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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

May 29, 2025
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This week’s poem: Kelle Groom’s “A Few Questions”

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Visual Arts Review: “Counter History: Contemporary Art” — Embracing New Perspectives

May 28, 2025
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This exhibition is evidence of the venerable museum’s interest in expanding its collections so that more voices and perspectives can contribute to our understanding of our own complicated history.

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Music Festival Review: Boston Calling 2025

May 27, 2025
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The 2025 edition of Boston Calling largely appealed to a younger demographic, despite highlighting some older bearers of nostalgia.

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Musician Interview: Talking with Eliane Elias — A Brazilian Jazz Legend

May 27, 2025
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The performance at Groton Hill Music Center will “be a journey through Brazil. They will hear some classics, some great Brazilian love songs, and hear stories about the songs. I will dedicate some of the show to the bossa nova.”

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Jazz Album Reviews: Sardinian Trumpeter Paolo Fresu — Lessons Learned from Miles

May 27, 2025
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On two recent releases, trumpeter Paolo Fresu shows us exactly what he has learned from Miles Davis, and how that has expanded rather than limited his music.

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Theater Review: Wheelock Family Theatre’s “The Prom” — More Than Entertainment

May 26, 2025
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Theater like this is especially crucial at a time of destructive national division: it is explicitly aimed at intergenerational audiences, it takes on issues that confront family and community, and it makes the experience of learning and relearning elemental democratic lessons both fun and communal.

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Coming Attractions: May 25 Through June 9 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 25, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Classical Music Album Review: Paganini “Caprices”

May 25, 2025
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The story of this album is that violinist María Dueñas enters as a star but emerges as a brilliant and preternaturally thoughtful artist.

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Film Review: “Caught by the Tides” — Innovatively Rearranging the Past

May 25, 2025
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“Caught by the Tides” eludes the narcissistic congratulation found in self-referential cinema because it absorbs Jia’s early work to create something that has the shock of the new, as much as it builds on the past. 

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Classical Music Album Review: Behzod Abduraimov Plays Prokofiev & Shor

May 24, 2025
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There’s much to recommend in Behzod Abduraimov’s rendition of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2, which is both highly characterful and a lot of fun to listen to.

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