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Concert Review: Goose — More Immersive Than Ever

September 7, 2024
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Goose’s three nights seemed a bit hit-and-miss, which is not unusual for jam-bands, although that only made highpoints more exhilarating.

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Arts Remembrance: To Sérgio with Love — Sérgio Mendes, 1941–2024

September 7, 2024
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Sergio Mendes, the man who ignited my own love affair with Brazilian music, has passed, at the age of 83, from complications of long Covid.

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Film Review: “Close Your Eyes” — Through the Past, Darkly

September 6, 2024
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Spanish director Victor Erice looks back at what’s lost and gained in “Close Your Eyes”.

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Film Review: “The Front Room” — Sheer Hagspolitation

September 6, 2024
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“The Front Room” lacks the suspense and tension of “My Mother the Car” and, on top of that, it doesn’t have the benefit of a super-catchy theme song. 

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Book Review: A Good Russian

September 6, 2024
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“Displaced” views life during wartime as seen by both sides.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

September 5, 2024
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This week’s poem: Sara Letourneau’s “An Evening of Hummingbirds”

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Coming Attractions: September 3 through 16 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 3, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Book Review: “The De Palma Decade” — The Making of a Cinematic Legend

September 3, 2024
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Despite excessive hero-worshiping, “The De Palma Decade” is a thoroughly enjoyable portrait of director Brian De Palma, the counterculture master of the scream scene.

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September Short Fuses — Materia Critica

September 3, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Opera Album Review: First-Ever Recording of “Shamus O’Brien” — A Long-Forgotten Delight by One of Britain’s Savviest Composers

September 2, 2024
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A success in 1890s London and New York, the engaging Irish comic opera “Shamus O’Brien” finally gets Its world-premiere recording

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