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Jazz Week 2013: After a tumultuous year, Boston looks ahead

April 26, 2013
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In the wake of the horrors of last week, Jazz Week 2013 comes as almost an act of defiance, an insistence that life will go on in all sectors of the Boston community.

Fuse News: The Independent Film Festival of Boston — A Few Tips

April 26, 2013
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There are over 100 films to choose screening tomorrow through Wednesday. To get you started, here are four that I have seen and highly recommend.

Fuse News: May Theater Tip in the Berkshires

April 26, 2013
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Early birds will be served what looks like a promising treat when Bashir Lazhar receives its American premiere courtesy of the Barrington Stage Company.

Fuse News: The Authentic Weirdness of Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys

April 25, 2013
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Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys specializes in modern psychedelic rock stripped of the jam-band baggage.

Book Review: “The Bottom of the Jar” — An Indelible Glimpse of Moroccan Life

April 25, 2013
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Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laâbi’s autobiographical fiction draws deeply on his own childhood in Fez during the late 1940s and especially the 1950s.

Concert Review: Pianist Evgeny Kissin — An Extraordinary Recital

April 25, 2013
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In my experience, few leave an Evgeny Kissin concert disappointed.

Critical Commentary: Speaking Truth to Waning Power

April 24, 2013
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Nowhere do I say in the piece that The Arts Fuse is all good and everyone else is all bad.

Visual Arts Feature: The Design Museum Boston Invites You to Sit Yourself Down

April 24, 2013
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In a modest tweak of Dorothy Fields’ lyrics to the famous Jerome Kern song, this weekend will be Boston’s chance, via the Design Museum Boston, to sit yourself down, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

Classical Music Feature: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-14 Season — An Appraisal

April 24, 2013
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Next season’s stale programming certainly derives from the BSO’s lack of a music director guiding and shaping the overall course of the season.

Fuse News: The Worst Job in America — Because It Doesn’t Pay

April 23, 2013
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It’s official. The 2013 jobs report of an organization called CareerCast rated “newspaper reporter” as the worst job in America.

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