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Film Review: “Satan & Adam” — The Story of a Dynamic Blues Duo

January 4, 2020
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Following the stories of these unique, gifted, and sadly overlooked individuals can be as gripping as the music they made together.

Music Feature: Best Non-Jazz Albums of 2019 – A Semi-Chronological Constellation

January 4, 2020
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Milo Miles tests a long-held theory: that critic comments on why entries made it onto lists have little or nothing to do with whether readers track down and listen to the selected music.

Book Review: Rereading Walker Percy’s “The Moviegoer”

January 3, 2020
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It’s Walker Percy’s subversive strategy to stick us with a decided non-hero and have us gradually appreciate his non-participatory status.

Visual Arts Review: The National Academy of Design — Another New Chapter?

January 3, 2020
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This fascinating exhibition surveys the entire history of the National Academy membership and, almost incidentally, provides a potent cross-section of the history of American art and its discontents.

Classical Music Album Review: Stephen Hough plays Brahms — The Final Piano Pieces

January 3, 2020
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This CD with British pianist Stephen Hough is a gem — and it was named Recording of the Month by Gramophone Magazine.

Film Review: “In Fabric” — Weird, Witchy Fashion

January 2, 2020
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In Fabric is a mesh of black comedy, horror, and art house psychedelia. I found it wildly original.

Jazz Remembrance: Jack Sheldon

January 1, 2020
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Trumpeter Jack Sheldon will be missed for much more than his musical output would account for.

Special Feature: Quotes for the New Year

January 1, 2020
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Some pithy quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.

The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program: Student Reviews from Somerville High School

December 31, 2019
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The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program invites high school students from diverse backgrounds (in this go around from Somerville High School) to team-up with Arts Fuse critics.

Theater Interview: Tony-winning actress Kelli O’Hara — Broadway is not Enough

December 31, 2019
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” I want to try everything, study everything. I just love this work.”

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