones” — Anticipation of Masterpieces to Come

June 23, 2014
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Echo’s Bones is a fascinating immersion, somewhat inept in its means, but sincere and gravely serious, in a subject that Samuel Beckett made increasingly his own.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 22, 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 Concert Review: A Fun Visit to the ’70s Classic-Rock Zone

June 21, 2014
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Classic rock (which is really a radio format, not a musical genre) is a strange animal, which has spawned an audience that apparently cares more about hit songs and memories than about who’s actually onstage.

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Opera Review: Odyssey Opera’s “Un giorno di regno” — A Delightful Confection

June 20, 2014
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May Odyssey Opera continue gracing Boston’s opera scene for seasons to come with such delightful performances as this.

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Arts Commentary: A New Home for the North Bennet Street School — Continuing A Legacy of Craftsmanship Training into the 21st Century

June 18, 2014
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The newly rehoused North Bennet Street School now brings together all of its educational and administrative programs into a single facility with expansive floor space and natural lighting.

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