Artist Richard Thomas Scott is currently working on his new Kickstarter project, “30 Paintings in 30 Days.” Sponsors pitch him inspirations (“Challenge me to paint something I’ve never done before!”) and he interprets them on canvas..
Interview
Film Interview: Director Peter Miller on the Making of “AKA Doc Pomus,” The Story of a Master Songwriter
Despite the influence and the respect Doc Pomus still has in the music community, his name is not as well known to the public as that of some of his contemporaries.
Music Interview: A Talk with Singer Luciana Souza
“I like singing live; I try to sing well live, I try to prepare myself for the audience, for that room. And I care a great deal about singing live, because I think that’s the experience of jazz. Even if I’m singing Brazilian music.”
Fuse Film Interview: Will Forte on Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska”
It was intimidating to go into a situation with a director (Alexander Payne) that you love so much and an actor (Bruce Dern) who has done so much and worked with so many amazing people.
Music Interview: Childsplay — Featuring the Fiddles of Bob Childs
What makes Childsplay unique and inspiring is its back story. Every one of the fiddles played on stage was made by Bob Childs, a Cambridge-based luthier who has been making exceptional instruments by hand for more than 30 years.
Film Interview: A Talk with Filmmaker John Sayles and Actor Edward James Olmos
“It’s easier to make a movie now but it’s harder to get it distributed in a way that people will see it.”
Short Fuse Interview: The Enigma of Vo Nguyen Giap — Military Mastermind, or “Marginalized Hero”?
iIf we lift the fog hovering over the War in Vietnam what we find a story nearly unknown in the West: far from devising and launching the Tet Offensive, Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap consistently and adamantly opposed it.
Fuse Interview: Ian Frazier on the Comic Genius of Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner wrote the funniest stand-alone sentence using the fewest words with which that feat can be done: “‘Shut up,’ he explained.”
Fuse Book Interview: “For the Republic” — An Independent View
George Scialabba is still outfoxing the professional eggheads in For the Republic, his third collection of essays on political and cultural topics.
Theater Interview: A Conversation with Artistic Directors Olivia D’Ambrosio and Joseph Rodriguez
Teaming up allows Bridge Rep, as a new company, to do a much, much bigger show than we might ordinarily be able to do: we can offer our audiences a large ensemble piece like The Libertine, which would be beyond our reach otherwise.