Month: April 2014
John Hubley was a dominant force in bringing animation out of the studio system and onto the drawing boards of individual artists . His life story is also an entryway into the social history and controversies of mid-20th century America.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.
Read MoreThe late writer Peter Matthiessen was one of the last great frontiersmen, one of the last great travelers taking voyages of discovery.
Read MoreIt would take a series of spoilers to explain who might have killed whom in “The Galapagos Affair.” See the movie and find out, and revel in the grim gallows humor.
Read MoreKevin Young’s poetic line is generally on the concise side, generating a pithy, earthy, evocative quality that hovers somewhere between the haiku-like jazziness of Robert Creeley and the delta blues of Son House or Skip James.
Read MoreConductor Charles Dutoit seems to have little affinity for Mahler’s distinctive style.
Read MoreFor both artist and curators, this is one of the great honors of the American art world.
Read MorePraise is due Peggy Pearson and Winsor Music for providing a forum for the talented young composer Lev Mamuya.
Read MoreBritish Pathe’s 85,000 (some sites say 90,000, but who’s counting?) newsreels are now online.
Read MoreThe Discovery Ensemble’s precision was also on full display in the vigorous contrapuntal writing that came across with impressive, electrifying energy and visceral punchiness.
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