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Film Review: “Mare’s Nest” — Don DeLillo Gets Played

June 25, 2026
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This ambitious adaptation finds its power in images, not in the novelist’s dense and elusive language.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

June 25, 2026
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The week’s poem: Chris Siteman’s “Mermaids”

Arts Feature: Mark Cutler and The Same Thing Project — Writing Songs Together

June 25, 2026
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Mark Cutler’s community songwriting workshops transform shared experience into collective sound.

Children’s Book Reviews: Finding Home, Making Family

June 24, 2026
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From exile to everyday kindness, these picture books trace how belonging is built—through resilience, community, and imagination.

Short Fuse Podcast #89: “Can the Arts Create a Ruckus?”

June 23, 2026
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Host Elizabeth Howard moderates a conversation about whether the arts can provoke, reflect, and sustain cultural dialogue in a period of disruption and transformation.

Concert Review: Jonathan Biss and the Brentano String Quartet Explore the Drama in Dvořák, Haydn, and Beethoven

June 23, 2026
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Pianist Jonathan Biss and the Brentano String Quartet animated Dvořák, Haydn, and Beethoven with emotional urgency and tonal finesse.

Festival Review: Green River Festival Hits a New Peak with Eclectic, Youth-Driven Lineup

June 23, 2026
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A record crowd for genre-blurring acts, with Geese and Wednesday signaling a shift in the festival’s identity.

Festival Review: Northlands Music & Arts Festival 2026 — A Summer Pulse-Check for the Jam Scene

June 23, 2026
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A storm-snarled weekend in Swanzey, New Hampshire delivers breakout acts, deep improvisation, and a snapshot of the modern jam ecosystem.

Book Review: “Obstinate Daughters” — The Women Who Powered the Revolution

June 23, 2026
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Denise Kiernan’s accessible book restores the often overlooked figures who shaped America’s founding.

Film Review: Stalin’s Labyrinth — Blind Justice in “Two Prosecutors”

June 23, 2026
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The power of Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s film stems from its deep repugnance at an acceptance of the aesthetic and moral poverty of dictatorship.

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