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Rethinking the Repertoire #13 – Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto

May 31, 2017
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Samuel Barber: one of the most individual and distinguished voices to emerge in Europe or America during the 20th century.

Book Review: “House of Names” — Back to the Greeks

May 31, 2017
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Colm Tóibín travels back to ancient Greece in House of Names, a vibrant retelling of the tragedy of the House of Atreus.

Jazz CD Review: “Charnett Moffett — Music From Our Soul”

May 31, 2017
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Large parts, if not all, of this well played, eclectic disc should appeal to various tastes in modern improvised music.

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 31

May 31, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Perceptive Look at the Generation Gap

May 30, 2017
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4000 Miles is charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations.

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 30

May 30, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program: An Introduction

May 29, 2017
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My thought was that it would exciting to invite high school students from diverse backgrounds to become better educated about arts criticism.

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 29

May 29, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Literary Homage: Denis Johnson, American Dostoevsky

May 28, 2017
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Denis Johnson’s spiritual vision was dark and more than a little scary but also supremely generous.

Book Review: Denis Johnson’s “California Scheming”

May 28, 2017
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Denis Johnson sees that New Age thinking is a response to something very American, very late-twentieth-century—namely the precariousness of identity.

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