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Author Interview: Jennifer Haigh on Writing About Abortion — With Roe v. Wade Likely to be Overturned

May 3, 2022
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“As a writer, I was drawn to a subject I can’t make sense of any other way. So the questions swirling around abortion are so close to my heart I just had to write about it.”

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Jazz Album Review: Guitarist John Scofield — A Solo Album, Finally

May 3, 2022
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Now that he’s 70, it’s only right that guitarist John Scofield takes a victory lap with his first solo album.

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Theater Review: “Miss Holmes Returns” — A Sherlockian Mystery with A Twist

May 2, 2022
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In Miss Holmes Returns, dramatist Christopher M. Walsh has involved the gender-switched pair in an entertaining yarn of uncertainty, betrayal and social justice.

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Film Review: “Polar Bear” — A Mother’s Tale of Survival in the Arctic

May 2, 2022
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The protagonist of this engrossing, and troubling, story must draw on all her accumulated knowledge in order to cope with degradations to her habitat caused by what we, the viewers, know as global warming/climate change.

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Jazz Album Review: “Charles Mingus Trio” — One Kind of Masterpiece

May 2, 2022
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Even without the new takes, this Rhino reissue would be welcome: Mingus Three is to my mind one of the great trio albums.

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Coming Attractions: May 1 through 16 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 1, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Author Interview: Kathleen C. Stone on “They Called Us Girls: Stories of Female Ambition from Suffrage to Mad Men””

May 1, 2022
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“Some women ignored what was expected and forged careers in fields traditionally reserved for men. In other words, they had “men’s” jobs. I wanted to know where that ambition came from.”

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Jazz Commentary: Some Thoughts on Joshua Redman and Friends

May 1, 2022
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The important thing was the collective triumph of the band’s music, in a beautiful venue, with an audience that was alive to their every move.

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Television Review: “Barry” in Season Three — Even More Malign

April 30, 2022
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Season three of Barry is just as dark as its predecessors. In fact, in some ways it may even be darker.

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Theater Interview: “The New Galileos” — The Price of Freedom

April 30, 2022
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“Plays about climate are notoriously difficult , not only because the science is complex and has become politicized, but also because audiences don’t flock to work that shows us the terrifying realities of our world.”

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