Month: February 2015

Fuse Film Review: “Fifty Shades of Grey” — Where the Hell is Fabio When You Need Him?

February 17, 2015
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Mr Grey had his peccadilloes to be sure but, if you were unaware of the kinky side of his love life, then either you’ve been living under a rock, or missed that day in health class.

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Fuse Rock Concert Review: Chris Robinson Brotherhood — Sticking to its Hippie Guns

February 16, 2015
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Yes, Chris Robinson is ironically in a band called the Brotherhood when he can’t work with his actual brother in the Black Crowes.

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Fuse Remembrance: Poet Philip Levine — A Voice of Muscle and Grit

February 16, 2015
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Last Saturday, poet Philip Levine died at the age of 87 in Fresco, California. Here is a reprint of an Arts Fuse appreciation of the writer, originally posted in May of last year.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

February 15, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, and author events for the coming week.

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Concert Review: Ken-David Masur and Stefan Asbury conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra

February 15, 2015
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After several years in the wilderness, it seems that, on the conducting front at last, the BSO is again in good hands.

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Theater Review: “The King of Second Avenue” — Did Somebody Say Putz?

February 14, 2015
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The King of Second Avenue’s one-joke shtick wears out long before the end of this 90-minute musical.

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Book Review: “Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli, A Strange Romance” — But an Amazing Marriage

February 13, 2015
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Daisy Hay turns her sharp yet sympathetic eye on Mary Anne and Benjamin Disraeli, whose marriage seemed unlikely at the start but which grew into something not only strange but, even in modern terms, amazing.

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Fuse Book Review: “Wilde in America” — Not Wild Enough?

February 13, 2015
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What Oscar Wilde was peddling in America was beauty. Art for art’s sake. Gorgeous flowers. Ravishing colors.

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Film Homage: 1932’s “A Farewell to Arms” — A Perfect Movie for Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2015
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Oh, to be a lead character in a Borzage movie. You might expire during the final dissolve into “The End,” but man oh man, you will have loved. And you will have been loved.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Who Cares?

February 11, 2015
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The media tools now available have brought us closer than ever to getting the amusements we want as soon as we want them, which puts all forms of art music at a serious disadvantage.

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