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Arts Feature: Top Classical Recordings and Concerts of 2024

December 15, 2024
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Our classical music critics supply their favorites, albums and concerts, from over the past year

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Concert Review: Jesus Lizard — More than a Noise-Rock Band

December 15, 2024
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Jesus Lizard remains one of rock’s most fearsome combos, and this night the veteran band delivered one of 2024’s most memorable shows.

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Opera Album Review: A Splendidly Engaging New Opera — “The Leopard”

December 15, 2024
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 I encourage anybody interested in the current state of opera to get to know Michael Dellaira’s “The Leopard”.

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Classical Album Reviews: “Boston Etudes” and “American Sketches”

December 15, 2024
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Violinist Kristin Lee revels in ragtime; pianist Jihye Chang commissioned a series of keyboard etudes from eight Boston-based composers.

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Classical Album Reviews: “Americascapes 2” & “Playfair Sonatas”

December 14, 2024
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Conductor Robert Treviño celebrates what we might call the dawning of the North American vernacular school; composer Ethan Iverson displays a fascination with instrumental color.

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Film Review: “Queer” — The Color of Loneliness

December 14, 2024
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“Queer” breaks new artistic ground for an artist whose visionary talent is already well-established.

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Film Review: “Day of the Fight” – The Boxing Genre Reinvented … Again

December 12, 2024
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It may be shot in B&W, but “Day of the Fight” is not a retread of “Raging Bull” — though Joe Pesci is present.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Choose Your Own Adventure!

December 12, 2024
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Children will delight in two books that celebrate creativity and imagination, and one that shows a new way of seeing the world through maps.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

December 12, 2024
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This week’s poem: Ted Pearson’s Selections from “String Theory”

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Film Review: “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” — Troll Poopies

December 12, 2024
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Ya gotta understand — corporate assholes are like Sauron’s boss, Morgoth. They are incapable of creation. They can only appropriate and warp, like how Morgoth appropriated and warped Elves to create Orcs.

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