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Concert Review: Air’s Electro-Pop — In a Subdued Mood

October 18, 2024
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Most of the night’s visually tilted action took place within a tightly framed stage that made the presentation seem somewhat detached.

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Doc Talk: The Boston Palestine Film Festival — Visions of Loss and Recovery

October 18, 2024
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At The Boston Palestine Film Festival: a recognition of what remains and a restoration of what is lost.

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At the New York Film Festival – Journalists Flee Russia, a Would-Be Assassin Talks, and New York Circa 1965, Aglow in Beatlemania

October 18, 2024
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Three fine documentaries at the NYFF: two delved into political matters, the third looked around New York City in 1965.

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Arts Commentary: Internet Archive Under Attack — Cultural History Under Threat

October 17, 2024
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The Internet Archive’s struggles highlight the challenges faced by nonprofit organizations operating in a digital world dominated by commercial and geopolitical interests.

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Book Review: The Fascinating Life Story of a Great American Composer — Samuel Adler

October 17, 2024
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Samuel Adler, now 96 and still composing, has released an updated version of his rich, entertaining, and sometimes gripping memoir of a life well lived.

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Film Review: “The Goldman Case” — One More Time, J’accuse

October 17, 2024
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Cédric Kahn’s conventional but fiery true-life courtroom drama hones in on French racism and anti-semitism.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

October 17, 2024
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This week’s poem: Clay Ventre’s “On the Shores of the Mediterranean”

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Musician Interview: CJ Johnson from Oh He Dead Talks “Ugly” Ahead of Show at the Middle East

October 16, 2024
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Oh He Dead’s new album carries a unified punch as it interweaves meditations on dark subjects: mortality, polarization, and how life isn’t always sunshine and rainbows.

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Book Review: “The Miró Worm and the Mysteries of Writing’ — Pursuing Creative Inwardness

October 16, 2024
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The ascendancy of digital life is acknowledged as unshakable, but in these essays Sven Birkerts offers useful insights into how serious writers can carry on.

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Book Review: “Hard to Watch” — How to Love Demanding Films

October 15, 2024
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“Hard to Watch” lays out a pragmatic path — directions for how to preserve your time and attention —  that will help just about anybody engage with any kind of art thoughtfully and purposefully.

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