Month: February 2017

Film Review: “The Salesman” — The Limits of Empathy

February 9, 2017
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Director Asghar Farhadi’s most stringent judgments generally fall upon members of his own sophisticated, worldly cohort.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 9

February 9, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: “The Feud” — Brilliant Literary Frenemies

February 8, 2017
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Alex Beam generates interest via his portrait of frenemies Edmund Wilson and Vladimir Nabokov as brainy but flawed human beings.

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Jazz Book Review: “Blue Rhythm Fantasy” — Illuminating the Swing Era

February 8, 2017
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This is more interesting than a sweeping survey, it is a portrait of an African-American musician whose career peaked in the Swing Era.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 8

February 8, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Poetry Review: Pierre Reverdy’s “Song of the Dead” — Imprisoned in Life

February 7, 2017
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Despite one’s aspirations to another kind of reality, for Pierre Reverdy one is forced to return to one’s fetters.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 7

February 7, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Classical CD Reviews: Kozhukhin plays Brahms and Emmanuelle Bertrand’s Saint-Saens

February 6, 2017
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Pianist Denis Kozhukhin does right by Brahms and an all-Saint-Saens disc that, at its best, is a winner.

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Music Preview: Drive-By Truckers — Triumphantly Defiant

February 6, 2017
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It’s almost as important to see the Drive-By Truckers show at the Royale as to join a march in the streets outside.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 6

February 6, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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