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Book Feature: “Buy Me, Boston” — A City of Ads

November 8, 2018
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The volume is devoted to print ads and event flyers for local eateries, concert venues, theaters, stores, and community events that were printed in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.

Classical Music Review: Roustem Saïtkoulov — A Poet of the Piano

November 8, 2018
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Aside from his seemingly effortless technique, Roustem Saïtkoulov struck me as a poet of the piano. Music seems to be his first language.

Book Review: “Washington Black” — Grappling with the Meanings of Liberty

November 8, 2018
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In Washington Black novelist Esi Edugyan has defied the cliché of the escaped slave discovering freedom.

Film Review: “Bohemian Rhapsody” — Pure Pleasure

November 7, 2018
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The film captures everything I love about Queen — the outrageousness, the audacity, the bigness of it all.

Film Review: “Wildlife” — The American Dream, Ablaze

November 6, 2018
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This is a sublime little film — an elegantly cross-stitched portrait of an all-American family fracturing under the weight of broken dreams and false promises.

Culture Watch: George Soros — Foe of Illiberal Democracy

November 6, 2018
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Now George Soros is mostly known as favored target of the right, more onerous to it, it seems, than even — Lock Her Up! — Hillary Clinton.

Theater Review: “Peter and the Starcatcher” — A Theatrical Adventure

November 6, 2018
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Hub Theatre Company’s production bursts with energy, staged with a clear-minded sense of movement and a hand-made quality that generates ample charm and whimsy.

Theater Review: “Mother Butterfly” — Grounded

November 6, 2018
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Mother Butterfly’s script shows genuine promise, but the Storm Warnings Repertory Theatre’s premiere production falls short.

The Arts on Stamps of the World — November 6

November 6, 2018
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An Arts Fuse regular feature returns (temporarily): The Arts on Stamps of the World.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Maniac” — A Deliriously Clever Futuristic Fable

November 5, 2018
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Maniac is mind-bending entertainment that’s also an invitation to muse on infinite possibilities.

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