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Author Interview: Annie Zaleski on Stevie Nicks’s Lasting Power

May 17, 2026
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The author of “Stevie Nicks in 50 Songs” talks about Nicks’s enduring mystique, her influence on younger artists, and the challenge of choosing just 50 tracks.

Book Review: “The Sound of Utopia” — Music in the Shadow of Power

May 16, 2026
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Michael Krielaars’ portrait of Soviet musicians reveals art shaped—and warped—by fear, ideology, and longing.

Film Review: The Man Behind the Curtain — A Wishy-Washy “Wizard of the Kremlin”

May 15, 2026
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A stylish but troubling portrait that soft-pedals power, propaganda, and Vladimir Putin.

Theater Review: A Barrio-Born Oedipus That Engages, but Rarely Devastates

May 15, 2026
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Set amid the rituals and turmoils of barrio life, this contemporary take on “Oedipus Rex” trades Sophoclean complexity for theatrical vitality.

Poetry Review: Devin Johnston’s “Bright Thorn” — Observation Without Illumination

May 15, 2026
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All too often, Devin Johnston’s poems remain at the level of reportage.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

May 14, 2026
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This week’s poem: Dorian Kotsiopoulos’s “In Translation”

Jazz Albums Review: Two Currents, One Tide — Latin Jazz Reimagines Monk and Modern Traditions

May 14, 2026
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From Dave Schumacher’s seaworthy “Agua con Gas” to Carlos Henríquez’s rhythmic “Monk con Clave,” these new releases fuse Afro‑Caribbean pulse with big‑band imagination, blending tribute, danceable grooves, and inventive soloing into a shared, celebratory soundscape.

Theater Reviews: Two Shows on Broadway Attempt to Capture the Dark — “The Lost Boys” and “The Rocky Horror Show”

May 13, 2026
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Two beloved cult properties arrive on Broadway with formidable casts and decades of devotion behind them – but conjuring darkness turns out to be harder than it looks.

Book Review: Stop Romanticizing the Starving Artist

May 13, 2026
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“Making Art and Making a Living” assembles colorful tales of ingenuity while skirting the economic inequities that make them necessary.

Film Review: In “Amrum,” Innocence Meets Fascist Ideology

May 12, 2026
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Fatih Akin’s “Amrum” traces a boy’s quiet moral awakening as Nazi Germany falls, blending lyrical imagery with unsettling historical clarity

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