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Book Review: “Napoleon On War” — Might Makes Right, At Least for A While

July 10, 2015
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Bruno Colson’s book is a wonder of research, and serves to shed light on the state of Napoleon’s mind.

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Theater Review: Ibsen’s “The Lady From the Sea” — Simplified for Modern Consumption

July 9, 2015
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In this Shaw Festival production we have something all too 21st century: the deliberate dumbing down of a complex play.

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Fuse Commentary: Arts Criticism Isn’t Free — Support The Arts Fuse!

July 8, 2015
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Those who care about the future of American arts and culture should financially support this magazine and other valiant efforts to articulate the significance of the arts.

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Arts Fuse Remembrance: David Aronson, Boston Expressionist

July 8, 2015
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While American art grew bolder, larger, louder, and more ironic, David Aronson was mystical, introspective, and poetic.

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Book Review: A Biography of T.S. Eliot — Before, During, and After “The Waste Land”

July 7, 2015
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In this excellent biography, Robert Crawford succeeds admirably in detailing T.S. Eliot’s early intellectual development.

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Fuse Feature: Summer Festival Season Returns — And So Do Fledgling Music and Arts Extravaganzas

July 6, 2015
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A handy-dandy guide to seven newish summer arts festivals in the Boston area. They are all free of charge.

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Rock Album Review: “Coma Ecliptic” — A Prog-Rock Opera

July 6, 2015
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This troupe from North Carolina has managed to hit all the right prog-rock targets with music that has sweep, depth, and texture while avoiding pretension.

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Book Review: “Adrift” in a Memorably Neo-Beat World

July 5, 2015
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The protagonist’s version of barroom existentialism works as an unofficial précis for the struggle to make it through another day of being human.

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Arts Remembrance: Guitarist Garrison Fewell — The Master of Searching for Something More

July 5, 2015
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An inspiring man as well as a brilliant musician, Garrison Fewell had the courage to turn away from the darkness and to embrace the light.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

July 5, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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