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CD Review: Michael Kiwanuka’s “Fudge” — Songs of Despair, Notes of Hope

October 29, 2026
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Recorded prior to a debilitating stroke and released a year afterward, Michael Kiwanuka’s album offers beautiful songs of pain, loneliness, heartbreak, and despair.

Food Commentary: “The Real Food Show” — The Galloping Propagandist

October 29, 2026
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cooking show serves up MAHA talking points without the wit, warmth, or human connection that made Julia Child, Graham Kerr, and LaDeva Davis irresistible.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

October 29, 2026
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This week’s poem: Mark Lamoureux’s “In Search of Anastasia”

Classical Album Review: Two More Captivating Symphonies by Ferdinand Hiller

October 29, 2026
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A “Song of the Pirates” and feather-light scherzo movements stand out in world-premiere recordings led by Howard Griffiths—a welcome rediscovery of a composer admired by Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Doc Talk: Women Who Refuse to Back Down at the Boston Jewish Film Festival

October 28, 2026
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At the Boston Jewish Film Festival, three films follow women who persist in the face of prejudice, buried secrets, and unjust laws.

Film Review: “Wild Horse Nine” — A CIA Farce That Takes Aim But Misfires

October 28, 2026
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John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell skillfully ladle on the caustic comedy, but Martin McDonagh’s latest leaves the moral wreckage of American imperialism largely unexplored.

Jazz Album Review: Stella Cole — A Human Voice in an Automated Age

October 28, 2026
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From TikTok to the concert stage, the singer’s unaffected way with the Great American Songbook suggests a hopeful turn in an AI-drenched culture.

Author Interview: Meghan O’Gieblyn — “Harmony Requires Two Notes”

October 27, 2026
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In “Will and Attention,” the essayist explores addiction, faith, and the divided self—and asks whether lasting change begins not with willpower but with attention.

Visual Arts Review: A Museum That Won’t Act Its Age

October 27, 2026
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At 90, Boston’s ICA revisits nine decades of boundary-pushing art, institutional reinvention, and a willingness to take risks.

Music Interview: Keeper of the Flame — A Conversation with Grahame Lesh

October 26, 2026
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Grahame Lesh on growing up Dead, Bob Weir, Bravo’s “Real Housewives,” the birth of Terrapin Station, and why the Dead will never die.

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