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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

May 18, 2023
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This week’s poem: Jim Dunn’s “The Day Before the Drowning Girl”

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Rock Album Review: Neighbor’s Debut Studio Recording Shows Plenty of Breadth and Depth

May 17, 2023
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Neighbor is steeped in what could be considered rock ’n’ roll’s golden era — the ’70s. That is when bands could be — and were damn well expected to be— both technically dazzling and broadly appealing.

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Visual Art/Design Book Review: “America Goes Modern” — The Triumph of the Beautiful and the Functional

May 17, 2023
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America Goes Modern does splendid justice to the genesis of a miraculous design phenomenon.

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Music Interview: The Return of the Kossoy Sisters

May 17, 2023
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The Kossoy Sister’s last area performance was at the 2012 Newport Folk Festival. Now both living in Guatemala, the pair are back for a Saturday matinee appearance at Club Passim.

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Film Reviews: “Huesera: The Bone Woman” and “The Starling Girl” — Unorthodox Appeals

May 17, 2023
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Both debut features by young women directors open with prayers.

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Film Review: “Master Gardener” — White Knight to the Rescue

May 17, 2023
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Master Gardener is more Pinterest mood board than story.

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Concert Review: A Fireball Performance from Styx at the MGM Music Hall

May 16, 2023
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I am happy to report that Styx 2023 is a powerhouse outfit, wielding the most exciting aspects of progressive rock with radio-friendly hooks, riffs, and rhythms that set it apart from many of its peers.

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Visual Art Preview: “Days of Punk” Showcases Hallowed Era in Boston’s Music History

May 16, 2023
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This is the first time Michael Grecco, who was a photojournalist for the Associated Press from 1978-83 and then a staff photographer for the Boston Herald — while regularly shooting shows at night for WBCN and Boston Rock — will exhibit this collection in the U.S. northeast.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Two Trios That Venture Far and Away

May 16, 2023
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Two new releases, led respectively by a saxophonist and a bassist, add to the growing mystique of trios in contemporary jazz.

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Opera Album Review: “Naughty Saint Vitalis” Targets Celibacy in the Priesthood

May 16, 2023
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Swiss composer Richard Flury’s engaging comic opera is a celebration of the life spirit, and a criticism of celibacy as a practice that cramps and distorts an individual’s basic humanity.

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