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Book Review: A Beautiful Brick in the Wall — Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools

January 2, 2023
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This is an indispensable study for anyone — including scholars, policy makers, and educators — who yearns to better understand how race and culture play out in a rarefied suburban milieu.

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Coming Attractions: January 1 through 16 — What Will Light Your Fire

January 1, 2023
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, 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.

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Film Feature: Best Music Documentaries of 2022

December 31, 2022
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2022 in music documentaries: Ten worth streaming, plus a disappointment.

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Music Feature: 20 Moments That Made Us Glad Live Music Returned in 2022

December 30, 2022
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Still, for all the gloom and doom, there’s no question that a bountiful amount of live music was finally on offer throughout the year as musicians and presenters continued to defy the odds.

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Listening During Covid, Part 14: Pleasures and Treasures

December 30, 2022
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Music of Machaut, the teenaged Mozart, and three vibrant American composers, plus a remarkable book about Charles Ives and his works.

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Theater Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2022

December 28, 2022
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year haunted by COVID.

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Film Review: “Soft & Quiet” — White Tyranny

December 28, 2022
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Watching the action unfold may well make audience members extremely uncomfortable, even leave some traumatized. That may well be the point.

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Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2022

December 27, 2022
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

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Book Review: “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams” — The Very Model of a Plain-Spoken Homespun Patriot

December 27, 2022
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Samuel Adams, a superb political organizer who helped turn the Boston Massacre into a cause célèbre, was more conservative than modern admirers, including biographer Stacy Schiff, want to admit.

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Opera Album Review: Can Conductors Compose Well? Consider Mahler, Bernstein, and Now Antal Doráti

December 26, 2022
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This world-premiere recording of a powerfully compelling opera, based on a play by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, is revelatory.

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