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Jazz Album Review: System 6 Goes Outside and Inside, Splendidly

August 11, 2023
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System 6 is an adventurous contemporary ensemble whose music will appeal to lovers of the free jazz movement of the ’60s.

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Poetry Review: “The Collected Poems of Anselm Hollo” – Playful Poetry from a Contemplatively Curious Spirit

August 10, 2023
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Finnish-American poet Anselm Hollo’s writing, once contained in forty modest volumes, finally arrives as an eminently enjoyable book of unceasing wonders.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

August 10, 2023
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This week’s poem — Jennifer Jean’s “Wild Orca Family Chased Down by Jet-skiers Wanting Selfies”

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Arts Remembrance: William Friedkin — “The Exorcist,” Influential Beyond All Reckoning

August 9, 2023
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William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist” stands, 50 years on, as a primer on how to lure viewers in with striking, haunting imagery as a prelude to a previously unimaginable cinematic journey.

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Dance Review: “Hip Hop Across the Pillow” — A Spectacular Experience

August 8, 2023
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Now fifty years old, a venerable landmark, in what ways does hip hop stay put or embrace evolution and change?

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Jazz Concert Review: Newport Jazz Fest 2023 — Changing Parameters

August 8, 2023
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Sunday arguably offered the jazz festival’s most impressive lineup. The star of the day turned out to be singer Samara Joy.

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Theater Review – “Here Lies Love” Lies Flat on Broadway

August 7, 2023
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The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical makes its long-awaited Broadway bow. (Well, long-awaited by some…)

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Concert Review: Béla Fleck and My Bluegrass Heart at the Groton Hill Music Center

August 6, 2023
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You can’t appreciate Béla Fleck’s virtuosity until you see him up close and live. I left the hall stunned by the two-and-half hour master class in bluegrass innovation.

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Visual Arts Review: In Gloucester, Edward Hopper Became Hopper

August 6, 2023
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A leitmotif of this exhibition underlines Josephine Nivison Hopper’s role in her husband’s emergence as one of the most successful and beloved artists of his generation.

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Concert Review: Santana — Wizardry on Display

August 6, 2023
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The 76-year-old Carlos Santana didn’t need to dominate with guitar showmanship to make his two-hour-plus concert fly without any lag in energy and spirit.

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