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Concert Review: A Prodigy Who Delivers the Goods — Benjamin Grosvenor

November 10, 2013
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I have seen my share of prodigies and their gushing PR. So I was pleasantly surprised when Benjamin Grosvenor, an unassuming youth in a white shirt and black pants, walked out and played with beauty and style.

Visual Arts Review: Picasso in Boxer Shorts — Red Grooms at Yale

November 10, 2013
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Red Grooms specializes in high art cartooning with a nod to ideas about time, personality, and the formation of coteries that bear close investigation, or as curator Lisa Hodermarsky’s notes, invite visitors to belly up to the bar.

Visual Arts Commentary: In a Room with Rothko

November 10, 2013
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The Arts Fuse is pleased to announce that “In a Room With Rothko,” by Anthony Wallace, posted last year, was awarded a Pushcart Prize Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize XXXVIII Best of the Small Presses (Norton & Co, 2013).

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

November 8, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, and music that’s coming up this week.

Fuse Book Review: “The Measures Between Us” — A Promising But Scattershot First Novel

November 8, 2013
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We are left with a somewhat scattered narrative written in the third person with an omniscient narrator that moves from one inner life to another, sometimes to good effect, and sometimes leaving the reader stranded.

Film Review: “The Last White Knight” — A Vision of Racism Perpetuated

November 7, 2013
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In the mesmerizing “The Last White Knight,” documentary filmmaker Paul Saltzman chronicles a five-year dialogue with the man who assaulted him during the civil rights movement.

Fuse News: Boston’s Hibernian Hall pulls plug on controversial reggae act

November 6, 2013
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[UPDATE] Dudley Square’s Hibernian Hall has canceled a concert slated for Friday night by a reggae star with a past history of virulently anti-gay lyrics.

Film Review: “Let the Fire Burn” — An Important Political Film

November 6, 2013
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em>Historic footage—from newsreels, TV stations once-live coverage, from several investigating commissions- has been edited, brilliantly into a coherent, important political film.

Fuse Theater Review: Kurt Vonnegut Redux? Not in “Make Up Your Mind”

November 6, 2013
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Unfortunately, there are only flickers of Kurt Vonnegut’s dark and playful genius in “Make Up Your Mind.”

Fuse Concert Review: OTP — Having Fun at the Middle East-Upstairs

November 5, 2013
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Despite the band’s obvious affinity for alcohol, there’s nothing sloppy about OTP. They’re a tight unit.

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