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Short Fuse Book Review: “Harvard Square” — Precincts of a Vanished Life

May 2, 2013
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What is Harvard Square today but a shopping spree waiting to happen, a student lounge, a food court? What could a novel gain by being set in that venue?

Coming Attractions in Film: May 2013 — Updated

May 1, 2013
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May is in full bloom. Starting just this week there is the LGBT Festival, screenings of three silent classics with live accompaniment, the beginning of the Harvard New American Black Cinema Series, and two Boston Jewish Film Festival encores.

Fuse Feature: A Letter From Paris, City of the Arts

May 1, 2013
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A two week stay in Paris, April 11 through 26, delivered the sights and sounds crooned about in the well-known songs.

Theater Review : “An Iliad” — War’s All Greek to Me

May 1, 2013
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Simultaneously storyteller and player, ancient character and modern respondent, Denis O’Hare’s performance of “An Iliad” elicits the kind of respect automatically granted this genre of demanding monologual performance.

Fuse News Dance Tip: Keeping the Art of Kathak Dance Alive

May 1, 2013
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Chhandika is dedicated to keeping the intricate and expressive art form of Kathak dance relevant to contemporary audiences, particularly to those who are not familiar with the Ramayana.

Fuse News: A Critic’s Responsibility?

May 1, 2013
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Generally in New England we’re outspoken about nearly everything – politics, social issues, sports – so why not the arts?

Film Commentary: “Greetings from Tim Buckley” and the Demands of the Rock Biopic

April 30, 2013
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The best rock biopics, like “24 Hour Party People,” “I’m Not There,” and “The Doors,” aren’t afraid to get a little weird, even if it means throwing verifiable facts to the wind.

Book Commentary: Two Cheers for British Poet, Book Artist, and Visionary William Blake

April 30, 2013
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Susanne M. Sklar’s study is the best exploration of William Blake’s miraculously bewildering masterpiece that I know of — thoughtful, scholarly, imaginative, and supremely sympathetic to the poet’s ornery complexity as well as his capacity to inspire wonder.

Book Review: Words From a Bedeviled Life — “Mingus Speaks”

April 30, 2013
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The best parts of this book of interviews come when Charles Mingus or his collaborators talk about the music.

Fuse Dance News: Sarah in Londonland

April 29, 2013
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Don’t be late for a very important date when the Coolidge Corner Theatre hosts a Sunday morning, high-def broadcast of the Royal Ballet’s production of Christopher Wheeldon’s celebrated “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” on May 5.

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