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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (November Entry)

November 12, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes John Lee Hooker, Víctor Jara, The Grateful Dead, Grand Funk Railroad, and Yes.

Visual Arts Review: “Ceramics in the Expanded Field” — Playing with Clay

November 11, 2021
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The curator’s intent is to stretch and subvert received notions of ceramics with their overtones of craft and functionality

Television Review: “Passing” — The Tragedy of Race and Space

November 10, 2021
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After nearly a century, the fierce psychological nuance of Passing remains as relevant as ever.

Letter from New York — Dresden Treasures, and Lots of Picasso

November 10, 2021
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New York has come back to life, so there is more art to see than anyone has time to visit or write about.

Book Review: “The Wrong End of the Telescope” — A Stunning Achievement

November 8, 2021
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This is a wonderful novel about a pressing humanitarian subject, Syrian refugees and the people who helped, as well as an exploration of identity and loss and triumph.

Jazz Album Review: Adam O’Farrill’s “Visions of Your Other” — Humanizing the Mechanical

November 8, 2021
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I find Visions of Your Other exciting. It is beautifully recorded: these are four musicians who care about their sound.

Film Review: “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” — Do Englishmen Dream of Electric Cats? One Did.

November 7, 2021
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This wholly original period piece crackles with energy, humor, and pathos.

Book Review: “Mr. Beethoven” — Alternative Musical History

November 7, 2021
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Beethoven never left Europe. But he could have. And the possibility that he might have visited Boston is the basis of Paul Griffiths’ touching, witty, and thought-provoking new novel.

Theater Review: “Macbeth in Stride” — Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues? Not Really

November 6, 2021
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As sure as “the crow/Makes wing to the rooky wood,” Mrs. Macbeth is going to fall tragically short when it comes to being an inspirational role model for marginalized females everywhere.

Opera Album Review: The Great Polish National Opera “Halka” Gets a Spirited and Shapely New Recording

November 6, 2021
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Halka struts its stuff, impressively, in this new recording with an all-Polish cast conducted by internationally renowned Gabriel Chmura.

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