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Concert Review: Sam Grisman Project and Peter Rowan — Seizing the Moment

June 15, 2025
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There were unscripted song selections whose daring and heart made this concert so much more than a night of old beloved tunes.

Dance Review: Boston Dance Theater — Inspired by Nature

June 13, 2025
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Boston Dance Theater is driven by the belief that a community is strengthened by an exchange of ideas.

Visual Arts Review: Great Gallery Shows for Free in NYC – Picasso and Kentridge

June 13, 2025
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Two art exhibitions in New York should be seen multiple times. Each will deepen your appreciation of a great artist. Neither is mobbed with visitors. Each, in this wildly overpriced city, is absolutely free.

Theater Reviews: Berkshires Roundup — In Touch With Reality

June 13, 2025
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A trio of companies — Barrington Stage Company, Great Barrington Public Theater, and, to a lesser extent, Berkshire Theater Festival — draw on the stage’s power to address our current political emergencies.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

June 12, 2025
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This week’s poem: John F. Deane’s “The Suffering”

Artist Remembrance: Brian Wilson — An Appreciation

June 12, 2025
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Brian Wilson’s clear falsetto voice may be stilled but his amazing trove of timeless music lives on.

Doc Talk: Fame and Obscurity at PIFF

June 12, 2025
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If the destiny of documentaries is to become celebrity profiles, it could do worse than those screening at this year’s PIFF.

Film Review: “Barron’s Cove” — A Thriller Steeped in Grief

June 12, 2025
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The film offers some intriguing twists and turns, and the excellent cast propels the narrative forward admirably. But the screenplay tries a bit too hard to dramatize character transformations in a short period of time.

Jazz Concert Review: Eliane Elias — One of a Kind

June 11, 2025
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The magic in Eliane Elias’s performances is in how easily she slips from one musical dialect into another.

Visual Arts Review: Experiments in Rural Drawing at the Clark

June 10, 2025
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Surprisingly, the 17th- and 18th-century drawings and prints in “Pastoral on Paper” proffer bold experiments in charcoal, chalk, and gouache.

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