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Film Review: “The Samurai and the Prisoner” — The Quality of Mercy is Strained

August 6, 2026
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Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa trades spectacle for suspense in a period thriller about honor, hostage, and haiku.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

August 6, 2026
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This week’s poem is José Antonio Ramos Sucre’s “The Truth”

Television Review: “Monsters of God” Trades “Tiger King” Chaos for True-Crime Dread

August 5, 2026
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HBO’s docuseries on the illegal reptile trade is less wild than its predecessors, but its sorrowful, criminal undertow makes it unsettling in a different way.

Music Festival Review: At Newport Jazz 2026, the Past and Future Jam Side by Side

August 5, 2026
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Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock, Flea and a lively new generation showed how the festival is stretching jazz’s boundaries without losing its center.

Rock Album: Quicksand’s New Album Is a Blast of Purpose, Fury, and Reflection

August 5, 2026
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On “Bring on the Psychics,” the post-hardcore veterans sound urgent, thoughtful and surprisingly rejuvenated, balancing punishing riffs with hard-won wisdom.

Arts Remembrance: The Musical Mission of Joel Cohen

August 4, 2026
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His galvanizing presence left an enduring mark on Boston’s musical culture.

Rock Concert Review: Phish Turns Fenway Into a Jam-Heavy Homecoming

August 3, 2026
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The weekend stand in Boston offered crowd-pleasers, deep cuts, and one of Phish’s most startling bust-outs in decades.

Dance Preview: Brinae Ali Dances Baby Laurence Back Into the Spotlight

August 3, 2026
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At Jacob’s Pillow, Brinae Ali’s “Baby Laurence Legacy Project” reanimates a jazz tap master’s bebop musical brilliance through choreography, live music, and technology.

Film Review: “Wild Inside” — The Story of the Owl That Stopped New York

August 3, 2026
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In her wry, incisive documentary,  filmmaker Penny Lane turns an owl’s rise and fall into an unusually moving inquiry into animal sentience, urban spectacle, and the cost of liberation.

Arts Remembrance: Jeff “Monoman” Conolly — He Knew All the Secrets

August 3, 2026
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The Lyres frontman was obsessive, exacting, and unforgettable.

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