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Traveling Exhibit Review: “Auschwitz — Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.”

March 17, 2024
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“Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.” is compelling, but its message feels hermetically sealed — the exhibit needs to draw crucial connections with what is going on now.

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Television Review: “Girls 5eva,” Season Three — Back and Better Than Ever

March 17, 2024
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Wisely, Netflix has renewed “Girls5eva” for a third season. This series about a one-hit wonder ’90s girl group attempting to make a comeback remains as witty and satirical as ever

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Book Review: Debra Spark’s “Discipline” — A Mosaic of Mysteries

March 16, 2024
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Debra Spark’s novel “Discipline” explores thorny questions about the role of art and the nature of truth.

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Jazz Album Review: Tenor Saxophonist George Coleman Is in Command on One for All’s “Big George”

March 15, 2024
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“Big George” is polished, tonally elegant, and beautifully recorded

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Book Review: “The Road from Belhaven” — How Hope and Resilience Can Prevail

March 15, 2024
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Margot Livesey has given us an exhilarating historical novel filled with fascinating details of a different time in an isolated part of the world, all rendered in gorgeous prose.

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Theater Review: Touring “Girl From the North Country” – A Slow, Serious Musical set to the Bob Dylan Catalog

March 15, 2024
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Bob Dylan’s music has rarely been more heartbreaking, his poetic storytelling rarely more beguiling, and the singing never less nasal.

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Film Review: “Love Lies Bleeding” — Fatigued Existential Ruthlessness

March 14, 2024
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“Love Lies Bleeding” is a glorious work of sweaty, dusty, pulp filmmaking.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

March 14, 2024
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This week’s poem: Sharon Mesmer’s “Sage-Femme”

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Folk Album Review: “Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa” — Taj Mahal Ascendant

March 14, 2024
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“Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa” is a snapshot of a vibrant octogenarian artist who is still moving forward.

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Book Review: “Galway Confidential” — Amidst the Castaways

March 14, 2024
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At a time when it seems as if the world is spinning out of control, steeped in anonymous violence, a Jack Taylor novel provides a front and center opportunity to contemplate doing something about the issues in our own backyard.

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