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trumpeter–composer Mark Harvey’s imaginative conducting made the pieces work together in fascinating ways.
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is mostly a straight-ahead telling of the vivid life of the National Lampoon.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
Whatever its flaws, Sicario goes a long way to informing us of what’s happening just south of the border — not driven by illegal immigration, but by American drug lust.
Most of the piece was carefully engineered; it seemed more calculated than liberated
Jay Parini has provided an important slice of literary and cultural history as well as a portrait of a man.
Bridge Rep Theater director Olivia D’Ambrosio has not taken message-mongering to heart in this lively production of a rarely produced play.
A by no means complete round up of some recent releases in rock, from Keith Richards to the Libertines.

Film Commentary: “Cuckoo’s Nest” in the Age of Trump — Viewer Beware!