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Dance Review: “circlusion” Turns the Mattress into a Stage for Reimagined Femininity

February 8, 2026
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As this duet unfolds, it opens the way to musings about how a bed is a human-sized rectangle on which are projected dreams and nightmares, sexuality and erotic boundaries.

Visual Arts Show: Friendship and Inclusion — “To My Best Friend” at the ICA/Boston

February 8, 2026
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This exhibit is a fair reflection of the museum’s desire to spotlight work by artists who have traditionally been neglected by the museum world.

Film Review: Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” — Conquest as Apocalypse

February 7, 2026
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“Magellan” circles the world and the world circles the drain.

Theater Feature: Actors — Still Pursuing Their Passion

February 7, 2026
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A new year is beginning, so it is as good a time as any to check in with a few actors with Boston roots or performance experience, to explore what it means to pursue the dream of being an actor in 2026.

Theater Commentary: Live Theater—An Incomparable Art Form

February 7, 2026
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Protecting live theater, along with the other arts that the NEA has supported, is urgent, and it begins, as it did with me, by loving theater, either as a regular member of the audience or as someone onstage or behind the scenes.

Jazz Album Review: Freedom Within Structure — Dave Douglas’s Bold and Playful “Four Freedoms”

February 6, 2026
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The members of Dave Douglas’ quartet members are alertly sensitive to each other and unfailingly intelligent in their choices, which makes them fun to hear.

Design Review: The Look of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games

February 6, 2026
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The “Look” of the 2026 Games succeeds at what should be its elemental function — the connection of beauty, athleticism, celebration, and memory.

Book Review: When the Muse Misbehaves — The Absurd Charm of Yun Ko-eun’s “Art on Fire”

February 6, 2026
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Yun Ko-eun’s novel is a good, entertaining read that proceeds by a kind of literary Zeno’s Paradox: forever on the verge of some Big Revelation or vague Deeper Meaning without ever actually reaching them.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

February 5, 2026
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This week’s poem: Valerie Coulton’s “fifteen lines in February”

Film Review: “The Choral” — Stirring Voices

February 5, 2026
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Despite an excellent cast, impressive production values, and the thrilling music at its heart, “The Choral” often feels as if it is trying to be several films at once.

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