Search Results: maddux

Coming Attractions: February 25 through March 12 — What Will Light Your Fire

February 25, 2024
Posted in , ,

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.

Read More

Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances and Recordings of 2017

December 23, 2017
Posted in , , ,

A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.

Read More

Theater Commentary: Impressions of Canada’s Shaw Festival 2023, Part Two

September 23, 2023
Posted in , ,

Canada is far enough from New York and Broadway to ignore their siren drum beats.

Read More

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

April 5, 2015
Posted in , ,

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

Read More

Visual Arts/ Book Review: “Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures” — A Treat for Word-and-Image Fans

January 10, 2013
Posted in , ,

“Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures” is indispensable reading for word-and-image freaks and a treat for fans of virtuoso scholarship.

Read More

Commentary: 2017-18 Orchestral, Opera, and New Music Season Preview

September 13, 2017
Posted in , , ,

Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.

Read More

Literary Appreciation: D. H. Lawrence’s “Women in Love” at 100

September 18, 2020
Posted in , ,

I hope this centennial will inspire readers to immerse themselves in this enormously important, rich, and vibrant work.

Read More

Short Fuse: The History of Jewish Emancipation

January 7, 2010
Posted in ,

An engaging book from a London-based journalist that sets out to illuminate a challenging slice of Jewish history. “Emancipation: How Liberating Europe’s Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance” by Michael Goldfarb, Simon and Schuster, 408 pages, $30.00. Reviewed by Harvey Blume Michael Goldfarb is an American-born, London-based contributor to NPR (as well…

Read More

Book Review: “Picturing the Book of Nature” — Empowering the Visual

June 6, 2012
Posted in , ,

Given the flood of publications on early modern natural history over the last two decades, the detailed and strikingly illustrated Picturing the Book of Nature represents a herculean undertaking.

Read More

Book Review: “Books Promiscuously Read” — Playing in the Leaves

July 18, 2021
Posted in , , ,

Books Promiscuously Read sets a high standard for what might become an exciting new genre of literary criticism for educated general readers.

Read More

Recent Posts

Film Review: “Film is Dead. Long Live Film!” Explores a Fascinating Cinematic Subculture
May 9, 2024
Film Review: “Evil Does Not Exist” — Goodness on Trial
May 9, 2024
Rock Album Review: John Powhida’s “Jerry’s House” — Nonstop Fun
May 9, 2024
Author Interview: Caroline Leavitt on her Novel “Days of Wonder”
May 9, 2024
Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse
May 9, 2024