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Video Game Review: The Super Smash Bros. Are Back — Better Than Ever

December 16, 2014
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Whether you are new or returning to the Super Smash Bros. series as a veteran, get this title on the Wii U and skip the 3DS version — unless you absolutely have to have the game on-the-go.

Concert Review: “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn” — A Welcome Holiday Tradition

December 15, 2014
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A Christmas Celtic Sojourn is uplifting and spirited fun; the performers are having at least as good a time as the audience, and that is always a winning formula.

Fuse Visual Arts: Free For The Holidays — Picasso and Photography (and Jacqueline)

December 15, 2014
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Gagosian Gallery’s show Picasso & the Camera is the art bargain of the season.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

December 14, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, film, and theater for the coming  week.

Concert Review: Pianist Inon Barnatan — In a Class By Himself

December 13, 2014
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Pianist Inon Barnatan’s Celebrity Series recital felt like a tremendous occasion. In fact, it communicated a sense of joy, of invigorating discovery, which is rather rare.

Music Feature: Best Jazz of the Year 2014

December 13, 2014
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Be prepared for some challenging, off-the-beaten path choices, including a new tradition.

Film Review: “Zero Motivation” — An Enthralling Hebraic Version of “M*A*S*H”

December 12, 2014
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Are men totally useless in Zero Motivation? Well, they can come in handy when you want to use one of them as a sexual object.

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.

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.

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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