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Theater Review: “Necessary Monsters” — A Confusing Walk on the Wild Side

December 12, 2014
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Attempting to dig underneath our protective psychic skins to get at the festering Ids within, John Kuntz would like Necessary Monsters to mesh laughter and fright, comedy and horror.

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Arts Interview: Tim Page on the “Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles, 1940-1954”

December 11, 2014
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Tim Page on a generous sampling of Virgil Thomson’s best music criticism – trenchant, outspoken, oftentimes delightfully clever, and always assured.

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Music Review: Having an Aimee Mann Christmas

December 11, 2014
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For those of us who love Christmas music, Aimee Mann and company showed how to do it right: a lot of lovely songs and festive spirits, not a lot of sticky sentiment.

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Visual Arts Feature: Cambridge’s Magazine Beach — A Fascinating View of Its History

December 10, 2014
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As is the case with all public spaces, Magazine Beach reflects the sensibilities and desires of its users, who ruined, abandoned, embraced, and transformed the area.

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Fuse Theater Review: “O.P.C.” — Thinking Outside of the Prada Box

December 9, 2014
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If the fate of life on earth comes down to mother and daughter bonding over a racy passage in Anaïs Nin, then he whales should just call it a day.

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Music Feature: Mr. Airplane Man — Return Flight

December 9, 2014
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Mr. Airplane Man was beloved in the local blues world and the Abbey Lounge garage-rock circuit. They play their first local shows in nine years this week.

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Arts Commentary: On Racism and World’s Fairs in the Harvard Art Museums

December 8, 2014
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How African pygmies came to St. Louis has everything to do with Barnum, with freak shows, with unreconstructed racism.

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Film Review: “Bad Hair” — A Very Good Movie

December 8, 2014
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Mariana Rondón’s Bad Hair is a beautifully acted film about the stultifying pressures on downtrodden lives.

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Fuse News: Cathy Edwards Comes to NEFA

December 8, 2014
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This week, The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) announced that Cathy Edwards will become NEFA’s new Executive Director.

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Arts News: Boston’s “Mayor’s Holiday” — A Valuable Cultural Gift

December 8, 2014
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You’d be a fool to miss taking advantage of Boston’s Mayor’s Holiday.

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