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Arts Commentary: To Stay or Not to Stay? Copley Place’s fountain faces an uphill battle

September 26, 2013
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Today, the fountain at Copley Place feels embarrassing in some way; not its form or execution, but its very existence.

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Music Commentary: Free-For-Alls Bode Well for Jazz’s Future

September 17, 2013
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The obvious question is how can such a sprawling free festival – and the nightly fireworks shop that capped two of the nights – happen in such a cash-strapped city?

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Fuse Commentary: 2013-1014 Orchestral Season Preview

September 11, 2013
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So, even though certain pieces by Mendelssohn and Beethoven seem to be turning up with greater frequency than perhaps may be healthy, there is still much to admire and look forward to in the upcoming orchestral season.

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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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