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Film Review: “Hoppers” — Pixar’s Madcap Eco-Fable Hops Between Absurdity and Alarm

March 10, 2026
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“Hoppers”‘ climax is a valuable reminder that none of us —  from mammal to ant — are safe from the fury of a Mother Nature we have badly wronged.

Jazz Concert Review: Kris Davis Trio at Arrow Street Arts — Bold, Inventive, and Fearlessly Fluid

March 9, 2026
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Kris Davis appeared with her current trio of acoustic bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake, a simpatico unit that clearly responds to both the pianist’s genre-pushing forms and spontaneous sense of adventure. 

Book Review: “Eating Ashes” — A Haunting Tale of Migration and Mourning

March 9, 2026
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Sliding back and forth between the past and the present, “Eating Ashes” paints a gritty, emotional, and forceful vision of a family traumatized by disconnection.

Book Review: Wishing Well — Gary Lippman’s Wild, Wise, and Wistful Exploration of Desire

March 8, 2026
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Gary Lippman’s latest offering is the least classifiable of his books so far. It’s an inventive assemblage of fiction, historical anecdotes, autobiography, authorial meditations (and advice), quotes, song lyrics, and literary allusions.

Concert Review: Cat Power Reclaims “The Greatest” with Soulful Grace and a Touch of Sorrow

March 7, 2026
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Fun may seem like a relative term for a singer who performs fragile, melancholy songs in dim stage light and doesn’t allow photographers, though cell phones rose like stars in her galaxy to record videos.

Jazz Album Reviews: A Roundup of Recent Recordings

March 7, 2026
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Looks at new music from Joel Ross, Al Foster, John Vanore & Abstract Truth, Tomeka Reid Quartet, and John Ellis & Double Wide.

Book Review: “The Alibi of Capital” — Accept No Excuses

March 7, 2026
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Stealing the future and concealing the theft — capitalism’s method, which, according to this well-argued book, is incompatible with sustaining the global climate and democracy.

Film Review: “The Bride!” — Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Feminist Monster Mash

March 6, 2026
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The film’s intellectual friskiness is everywhere, and at times it takes centerstage at the expense of the story.

Stage Interview: Scott Edmiston on Boston’s Changing Theater Scene

March 5, 2026
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“Achieving some sort of balance is key; to capture the heart and soul of who we are, and to present that on our stages, so that we continually challenge audiences and surprise ourselves.”

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

March 5, 2026
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This week’s poem: Jillian Boger’s “I Never Learned How to Speak”

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