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Fuse Concert Preview: Commonwealth Lyric Theater’s “Mozart and Salieri”

June 7, 2014
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Thanks to CLT’s pluck and commitment to underperformed repertoire, Boston audiences have the chance to check out the rarely performed opera “Mozart and Salieri” for themselves.

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Film Review: “What is Cinema?” — An Inspirational Documentary about the Power of the Movies

June 6, 2014
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The clips from both experimental and commercial cinema play well against the interviews from a group directors who are known for pushing boundaries.

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Television Review: “Silicon Valley” Gets the Algorithm Right

June 6, 2014
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The creator of the series, Mike Judge, and his team have gone to great lengths to sweat the details of the corporate landscape of San Jose and its environs. Right from the start Silicon Valley rang true.

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Book Review: “Six Amendments” — Is U.S. Constitutional Change in the Air?

June 5, 2014
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Retired Associate Justice John Paul Stevens’ book Six Amendments is unlikely to restore any of the love lost between him and the GOP.

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Visual Arts Review: Jim Hodges — Applying Sentiment to Post-Minimalism

June 5, 2014
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This exhibition pits Jim Hodges’ undoubtable sincerity against the stylistic requirements of post-minimalism in battles that often come to a draw.

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Concert Review: Singer Ute Gfrerer at Goethe Institut — An Evening of Uncommon Grace

June 4, 2014
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Singer Ute Gfrerer’s name should be spread far and wide to anyone — Jewish or not — who is interested in the music of that period, for this is first-rate work that should be heard for generations to come.

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Book Review: “Plato at the Googleplex” — A Passionate and Thoughtful Look at Philosophy Today

June 3, 2014
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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s erudition, coupled to her literary skill, makes Plato at the Googleplex inviting and readable without sacrificing complexity.

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Film Review: Director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Warmed-Over “Dance of Reality”

June 3, 2014
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Director Alejandro Jodorowsky is a fascinating artist, but this rehash of his own Dadaesque style is lurid, stale, and simplistic.

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Film Review: An Obscure But Fascinating Documentary on the Life of Edith Wharton

June 3, 2014
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Artist/scholar Elizabeth Lennard has managed to evoke the breadth of Edith Wharton’s life and work in a relatively short and vivid film.

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Fuse Concert Review: Progressive Rock — Seven Hours of Celebration

June 2, 2014
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Even by the standards of prog shows, which only get close to mainstream if a Yes or Rush is headlining, these bands were largely from the underground.

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