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Author Interview: Writer Clive James — Writing Against the Dying of the Light

March 1, 2019
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Imagine a combination of Stephen Colbert (the real one, that is) and John Updike.

Arts Fuse Podcast #11: Talking With Lloyd Schwartz — And Skinny Jerry Garcia and Nixon Read Poetry

March 1, 2019
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We were overjoyed to spend this episode with Pulitzer prize winning critic, poet, and teacher Lloyd Schwartz. Stick around for the poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon, too

Classical CD Reviews: Colin Davis’s “Berlioz Odyssey,” “Bernard Haitink: Portrait,” and “The Age of Revolutions”

March 1, 2019
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Anniversaries are both the bane and the lifeblood of the classical music industry as, for better or worse, three new box sets remind.

Film Review: “Greta” — Psycho Thriller, Qui Est-Ce?

February 28, 2019
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A B-movie par excellence, Greta’s the kind of unhinged and yet fiendishly well-calibrated genre fare that rarely gets afforded the attentions of a director as accomplished as Neil Jordan.

Book Review: “Making Music American — 1917 and the Transformation of Culture”

February 28, 2019
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1917 was an important year, but perhaps not important enough to justify the sweeping title of the book.

TV Review: “The Umbrella Academy” — What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stranger

February 27, 2019
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What’s a band of re-orphaned misfits to do? Dance away the pain, obviously.

Classical Music CD Reviews: Juan de Arriaga’s Orchestral Music, Lortzing Overtures, and Boieldieu’s Piano Concerto et al.

February 27, 2019
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Visual Arts Review: “Harry Dodge: Works of Love” — Meaning Comes Extra

February 27, 2019
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I fell for the Harry Dodge exhibition, but I confess to not entirely ‘getting the picture.’

Commentary/Interview: “Du Bois’s Telegram” — Restricting Literary Resistance

February 27, 2019
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Is there a disconnect between artists and meaningful resistance movements?

Classical Music CD Reviews: Michael Gordon’s “The Unchanging Sea” and Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck”

February 26, 2019
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Michael Gordon’s score for The Unchanging Sea works better as soundtrack than a concert work; Harmonia mundi releases a DVD of William Kentridge’s powerful staging of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.

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