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Coming Attractions: February 20 through March 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

February 20, 2022
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Compiled by Bill Marx As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in. The DocYard Spring Series…

Film Reviews: Three Nervy Indies at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival

February 20, 2022
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A trio of independent movies draw on sci-fi to explore the nooks and crannies of creativity.

Film Reviews: At the Berlin International Film Festival — Two Movies about Workers Under Assault

February 19, 2022
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Two stylistically different films in which workers are exploited and empowered.

Jazz Appreciation: Lee Morgan — On the 50th Anniversary of His Death

February 19, 2022
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Prodigy, post-Parker junkie, dead by homicide at a young age (1938-1972). Whatever. The myth shouldn’t crowd out the player. Musically, trumpeter Lee Morgan was a muthahfucka..

Book Review: “Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail” — Prison Is Bad. Jail’s Worse.

February 18, 2022
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Indefinite argues that legitimate change in the way this country deals with people accused of breaking the law would have to begin with the recognition of their humanity.

Visual Arts Review: “America’s Past-time” — Are We Having Fun Yet?

February 18, 2022
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The strength of Robert Freeman’s Black figures, even as they endure humiliation or violence, remains a prominent element in his vision.

Book Review: “Pyre” — A Powerful Romeo & Juliet Fable That Centers on Caste

February 17, 2022
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The Tamil version of Pyre, under the title, Pukkuli, was dedicated to a young man murdered in his community for making an inter-caste marriage.

Jazz Album Review: Ran Blake’s “Looking Glass” — Music from an Idiosyncratic Guru

February 17, 2022
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This album offers a Baedeker of pianist Ran Blake’s cinematic effects, the mis-en-scene for a narrative musical imagination unlike any other.

Book Review: “Jena 1800” — A Ferocious Hunger for Freedom

February 15, 2022
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Peter Neumann has written a compelling historical study that focuses on the tumultuous concatenation of a number of imaginative and dynamic thinkers.

Rock Album Review: David Bowie’s “Toy” — Perusing His Back Pages

February 15, 2022
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David Bowie’s Toy is a solid, enjoyable, and buoyant effort from an artist who never failed to stay interesting and vital well into his later years.

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