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Jazz Album Reviews: Moppa Elliott’s New Recordings — His Most Sincere Efforts to Date

March 20, 2024
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Moppa Elliott makes eminently approachable music at a very high standard, with great ingenuity and sophistication. He has proven himself to be one of the most inventive and creative composers for small jazz ensemble since Charles Mingus.

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Album Review: “Art Songs of the Jewish Diaspora” — Compelling Music with Equally Compelling Backstories

March 23, 2024
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This is an album that I recommend heartily to anyone who enjoys exquisite music making, stunning booklet artwork, and serious scholarship.

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Visual Arts Review: Various Views of “Emancipation”

March 12, 2024
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On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, seven Black artists were asked to respond to the theme of emancipation.

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Book Review: “Breslin: Essential Writings” — Compulsive Reading

March 18, 2024
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The notion that columnists like Breslin were “deadline artists” is apt. Their task was to come up with a story idea, track it down, then give it a narrative spark, all ahead of a ticking clock as the drop-deadline for the next edition loomed.

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Book Review: More Hilarious Satiric Depravity From Vladimir Sorokin — The Tsars My Destination

March 9, 2024
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Russian satirist Vladimir Sorokin’s excremental vision triumphs in two new translations.

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March Short Fuses — Materia Critica

March 2, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Coming Attractions: March 10 through 26 — What Will Light Your Fire

March 10, 2024
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Our expert 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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Opera Album Review: Gluck’s Final Opera Finally Steps into the Spotlight via a Superb New Recording

March 13, 2024
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Rejected in Gluck’s time because it lacked dramatic thrust, today “Écho and Narcissus” proves to be a candy-box of delights.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (May Entry)

May 5, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes The Temptations, Janis Joplln, John Hartford, Carole King, and The Carpenters.

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1971 Project Film Commentary: “The Andromeda Strain” — Science Is the Enemy?

May 1, 2021
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The Andromeda Strain’s anti-intellectualism is rooted in Cold War paranoia: a distrust of science, of academia, and of the press.

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