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Book Review: “The Anniversary” — A Smart and Entertaining Mystery

July 16, 2023
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Stephanie Bishop does a great job withholding information and she is also good at tying together the narrative’s many loose ends.

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Film Review: “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” — Invasive Procedure

July 13, 2023
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Singing the body electric in “De Humani Corporis Fabrica.”

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Film Review: “Lynch/Oz” — The Man Behind the Curtain

July 13, 2023
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Without “The Wizard of Oz,” it’s entirely possible that the David Lynch we know and love wouldn’t exist.

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Jazz Album Review: Steve Smith & Vital Information’s “Time Flies” — Deft and Muscular

July 13, 2023
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“Time Flies” offers approximately two hours of outstanding jazz, created by true masters with no other agenda than to play their asses off with the tape rolling.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

July 13, 2023
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This week’s poem — Jeremy Ray Jewell’s “Colorado.”

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Theater Review: “Stew” — A Winning Recipe

July 12, 2023
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Congratulations to Gloucester Stage’s new artistic director Rebecca Bradshaw for mounting the regional premiere of this interesting script, a kitchen sink comedy/drama that is anything but routine.

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Classical Album Review: “Sam@95” — American Composer Samuel Adler Is Still Going Strong

July 12, 2023
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A new CD brings us marvelous and varied works  by an American master composed between the ages of 88 and 93 (and a mere child at 55).

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Dance Review: The Dutch National Ballet — A Deep Immersion in Classical Ballet, Past and Present

July 11, 2023
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This first Jacob’s Pillow visit by Dutch National Ballet offered a deep immersion in classical ballet past and present. On every level it belongs to the top tier of dance in the Berkshires.

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Concert Review: Levitate Music & Arts Festival — A Musically and Spiritually Inclusive Anniversary

July 11, 2023
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As a major destination fest only a short ride south of Boston, Levitate still remains true to the reggae/jam culture of its surf-shop community.

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Visual Arts Review: At the Met in New York — A Fashion Factory and an Enslaved Assistant to Velásquez

July 10, 2023
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Two exhibitions merit a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art — but soon. Each closes July 16.

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