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Fuse Book Review: Pussy Riot — The Price of Singing a Loud Song in the Savior’s Castle

February 9, 2014
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Most everyone has heard the faux-scandalous name. What has not been heard enough is that Pussy Riot are the purest and most potent expression of the punk-rock ethos ever.

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Concert Review: Galactic — Playing Fifty Shades of Funk

February 8, 2014
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Adding a female voice to an established funk/roots band can be tricky — but it took about half a song for Maggie Koerner to win over the crowd on Friday.

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Visual Arts Preview: Nick Cave and William Kentridge at the ICA

February 7, 2014
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Both of these exhibitions challenge our very notions of time and identity and the social structures around us.

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Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

February 7, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, film, and theater that’s coming up this week.

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Movie Review: “The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz” — Martyr to Prosecutors’ Zeal?

February 6, 2014
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Aaron Swartz is indeed a martyr, but there’s more here. The film identifies an ongoing battle over control of information as much as it explores a troubled life that ended far too soon.

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Book Review: “The Good Lord Bird” — History As a Morality Tale, With Wings

February 5, 2014
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There is more than one way to tell the truth, “The Good Lord Bird” reminds us again and again, and many reasons to cloak it in humor.

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Visual Arts Review: Susan Metrican’s Groovy “Wavy Panes”

February 5, 2014
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Each of Susan Metrican’s pieces is coy and playful. Moving through the gallery is an adventure, visually and spatially.

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Fuse Appreciation: Philip Seymour Hoffman

February 3, 2014
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In his performances, Philip Seymour Hoffman was able to give enormous depth to the loners, the scoundrels, the lost, the villainous, and the heartbroken.

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Book Review: “The Devil I Know” — A Brilliant Satire of Ireland’s Boom and Bust

February 3, 2014
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Claire Kilroy’s dark and fantastical comedy “The Devil I Know” nails the greed and rampaging ambition of the corrupt avatars of “the new Ireland” — developers, bankers, and government pooh-bahs.

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Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

January 31, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, film, and theater that’s coming up this week.

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