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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

March 12, 2026
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The week’s poem: Chad Parenteau’s “Disown”

Children’s Book Reviews: A Pair of Notable Women

March 12, 2026
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Two new biographies spotlight women whose remarkable achievements have enriched our understanding of our world.

Book Review: Unquiet Graves and Uneasy Truths in “Centroeuropa”

March 12, 2026
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An engaging and entertaining mystery, told in an evocative period setting, that deconstructs narrative conventions, analyzes the artifice of identity, and critiques the capitalist patriarchal system.

Theater Review: “Like Flies” — A Cauldron of Female Fury at Portland Stage

March 11, 2026
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Is anyone surprised that playwrights like Kearnan are creating works that show us women who are resourceful — and ready to fight back against their oppressors?

Short Fuse Podcast #86: Cinema Rodrigo — Talking Film

March 11, 2026
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On the cusp of the Academy Awards and the Oscars ceremony, host Elizabeth Howard talks with Aldo Juraidini, design director at Studio Rodrigo, who also directs and curates films for Cinema Rodrigo.

Book Review: Dead but Dealing — Alain Mabanckou’s Pointe-Noire Necropolis

March 11, 2026
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“Dealing With the Dead” achieves something else no outsider, however gifted or knowledgeable, could pull off: showing how magic, superstition, religious faith and credulity (as in, a hunger to believe) play into the everyday lives of most Pointe-Noireans.

Jazz Concert Reviews: Jamie Baum Quintet and Miguel Zenón Quartet

March 11, 2026
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Reviews of live performances by bands led by flutist and composer Jamie Baum and saxophonist Miguel Zenón.

Theater Review: “You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!” — A Hardy Party

March 11, 2026
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Keiko Green’s play about the end of the world is a robust vaudevillian entertainment.

Arts Commentary: The Nelsons Case

March 10, 2026
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Ultimately—and regardless of one’s take on Andris Nelsons as an artist—it’s hard to see how the institution’s long-term interests are served by last week’s developments.

Film Review: Echoes of Passion — Arnaud Desplechin’s “Two Pianos” Plays on the Keys of Loss and Love

March 10, 2026
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Here’s a drama that explores with uncommon pathos the ways that people confront—with grace or with fury—what they’re compelled to give up.

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