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Visual Arts Review: Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals — Splendidly Revived

November 11, 2014
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Harvard’s team of magicians have brought the Rothko murals back to life.

Visual Arts Review: M. C. Escher — Shapeshifter Extraordinaire

November 10, 2014
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M.C. Escher’s extraordinary fantasy constructions are captivating visual environments whose frisky improbability beguile.

Fuse Book Review: “The Betrayers” — A Powerful Vision of Jewish Life and its Contradictions

November 9, 2014
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It took me until I was nearly done with The Betrayers to step back and realize that one reason I found it so absorbing is that alienation plays no part.

Book Review: In the Dutch Golden Age – When Science Becomes Profitable

November 9, 2014
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Cutting edge scholar Dániel Margócsy has penned a fascinating study about the early collisions of art, profit, and science.

Theater Review: “Crack” — A Theatrical Meditation on Love, Mental Illness, and Modernity

November 7, 2014
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Crack is too complex and nuanced to be reduced to an anti-psychiatric tract.

Movie Review: Inscrutable “Interstellar” — All You Need Is Love?

November 6, 2014
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I don’t want to give anything away. Not that I could because I really had no idea what anyone was talking about, except that what it is really all about is love.

Book Review: The Story of the ‘Hand Grenade’ — Emmanuel Carrère’s Biography of the Russian Writer Eduard Limonov

November 5, 2014
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A compelling chronicle of the life of the notorious Russian writer and political activist Eduard Limonov.

Concert Review: Pianist Richard Goode’s Sublime Beethoven Sonatas

November 4, 2014
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Pianist Richard Goode provided everything that is asked of a Beethoven master: color, infinite shadings, interesting, convincing tempi, and soul.

Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Swan Lake” – A Reverent Visit into the World of Renaissance European Fairy Tale

November 4, 2014
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If you know Swan Lake, there will be few structural surprises. Girl turned into swan, prince falls in love, prince gets fooled, they both feel really terrible, and die.

Book Review: “Stealing All Transmissions” — How The Clash Conquered America

November 3, 2014
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Stealing All Transmissions is slim, but nearly every page is filled with insight and originality.

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