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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

June 26, 2025
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This week’s poem: Charles Shively’s “His Body In Mine”

Children’s Book Reviews: Changing the World in Big and Little Ways

June 26, 2025
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Two portraits of champions: a famous fighter for civil rights and a little girl who loves chess.

Opera Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project Sheds New Light on “Frederick Douglass”

June 25, 2025
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Played and sung with verve in its New England premiere, “Frederick Douglass” stands as the most significant revival BMOP has undertaken in recent years.

Book Review: The Poetry of Zbigniew Herbert — Mr Cogito’s Insomnia

June 25, 2025
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How should artists live under autocracy? A Cold War Polish poet doesn’t have good answers, but offers chilling advice.

Cultural Commentary: Time for Arts Groups, Large and Small, to Display Some Bona Fide Irreverence

June 25, 2025
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The question before arts organizations and companies is the same one that looms over the rest of us: will they—can they—act before it’s too late?

Concert Review: Phish — A Heady Old-School Feast

June 24, 2025
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For those seeking adventure away from cookie-cutter arena rock, Phish still fit the bill.

Book Review: “Room on the Sea” — Low Tide

June 24, 2025
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“Room on the Sea” is impressively crafted and written, but its lack of bite, drive, and action left me restless. 

Book Review: “A Remarkable Man” — Surviving the Unthinkable

June 24, 2025
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Still, even with its flaws, this short book is an important contribution to literature by and about atomic bomb survivors because it underlines their indispensable value as witnesses.

Arts Remembrance: The Special Legacies of Three Prominent Architects

June 23, 2025
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Though not necessarily for of their buildings, these three prominent architects leave legacies that will be cherished and remembered.

Classical Album Reviews: “Ravel Fragments” & Stephen Hough plays Hough

June 23, 2025
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Pianist Bertrand Chamayou demonstrates just how mercurial and influential Ravel could be; composer-pianist Stephen Hough’s Piano Concerto casts a Ravel-like spell.

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