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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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Arts Interview: Author and Editor Mark Jay Mirsky on Writing, Reading, and Literary Friendships

August 5, 2023
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“For a writer the important thing is to write. The second important thing is the resonance of a reaction, a response. Without an audience, you’re basically locked in your cavern.”

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Book Review: “Rodney Kills at Night” — Engaging Company

August 5, 2023
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Poe Ballantine is often compared to Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac. I’d say he’s closer to the former than the latter, but he’s more polished than either and funnier than both put together.

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Film Reviews: The 2023 Woods Hole Film Festival — Some Eye-Opening Experiences

August 5, 2023
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With exception of one narrative chiller, and a look at singer Karen Carpenter, the best films I saw were documentaries on the lives and careers of significant African-Americans.

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Film Review: Burnt Offerings Accepted in Christian Petzold’s “Afire”

August 4, 2023
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Preoccupied with the little melodramas of their lives and their careers in the arts, the characters in”Afire” put off acknowledging the gathering disaster that might end up at their doorstep.

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Television Review: “Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food” — Chow Down at Your Peril?

August 3, 2023
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All this alarming information about our food is a call to action, but “Poisoned” plays it safe by not offering any pragmatic directives or posing an activist vision.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

August 3, 2023
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This week’s poem — Keith Jones’s “The Celan Variations”

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August Short Fuses — Materia Critica

August 2, 2023
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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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Book Review: “Backstage & Beyond Volume I” — A Valuable Addition to Any Rock ‘n’ Roll Library

August 2, 2023
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Rock journalist Jim Sullivan’s writing style has always been conversational rather than confrontational.

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