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Short Fuse Podcast #90: Frederick Douglass — Our “North Star”

July 13, 2026
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Guest host Jessica Khan talks to DJ and broadcaster Kwame Daniels about his immersive live musical performance, “North Star.”

Playwright Interview: “A New Era,” Reconsidered

July 12, 2026
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Playwright Miranda Austen ADEkoje revisits an 1895 gathering of Black women activists, uncovering the tensions, ambitions, and humanity behind a historic coalition.

Book Review: “Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story” – Renaissance Guitar Man

July 12, 2026
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Jeff Beck is a bigger guitar hero than you realized.

Television Review: This Time Around, A Wilder Prairie

July 10, 2026
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Strong performances and sharper realism redefine Little House on the Prairie for a new generation.

Dance Review: The Akram Khan Company — Remembering, Selectively

July 10, 2026
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In “Thrikra: Night of Remembering,” Akram Khan’s searing imagery of female ritual and sacrifice is shadowed by what the work chooses not to confront.

Tribeca Film Festival, Part Two: Addicts on Chelsea (MA) Streets, Love and Death at Sea, and Micronations 

July 10, 2026
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At the Tribeca Film Festival, two dramas stood out among the narrative films—stark, street-level tales of addiction and a wintry queer love story turned murder mystery set on a Canadian ship.

Jazz Concert Review: East Coasting

July 10, 2026
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The Bevan Manson Trio surfs some cool waves

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

July 9, 2026
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This week’s poem: Keith Newton’s “THE RIOTS”

Book Review: “Hujar: Contact” — The Captivating Tip of a Photographic Iceberg

July 9, 2026
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A trove of contact sheets reveals Peter Hujar’s working method, restless eye, and the breadth of an underseen archive.

Book Review: Beyond the Canon — How Cultural Authority Is Made

July 7, 2026
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“Move Over, Mona Lisa” maps the “inequality pipeline” linking museums, publishing, and academia—and challenges the systems that shape what the world sees and reads.

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