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Seeing Eleanor Antin’s 100 Boots all in one place is exciting — this work of “postal art” is still explosive. Fred Sandback’s minimalist pieces offer a quiet contrast.
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“When you play with authority, then that’s what the music is about, like ooooh baby, and sing it.” — Cecil Taylor
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to Jeannine Otis about her musical career and theater piece “Living in Hope,” developed from a writing workshop based on Otis’s book “The Gathering: City Prayers, City Hopes.”
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With the eyes of the world on Ukraine right now, two films at Sundance came from that country, or what used to be that country.
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Tenor Mathias Vidal shines, as does the period-instrument orchestra, in the rarely heard, trimmer version of 1761, on the Chateau’s own new award-winning label.
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Make what you will of this often page-turning confection, which if not particularly literary, may be a bunch of fun.
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The Pink Cloud is a fascinating watch by sheer virtue of its accidental prescience.
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As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Mel Brooks called Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club “a little nest of happiness. All our recent wounds are healed there.”
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Music Commentary: In Memoriam, George Crumb (1929-2022)
George Crumb, who crafted some of the 20th-century’s most brazenly original-sounding and haunting music, lived his life and guided his career on his own terms.
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