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Film Commentary: The IFFBoston — Documentaries Focusing on the Marginalized

May 6, 2016
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The IFFBoston’s commitment to films about marginalized communities is turning the festival into an essential cultural event.

Literary Appreciation: “The Passion for the Thing” — An Argument for Writer Harry Crews

May 2, 2016
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The Southern-inflected melee of Harry Crews’ universe is like a Hieronymus Bosch canvas dipped in whiskey and flour and deep-fried.

Fuse Arts Commentary: Outside the [Pricey] Box Festival?

April 12, 2016
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The Outside the Box Festival going to need much more substance to justify its new 3-figure price tag.

Fuse Commentary: The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 Season Announcement

March 14, 2016
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On the whole, 2016-17 is shaping up to be one of the liveliest Boston Symphony Orchestra seasons since the first years of James Levine’s tenure.

Rethinking the Repertoire #9 – Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony

March 10, 2016
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So, is the “Gaelic” Symphony an unalloyed masterpiece? I’d argue in the affirmative.

Rethinking the Repertoire #8 – Sibelius’s “Night Ride and Sunrise”

March 5, 2016
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Surely the time has come for a major revival of Night Ride and Sunrise.

Rethinking the Repertoire #7 – Christopher Rouse’s “Phantasmata”

March 3, 2016
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Christopher Rouse is a tough composer to pin down and that stylistic unpredictability has, in part, provided his music notable expressive breadth.

Rethinking the Repertoire #6: Felix Mendelssohn’s “Die erste Walpurgisnacht”

March 1, 2016
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Felix Mendelssohn remains one of the West’s most underrated composers.

Music Review/Commentary: David Bowie’s “Blackstar” and Norbert Stein’s “Das Karussell” — When Words Rule Music

February 16, 2016
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Both David Bowie and Norbert Stein present distinctive and subtle approaches to the hybridizing of poetry and music.

Fuse Remembrance: Bowie on Film — Ageless Enigmas

January 14, 2016
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Bowie the Legendary Rock Star and Bowie the Fashion Chameleon were flashier, bolder, than Bowie the Cinematic Iconoclast.

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