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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.
It is refreshing to encounter a script that is so determined to keep audiences off-kilter as it goes about undercutting domestic business as usual.
The banjo’s African relative makes its American debut via a new Smithsonian Folkways album.
This week’s column is all about cozy comfort, decadent distractions, and heart-melting romance.
Big Swiss is effervescent and funny, even if overcooked to some extent.
A critical look at 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary showcase..
The program was a delight, especially for those, like this reviewer, who, for years, have yearned to visit Paris again. Aurally, Skylark flew us there.
Rossini’s one-act opera from 1812 rings fresh changes on a host of comic-opera clichés.

Book Review: “What’s Prison For?” — A Case for Building Trust and Mutual Respect
In this valuable and necessary book Bill Keller argues that American prisons need to accept that men and women don’t stop being human beings because they’re in the custody of the state.
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