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Film Review: “63 Up” and the Wonders of Existence

December 13, 2019
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“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” –- Hamlet

Dance Highlights 2019

December 12, 2019
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The dance revolution of the 1960s and 70s seems to be making a comeback as dancers think about making their performances less artificial, more “natural.”

Best Opera and Vocal (Recordings, Books, and a Performance), 2019

December 12, 2019
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This year has brought a bumper crop of wonderful recordings of unusual operas — and one unusual recording of a repertory staple: Gounod’s Faust.

Best Jazz Recordings (and Live Concerts), 2019

December 12, 2019
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Pianist Kris Davis’s Diatom Ribbons and the multi-disc set Nat King Cole’s Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-43) are among the albums that made more than one list.

Film Review: “Dark Waters” — Poison and Passion

December 11, 2019
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Dark Waters may not be Todd Haynes’ most beautiful film, but it may yet prove to be among his most important.

Film Review: “A Hidden Life” — A Sacramental Journey

December 11, 2019
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Even with my caveats, A Hidden Life raises filmmaking to heights that will thrill Terrence Malick fans.

Book Review: “The Conservative Sensibility” — A Plea for a Return to Normalcy

December 10, 2019
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The very people that George Will is trying to appeal to are evidently quite happy to be drunk on the power that their brutishness has created.

KEEP THE ARTS FUSE LIT! — Our Winter Appeal

December 10, 2019
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Help us continue to go where other arts magazines fear to tread, recognizing under-appreciated classical music, jazz, and dance performances.

Book Review: Refugee Scholars — “Well Worth Saving”

December 10, 2019
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This is a carefully-researched book of far more than academic interest.

Opera Review: A Major Opera by Donizetti — Heard for the First Time!

December 10, 2019
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One of Donizetti’s strongest and most original works, has finally been reconstructed and recorded by superb forces under the remarkable Mark Elder.

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