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Arts Commentary: SAG-AFTRA On Strike — Not Just About Jobs, But the Soul of American Culture

July 16, 2023
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The battleground is where technology meets art meets finances.

Coming Attractions: July 16 Through August 1 — What Will Light Your Fire

July 16, 2023
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Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Opera Album Review: Luigi Cherubini’s “Les Abencérages” — Revving up Romantic Grand Opera

July 16, 2023
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First presented in 1813, “Les Abencérages” displays the mastery and inventiveness of the renowned composer of the opera “Medea.”

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

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

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.

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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