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Book Review: Losing the Flavor — Allegra Goodman and the New Jewish-American Family

February 27, 2026
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What Allegra Goodman’s stories serve up could be called a vision of Jewish American Life Lite.

Film Review: Escapism and Entrapment Collide in “Kiss of the Spider Woman”

February 27, 2026
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The ratio between fantasy and real life felt off in this uneven film version of Kander and Ebb’s 1990 musical.

Film Review: “Queen Kelly” Restored — Erich Von Stroheim’s Mad Genius Resurrected

February 26, 2026
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Cinema lovers with a taste for the exotic and a tolerance for narrative loose ends should take advantage of the re-emergence, via 4k digital makeover, of “Queen Kelly”.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

February 26, 2026
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This week’s poem: Marina Lazzara’s “passionflower”

Theater Commentary: Theater for Young Audiences — What Role Can It Play In Saving Our Democracy?

February 25, 2026
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Meeting today’s challenge—harnessing the performing arts to prepare the next generation to sustain democracy—requires broader collaboration not only with schools and community partners but among TYA companies themselves.

Album Review: Django Festival Allstars Keep Gypsy Swing Vibrant on “Evolution”

February 25, 2026
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“Evolution” is a major statement from master musicians building on a strong tradition and taking it forward into our own generation with passion and elegance.

Film Review: Beautifully Empty – The Vacant Glamour of “Marty Supreme” and “Wuthering Heights”

February 24, 2026
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Both films are intermittently entertaining and display a high level of craft. They’re also blithely mediocre: mainly flash and filigree, vacuous at their center.

Book Review: “I Give You My Silence” is Vargas Llosa’s Final, Gentle Vals — A Swan Song of Art’s Quiet Power

February 24, 2026
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Mario Vargas Llosa’s final novel is a sweet, light story about art and idealism—and its ever-present opposite, cynicism.

Doc Talk: The 2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts — Documentaries Look at a World of Pain

February 23, 2026
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For a piercing reflection of the times, turn to the Oscars’ Best Documentary categories, in particular, the Best Documentary Shorts.

Music Feature: “Which Side? A Protest Music Teach-out” — How Music Meets the Moment

February 22, 2026
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The eighth iteration of “Which Side?” was a wild success, mixing musical genres from reggae to old-school Boston punk and punctuated by two moving (and brief) speakers.

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