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Coming Attractions: November 20 through December 6 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 20, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Dance Review: “Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth” — Cycles of Death and Rebirth

November 20, 2022
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What Kyle Abraham has done is to conjure up a wonderfully confusing vision into the myriad possibilities raised by the cycle of death and life again.

Theater Review: “The Chinese Lady” — Woman in a Cage

November 19, 2022
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The artistic and design team at the Central Square Theater, in partnership with CHUANG Stage, have come up with an effective, thought-provoking 90-minute journey into a depressing aspect of the American story that was (and still is) rooted in xenophobia.

WATCH CLOSELY: “The White Lotus” — Decadence and Dalliance

November 19, 2022
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The second season of The White Lotus is decidedly darker than the first, and the air of decadence and luxury is overshadowed by a disturbing aura of danger, even evil.

Arts Biz Commentary Update: Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment Got Some Explainin’ to Do

November 19, 2022
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How do you spell a monopoly that is killing the live music industry? Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

Film Review: “Retrograde” — America’s Tragic Withdrawal from Afghanistan

November 17, 2022
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Now, more than a year after Kabul fell, Afghanistan, where a conflict media-branded as “America’s longest war” waged for twenty years, barely makes the news.

Classical Music News: Jonathan Cohen Tapped to Lead the Handel and Haydn Society

November 17, 2022
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“What I love about H&H is they are hugely passionate. You feel their love and joy for this music. And they have such a willingness to want to go deeper, to rehearse.”

Poetry Review: “Burning at the Same Time” — José-Flore Tappy’s Mysterious Poem-Portraits

November 17, 2022
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Deeply indebted to her relationship to persons and places, José-Flore Tappy uses poetry as a way to revisit them, honoring the absent through poems co-created by memory and imagination.

Children’s Book Review: “Discovering” Thanksgiving

November 17, 2022
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Many Thanksgiving myths are dispelled, but the effort to reverse decades of misinformation leads to oversimplification at times.

Television Review: “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” Season Two — No Sophomore Slump

November 16, 2022
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Much of the charm of The Sex Lives of College Girls comes from how messy the girls are.

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