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Classical Album Review: “Piano Heroines” — Claire Huangci Unearths Forgotten Brilliance

March 29, 2026
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This a superb album, smartly programmed and brilliantly played.

Jazz Album Review: Blowin’ in the Groove — Javon Jackson’s Jazz Tribute to Bob Dylan

March 27, 2026
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Javon Jackson’s homage to Bob Dylan is well thought out and beautifully rendered.

Book Review: “This is Where the Serpent Lives” — From Favorite to Felon

March 26, 2026
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This portrait of modern Pakistan is not only wrenching, but unflinching and true.

Film Review: Christian Petzold’s “Miroirs No. 3” — Light as Air, Heavy with Secrets

March 26, 2026
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The narrative is filled with secrets and mysteries that tease and fade away — and the deepest mysteries lie within that basic social unit, the family.

Short Fuse Podcast #87: A Library on Death Row

March 26, 2026
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Host Elizabeth Howard explores the importance of books for people incarcerated in Mississippi.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

March 26, 2026
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This week’s poem: “Makes You” by Julie Choffel

Doc Talk: From Fiume to Gaza, Salem Film Fest Stares Down History

March 25, 2026
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The world almost makes sense at this year’s Salem Film Fest.

Theater Review: Eddie Izzard’s “Hamlet”: A Bare-Stage Rebellion Against a World Out of Joint

March 25, 2026
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I’m thinking that a one-person performance of “Hamlet” by a Brit transwoman might get under Trump’s necrotic skin.

Book Review: In Search of Clarity and Love — Albert Camus’s Notebooks Chronicle the Making of a Mind

March 24, 2026
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Albert Camus’ notebooks shed light on the painstaking efforts of a major 20th-century writer to archive his thoughts — his struggle to make his vision clear, his prose lucid.

Television Review: “Jury Duty: Company Retreat” — A Sharply Funny Satire of Corporate America

March 24, 2026
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“Jury Duty: Company Retreat” is an amusing lampoon with an economic message: it is is pro-small business and anti-private equity.

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