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Fuse Commentary: A Tasting Menu for Boston Arts — An Idea Whose Time Has Come

October 18, 2014
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Here’s a modest proposal. Let’s invent a Boston arts tasting menu.

Book Interview: The Boston Book Festival — Six Years On and Thriving

October 18, 2014
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“The Boston Book Festival is doing really well. It feels like an established part of Boston’s cultural scene.”

Fuse Film Review: “Pride” — A Feel-Good Film About the Union Ties That Bind

October 17, 2014
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Pride is poignant celebration of the power of the human element, a carefully layered tale of solidarity.

Film Review: “The Blue Room” — “Gone Girl” — French Version

October 17, 2014
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Is he a murderer? Is she? Who was the victim? His wife? The mistress? The Blue Room is Gone Girl French style, which means more sex, more art, and more enigma.

Poetry Review: “Gabriel, A Poem” — A Terrible Beauty

October 17, 2014
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Gabriel is a searing experience to read, filled with sadness but also humor and forbearance, and may give comfort to parents who are dealing with difficult children.

Book Review: Associate Justice Antonin Scalia — A Judge Who Refuses to Evolve

October 15, 2014
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Bruce Allen Murphy conveys the impression that Scalia knows how he feels on every issue before the briefs have been argued.

Film Review: The Intriguing Documentary “Art and Craft” — Getting a Kick From Copying Art

October 15, 2014
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Why, when finally caught, didn’t mark Landis land in jail? Here’s the rub. He was a consummate liar and a big-time deceiver but he’s never committed a jailable crime.

Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s Surround Sound at Jordan Hall

October 15, 2014
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The orchestral playing, a couple moments of questionable intonation notwithstanding, was commanding and, at times, exhilarating.

Theater Review: German Stage — These Youth Don’t Want to Hear No “WhiteBreadMusic”

October 15, 2014
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In interesting ways, German Stage’s ongoing exploration of Germany’s immigrant populations provides a lens through which we can evaluate how we perceive our immigrants and how we treat them.

Book Review: “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh” — A Definitive Biography of One of Our Most Important Playwrights

October 14, 2014
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The biography is a remarkable read. It has all the hefty research you’d expect from a scholarly work, yet the story is told through prose fit for a great novel.

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