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Theater Review: “The Catastrophist” — Celebrating Science

April 15, 2021
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The Catastrophist is an opportunity to begin processing our experience with a pandemic that has fundamentally changed our lives in ways we cannot yet fully comprehend.

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Arts Commentary: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant — To the Rescue

April 14, 2021
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We want to hear the music and see the show — so sharpen your pencil and get that dough.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Pianists Masabumi Kikuchi and Theo Walentiny — Poetic Solo Flights

April 13, 2021
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Two albums, from a late master and a newbie, are notable additions to the current wave of introspective solo piano excursions.

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Jazz Album Review: Miguel Zenón’s Law Years Band & Christian McBride’s New Jawn Band

April 12, 2021
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Two pianoless quartets + two restless leaders = some of the best music of the last few years.

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Classical CD Review: György Ligeti’s “Études” — Well Played and Clearly Lived In

April 11, 2021
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Throughout these Études, Driver’s playing marries tonal warmth with textural precision.

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Television Review: “Exterminate All the Brutes” — A Familiar, and Partial, History Lesson

April 10, 2021
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As an introduction to the progress of colonization and the horrors that white people have inflicted on BIPOC, Exterminate All the Brutes achieves its admirable mission.

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Book Commentary: Literary Legacies — Children’s Literature

April 10, 2021
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2020 and 2021 saw the deaths of five titans of children’s and young adult literature. Here’s to revisiting old “classics” and discovering new ones.

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April Short Fuses – Materia Critica

April 9, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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

April 8, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the list includes Marvin Gaye, Link Wray, David Bowie, Jean Knight, and The Rolling Stones.

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Book Review: “The Search for John Lennon” — Going Down the Wrong Road

April 7, 2021
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In her search for John Lennon, the author follows her fancy and picks and chooses which rocks she wants to look under, all the while giving herself the space to wax poetic on whatever theme moves her. It’s an appealing approach. Too bad then that the book is a let down.

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