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Opera Album Review: A Stirring “Samson,” Written a Decade Before Saint-Saëns’s, Receives Its Premiere Recording

August 17, 2025
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Joachim Raff, widely hailed for his instrumental works, is finally being recognized as a significant opera composer as well.

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Art and Design Commentary: Art Deco at 100 — Happy Birthday!

August 16, 2025
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Still fresh and energetic today, the Art Deco period — which influenced the construction or fabrication of buildings as well as luxury décor and functional objects — is considered one of the finest moments in design history.

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Short Fuse Podcast #72: Bearing Witness — Theatre in South Africa

August 15, 2025
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Elizabeth Howard talks with actor, director, playwright, influential drama lecturer, and theatre administrator Malcolm Purkey, who shares his personal journey through the world of theatre during a time of political upheaval in South Africa.

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Film Series Review: “Scary Movies XII” — What Frightens Us Now?

August 14, 2025
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Grief and generational trauma have become the horror movie villains of our time, taking the spot once occupied by masked killers.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

August 14, 2025
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This week’s poem: David Mills’s “Curtain Call”

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Visual Arts Review: Isamu Noguchi at the Clark — Sculpture and Unfinished Projects

August 13, 2025
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This impressive show of more than 32 works concentrates on what Isamu Noguchi could do with stone, sometimes just leaving it in abstract forms, either raw or polished, often imagining it (and cutting it) into what were meant to be essential shapes.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Toddler Times

August 13, 2025
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Three new books from Candlewick Press highlight the everyday lives of toddlers and their loved ones.

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Jazz Artist Appreciation: Sheila Jordan (1928-2025)

August 12, 2025
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Each time I heard Sheila Jordan sing live, I remember being spellbound, embraced, dazzled, awestruck, and I know I’m not alone. 

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Book Review/Commentary: Let Us Summon as Much Generosity of Spirit as We Can

August 12, 2025
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To be silent in the face of cruelty is to be complicit. And I refuse to be complicit. Surely we have to recognize that there are differences in taste. But to skewer another writer with such precision and glee? That is beyond the pale, especially in these perilous times.

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Television Review: Too Much Reality? “Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser”

August 12, 2025
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The Netflix documentary “Fit for TV” reveals the truth about quickie weight loss.

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