Review

Book Review: Blaise Cendrars’ Brilliant WW I Memoir — Surviving the “Shambles” of War

August 28, 2015
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The Bloody Hand stands alongside other autobiographical classics devoted to the First World War.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Vadym Kholodenko plays Grieg and Saint-Saëns and Javier Perianes plays Grieg

August 28, 2015
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Javier Perianes is a musician of sweeping, Romantic sensibilities, eager to take a stand, and the result is a triumphant recording

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Theater Review: An Entertaining “Winter’s Tale” — Under the Summer Stars

August 27, 2015
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The Winter’s Tale‘s odd structure and hybrid genre is a challenge to modern directors and audiences alike.

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Classical CD Reviews: John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” (SFS Media); Alexander Melnikov plays Schumann (Harmonia mundi)

August 27, 2015
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John Adams’ Absolute Jest is a sheer blast of fun, wildly inventive and, at its best, a vertiginous collage.

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Fuse Book Review: The Decision Not to Have Kids — Examined and Defended

August 26, 2015
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This anthology is thought-provoking and often moving; a spearhead into a relatively undiscussed new demographic.

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Book Review: “The Wake” — When England Stopped Being English

August 25, 2015
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More than a mere novel, The Wake is really a medieval epic poem to an English way of life that would be erased forever.

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Theater Review: “The Road to Where” — A Powerful Musical Memoir

August 25, 2015
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A friendly energy runs through the heart of The Road to Where, a tangible and inviting companionship.

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Fuse Theater Review: “GSC”‘s “The Flick” — Lots of Pauses, Pregnant and Otherwise

August 24, 2015
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You should see GSC’s The Flick, but be warned that the drama works in spurts and starts

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Theater Review: “Lady Macbeth and Her Lover” — Three’s a Crowd

August 24, 2015
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Lady Macbeth and Her Lover is a determinedly somber play that tries to attain the feel of classic tragedy.

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Visual Arts Review: Clifford Ross at MASS MoCA — Reinventing the Sublime

August 23, 2015
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The artist knows that beauty, and even the sublime, on their own terms are not enough to cut it in the competitive field of contemporary art.

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