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Film Review: “Sing Sing” — The Truth of Performance, Behind Bars

August 3, 2024
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Compellingly, “Sing Sing” reinforces the belief that art, no matter where it takes place, has the power to heal, educate, and build community.

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Dance Review: Emma Cianchi and ArtGarageDanceCompany at Jacob’s Pillow — Bravissima!

August 3, 2024
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Homer’s use of ancient myth is used to show that women, like the sea, have been — and will continue to be — the ecological instigators of growth and transformation.

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Jazz Album Review: Ize Trio’s “The Global Suites” — Exuberantly and Deliberately International

August 2, 2024
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Made up of a Californian, a Palestinian, and a native of Cyprus, Ize Trio is about probing into the meaning of cultural differences as well as learning each other’s personal characteristics.

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Book Review: “Happy Apocalypse” — A License to Pollute for Profit

August 2, 2024
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This book argues that environmental and industrial regulations, in place since the early 19th century, weren’t devised to reign in environmental destruction or workplace dangers.

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Theater Review: “Ben Butler” — A Verbally Dexterous Comedy About Serious Business

August 1, 2024
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This production brings the Peterborough Players back in line with their own best traditions: entertaining, thoughtful, delightfully irreverent.

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August Short Fuses — Materia Critica

August 1, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

August 1, 2024
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This week’s poem: Joseph Fraser’s “Skyline Park, Arlington”

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Music Festival Review: The Newport Folk Festival — Not Tired, By a Long Shot

July 31, 2024
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The Newport Folk Festival always pulls off unique, unexpected collaborations, while it embraces a head-spinning lineup of diverse genres that reflects its spirit of community.

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Dance Review: Moses Pendleton’s MOMIX Make a Delightful Return to Jacob’s Pillow

July 30, 2024
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For MOMIX’S performance at Jacob’s Pillow, Moses Pendelton assembled a “greatest hits” selection of sixteen vignettes from the troupe’s oeuvre.

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Film Review: Tongues Are Untied in “Kneecap”

July 30, 2024
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A frenetic, funny, foul-mouthed, and sometimes facile testament to the fact that language matters.

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