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Concert Review: Do the Reggae Tour — Two Icons, One Uplifting Night

September 27, 2025
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The cross generational Do the Reggae Tour suggested that reggae’s creative trek was far from over.

Toronto International Film Festival – Putin’s Media Fixer, Ukraine “Future” Doldrums and a Korean Hijack Farce

September 27, 2025
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A trio of political films at TIFF — ranging from tragedy to farce.

Classical Music Album Review: Composer Havergal Brian — A Less Than Robust Musical Harvest

September 27, 2025
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Across his career, British conductor Martyn Brabbins has used his bully pulpit to bring to light all sorts of deserving, unfamiliar repertoire, including the music of compatriot Havergal Brian.

Film Festival Review: Dispatch From the New York Film Festival, 2025

September 26, 2025
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It’s hard to imagine that Hollywood suits would get behind a movie focused on a corrupt political regime, even one that’s now history.

Film Review: “One Battle After Another” — One Car Chase After Another

September 26, 2025
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Director P.T. Anderson’s latest puts up a fight, but it is for a lost cause.

Book Review: “Organizing America” — Celebrating Unsung Heroes

September 26, 2025
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The book presents brisk, information-rich capsule biographies of twenty largely under-publicized figures who, against the odds and at significant personal sacrifice, worked valiantly to promote a range of underdog causes, from abolition to union organizing to disarmament.

Film Review: A Portrait of Fakir Musafar — The Search for Corporeal Transcendence

September 25, 2025
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“A Body To Live In” is not trying to be a conventional biopic — this is an atmospheric reminiscence of an underground movement.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

September 25, 2025
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This week’s poem: Chris McCreary’s “Echologue”

Theater Review: “The Mountaintop” — A Room With a View of the Promised Land

September 24, 2025
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The Front Porch Arts Collective’s engaging revival of Katori Hall’s drama comes at a propitious time.

Theater Review: “Our Town” — An American Classic That Still Holds Up

September 24, 2025
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Given all the chaos and violence around us, isn’t it a mite too late for a subtle play like “Our Town” to be considered a “primal scream?”

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