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Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra at Sanders Theater

February 22, 2016
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Elgar’s brilliant scoring in his Symphony no. 1 was front and center, in this performance not an end in itself but serving clearly expressive goals.

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Theater Review: “Back the Night” — A Strong Play about Sexual Assault on Campus

February 22, 2016
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No one I know is neutral about this kind of material and I was pleased to watch a play that did not shrink from its many complexities and challenges.

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Coming Attractions: February 21 through March 1 — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

February 21, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Classical CD Reviews: Handel’s Water Music and the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2016 New Year’s Concert

February 21, 2016
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Nobody, these days, plays the music of the Strauss family better than the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Film Review: “The Witch” — Mother Nature’s a Bitch and So am I

February 20, 2016
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The Witch‘s brief jolts of violence seem perfectly calibrated to knock us out of our seats..

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Dance Review: Sampling the Spectrum — BB@Home, Boston Ballet School

February 20, 2016
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Sunday afternoon’s hourlong program in BB@Home series took us from the nineteenth century to this very minute.

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Film Review: “Lou Montgomery: Legacy Restored” — Mission Accomplished

February 19, 2016
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This compact documentary presents a poignant picture of the intersection of segregation, enlightenment, and failure.

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Visual Arts Review: Picasso at the MFA

February 19, 2016
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This exhibition at the MFA gives us as chance to walk about a delightful island in the wide sea of Picasso works.

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Fuse News: City Winery Signs Canal Street lease

February 18, 2016
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An October 2016 opening that could fill some of the gaps created by the shuttering of Johnny D’s next month.

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Poetry Review: “ask anyone” — Giving a Slant to Meaning

February 17, 2016
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Ruth Lepson’s method in these poems is to encourage us listen as carefully as she does.

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