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Book Review: “We All Looked Up” — A Book and Album Where Adolescence Meets the Apocalypse

May 14, 2015
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It’s not by accident that some of the greatest coming-of-age stories are concerned with deconstructing social stereotypes.

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Book Review: “Days of Rage” — Counterculture Craziness

May 13, 2015
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How can you act sanely when your country is brazenly committing genocide? Many of us didn’t.

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Fuse Visual Arts: Janet Echelman’s Dazzling Aerial Sculpture — For Boston, the Sky’s the Limit

May 13, 2015
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With this one project, Boston has gone from a public art also-ran community to a serious cultural player.

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Fuse Film Reviews: At Jewishfilm.2015 — History’s Revelations

May 9, 2015
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The 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival approaches its end with two compelling cinematic looks at Jewish history.

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Music Review: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2015

May 9, 2015
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The New Orleans JazzFest is made for omnivorous gluttons, which makes it a perfect complement to the region’s cuisine.

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Film Review: “Welcome to Me” — Me and TV, The American Dream

May 8, 2015
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It is Kristen Wiig’s committed performance, along with director Shira Piven’s skill at comic timing, that grounds the satiric comedy’s absurd premise.

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Film Review: “À la Vie” — A Flawless Study of Time and Trauma

May 8, 2015
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À la Vie, screening as part of the 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival, is easily the best film I have seen so far this year.

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Concert Review: Radius Ensemble’s “Insight” — As Probing As Ever

May 7, 2015
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Radius Ensemble’s final performance of the season touched on examples of musical fantasy, worldly angst, and spiritual transcendence.

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Fuse Dance Review: The Bang Group and Elders Ensemble — Grownups

May 6, 2015
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I wondered why the Elders Ensemble program so consistently portrayed the elders as somber and withdrawn.

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Fuse Film Review: Jewishfilm 2015 — Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut, Sometimes You Don’t

May 6, 2015
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Both of these entries in Jewishfilm 2015 have their entertaining moments, but the movies ultimately fail to deliver.

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