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Visual Arts Interview: Lisa Kessler’s “Heart in the Wound” — Reassessing Sexual Abuse, Power, and the Catholic Church

March 9, 2022
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“The abuse in the church has very unique and cruel twists to it. And, as one of the oldest continuous patriarchal institutions in the world, looking at the church helps us to reflect upon how many established institutions, including families, help perpetuate and conceal violence throughout society.”

Film Review: “Fresh” – Meat Cute

March 9, 2022
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Never mind the faint of heart, Mimi Cave’s first feature isn’t for people with weak stomachs.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Inventing Anna” — Endless Scamming

March 8, 2022
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Despite some occasionally far-fetched situations, Inventing Anna tells a fascinating story about conning the upper class.

Book Review: From Rome in 63 BCE — A Warning for Our Perilous Political Moment

March 8, 2022
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This most timely new translation of Sallust’s The War Against Catiline describes the ancient version of a phenomenon we will recognize instantly: a cold-blooded grift transmuted into terrorism posing as patriotism.

Book Review: “To Govern the Globe” — An Epic History of World Hegemony

March 7, 2022
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Alfred McCoy’s brilliant history examines the evolution of world orders leading up to Pax Americana and the current decline of the United States.

Visual Arts Book Review: “Florine Stettheimer: A Biography” — One of American Art’s Greatest Enigmas

March 7, 2022
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The volume’s overarching goal is to restore Florine Stettheimer to what the biographer sees as her rightful reputation as one of the great American artists of the 20th century.

Arts Remembrance: Jack Kerouac at 100 — A Conversation with John Sampas

March 7, 2022
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Jack Kerouac would have turned 100 on March 17. A 2014 conversation about the writer with his literary executor, the late John Sampas.

Coming Attractions: March 8 Through 22 — What Will Light Your Fire

March 6, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in. The DocYard Spring Series A hybrid…

Opera Album Review: Marti Epstein’s Resonant, Disturbing “Rumpelstiltskin”

March 6, 2022
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Boston’s 15-year-old Guerilla Opera releases a recording of a fresh take on the old Grimm Brothers tale, to haunting, ritualistic music for four singers and four players.

Jazz Album Review: “In Common III” — Adventures of an All-Star Rhythm Section

March 5, 2022
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With their shifting textures and compositional variety, the relatively short pieces show the ways — in this case mostly gentle and lyrical — five musicians can fruitfully interact.

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