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Commentary: “Deluge” — How Vermont Survived Tropical Storm Irene

September 4, 2013
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I fully support the themes that Peggy Shinn explores, articulated in Deluge’s subtitle: this one small state did save itself.

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Fuse Commentary: MBTA Set to Demolish the “Center of the Universe” in Harvard Square

August 29, 2013
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Apparently, an agency like the MBTA can simply take a wrecking ball to pieces of public art such as “Omphalos” when their existence becomes an encumbrance. No questions asked.

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Arts Commentary: Do Boston’s Mayoral Candidates Support the Arts? Who Knows? — An Update

August 28, 2013
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Those who champion the arts need to realize that talk is cheap — we have to fight to get a place at the political table.

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Webmaster News: Getting Around Has Gotten Easier

August 12, 2013
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Welcome to the new look of the Arts Fuse! The insightful, in-depth content is the same as it’s always been, but now it’s easier to find.

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Book Review: “Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān” — Rewriting the History of Ideas

August 3, 2013
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“Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān” is a mesmerizing study that will enchant anyone interested in interdisciplinary, cross-cultural explorations of the history of science that transform the way we look at the past and the present.

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Fuse News: Paleo-Atheism, Susan Jacoby, sexting. . .

August 1, 2013
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New media always abets the power to articulate fantasy and fetish.

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Fuse Commentary: The Boston Globe Disses The Lowell Folk Festival

July 29, 2013
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In 2011, the Boston Globe characterized the Lowell Folk Festival as “a celebration of diversity.” This year, the floundering newspaper isn’t interested in celebrating anything but itself.

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Arts Commentary: A Call to (Proper) Arms — Why a Science Fiction/Fantasy Fight Over Sexism Matters

July 27, 2013
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Call it dueling futures. Because the battle for the soul of the science fiction and fantasy community is about nothing less, and even if we in the mystery community never considered the impact of a chainmail bikini, you may want to sharpen your broadsword.

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Theater Review: A Few Thoughts on Williamstown Theatre Festival’s “Pygmalion”

July 24, 2013
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Surely the lesson of “Pygmalion” is that Eliza should never look back. She doesn’t need to.

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Book Review: Building “The Wired City” — Journalism’s Future?

June 26, 2013
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Dan Kennedy could have written a book that extols the “Huffington Post,” WGBH, or Patch as the future of serious community journalism. He doesn’t, which means that he is on the side of the angels rather than the corner-cutting devils.

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