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Classical Album Review: Rued Langgaard’s Symphony No. 1

December 6, 2022
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For balance and virtuosity, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra plays Rued Langgaard’s “Klippepastoraler” for all it’s worth. That just doesn’t end up being very much.

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Arts Commentary: Annie Ernaux, Abortion, and Me

December 6, 2022
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What is literature if it doesn’t kick you in the ass every now and then and get you to act? Maybe that’s what the Nobel committee thought when it awarded Annie Ernaux this year’s Literature Prize.

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Classical Album review: Clarinetist Anthony McGill’s “American Stories”

December 5, 2022
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These stories occupy their own, distinctive spaces but they share something intangible. A kind of humanity, maybe? Perhaps.

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Film Review: “Sr.” — Positive, Funny, and Insightful Senior Moments

December 5, 2022
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An unconventional documentary explores the career of unconventional filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.

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KEEP THE ARTS FUSE LIT! — Our Winter Appeal

December 5, 2022
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Please take this opportunity to sustain the future of the arts in this country by strengthening a magazine that is making a real difference.

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Concert Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Orpheum Theater — Beginning a New Phase

December 4, 2022
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This is a band as capable of being as spry and unpredictable in its 12th year as it was in its first.

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Coming Attractions: December 4 through 20 — What Will Light Your Fire

December 4, 2022
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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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Concert Preview/Interview: Suzanne Vega

December 4, 2022
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Suzanne Vega is many things: a singer/songwriter, musician, poet, author, entrepreneur, playwright, and actress. A number of her personas are converging right now.

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Jazz/Film Review: “An Evening of Jazz Healing” — A Thing of Beauty and Sharing

December 3, 2022
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Jazz, in particular, seemed to not merely satisfy Justin Freed’s inner cravings for beauty, but it led him outwards, to others, eventually inspiring some of the key relationships in his life.

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Chiptune Album Review: YMCK’s “Family Innovation” — 8bit Cynicism Toward Web 3.0

December 3, 2022
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In its ninth album, YMCK shows that it is becoming self-aware. They are no longer just avatars we are to identify with, but also (satirically) the corporate entity behind them, a corporation preoccupied, like all others, with innovation.

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