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Arts Commentary: All Is Not Copacetic for the Fine Arts in the Berkshires

January 30, 2020
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Despite the growing number of artists in the Berkshires, there seems to be an effort, among large cultural institutions and the major media, to pretend that they are not around.

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Film Review: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films — No More Than Adequate

January 30, 2020
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Who can explain why two of the five nominees are set in Tunisia? Or why several of them seem like student films?

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Book Review: “The Stakes” — For America, Higher Than You Think

January 29, 2020
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For America to get back on track, “It will take inspired radical leadership, mass organizing, and citizen mobilization of the kind that we see only in America’s finest hours.”

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Theater Review: “We All Fall Down” — Flat

January 29, 2020
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In the spirit of Passover’s four questions, I will ask: Why this play of all plays?

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Book Review: “Becoming a Man” — The Roller-Coaster of Transition

January 28, 2020
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I would have preferred a more reflective, in-depth account of becoming a man in 2020, but Becoming A Man is an informative, fast, and fascinating read.

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Music Review: Providence Art-Pop Trio Arc Iris stretches its wings in “iTMRW”

January 28, 2020
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So, after three original albums (plus a re-imagining of Joni Mitchell’s Blue) that fell short of wide acclaim, perhaps it was only a matter of time for them to think big.

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Short Fuse Podcast #24 — Hopes & Gripes, The 2020 Grammys

January 27, 2020
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One of the Art Fuse‘s music reviewers, Deanna Costa has a lot to say about this year’s Grammys awards.

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Film Review: “Color Out of Space” — Trippy, Witchy, Uneven, Hilarious

January 27, 2020
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To move from a bucolic beginning to a surreal, chaotic climax, and then to an elegiac epilogue — that, in my book, is the sign of a well-crafted horror film.

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Post-Rock CD Review: Caspian’s “On Circles” — Short Films for the Inner Eye

January 26, 2020
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With this album, post-rock sextet Caspian pulls off the tricky maneuver of infusing blood and emotions into carefully assembled and deliberately delivered songs.

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Coming Attractions: January 26 through February 11– What Will Light Your Fire

January 26, 2020
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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