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Classical Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Searing Rendition of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem”

November 11, 2013
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In sum, this was one of those rare concerts in which everything clicked, musically and dramatically.

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Concert Review: A Prodigy Who Delivers the Goods — Benjamin Grosvenor

November 10, 2013
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I have seen my share of prodigies and their gushing PR. So I was pleasantly surprised when Benjamin Grosvenor, an unassuming youth in a white shirt and black pants, walked out and played with beauty and style.

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Visual Arts Review: Picasso in Boxer Shorts — Red Grooms at Yale

November 10, 2013
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Red Grooms specializes in high art cartooning with a nod to ideas about time, personality, and the formation of coteries that bear close investigation, or as curator Lisa Hodermarsky’s notes, invite visitors to belly up to the bar.

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Fuse Book Review: “The Measures Between Us” — A Promising But Scattershot First Novel

November 8, 2013
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We are left with a somewhat scattered narrative written in the third person with an omniscient narrator that moves from one inner life to another, sometimes to good effect, and sometimes leaving the reader stranded.

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Film Review: “The Last White Knight” — A Vision of Racism Perpetuated

November 7, 2013
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In the mesmerizing “The Last White Knight,” documentary filmmaker Paul Saltzman chronicles a five-year dialogue with the man who assaulted him during the civil rights movement.

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Film Review: “Let the Fire Burn” — An Important Political Film

November 6, 2013
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em>Historic footage—from newsreels, TV stations once-live coverage, from several investigating commissions- has been edited, brilliantly into a coherent, important political film.

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Fuse Theater Review: Kurt Vonnegut Redux? Not in “Make Up Your Mind”

November 6, 2013
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Unfortunately, there are only flickers of Kurt Vonnegut’s dark and playful genius in “Make Up Your Mind.”

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Fuse Concert Review: OTP — Having Fun at the Middle East-Upstairs

November 5, 2013
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Despite the band’s obvious affinity for alcohol, there’s nothing sloppy about OTP. They’re a tight unit.

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Rock Album Review: Alternative Music Round-Up

November 5, 2013
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A pithy critical consideration of new releases from Flaming Lips, The Frights, Mind Spiders, Radioactivity, Ólöf Arnalds, Lee Bannon, Armand Hammer, and Haunted Horses.

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Fuse Concert Review: Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel, Penderecki, and Elgar

November 4, 2013
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Charles Dutoit, one of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s favorite guest conductors, drew playing of high energy and vivid color.

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