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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

February 8, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, dance, author events, and theater for the coming week.

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Book Review: “American Justice 2014” — A Sturdy Look at the Current Supreme Court

February 7, 2015
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The most important takeaway from American Justice 2014 is the potential danger, from Epps’s perspective, of the growing influence of Justice Alito.

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Theater Review: “The Second Girl” — A Sensitive Portrait of the Irish Working Class

February 7, 2015
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The actors in the central roles are extremely fine, particularly Kathleen McElfresh’s beautifully nuanced performance as the anguished Bridget O’Sullivan.

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Fuse Film Review: “Actress” — When Camera and Subject Are Part of the Act

February 6, 2015
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Brandy Burre is a trained actress who is artfully aware of the camera and its power: the director uses her skill as a performer to animate the film.

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Fuse Film Review: 2015 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts — A Spotlight on Heroism

February 6, 2015
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These films demonstrate what’s often so great about documentaries: here’s where you find real courage and everyday heroism, and not in mythic, muscular, blockbusters.

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Theater Review: “Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” — A Memorable Homecoming

February 4, 2015
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May Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) fill the Loeb Drama Center to the brim and then some.

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Visual Arts Review: An Indelible Sense of Vermont — The Photographs of Nathan Benn

February 4, 2015
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Nathan Benn’s gorgeous color photographs paint a complex vision of Vermont as a place of constancy and change.

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Book Interview: “Season of the Witch” — Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Occult Imagination

February 3, 2015
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“To say that the occult ‘saved’ it is really to say that the spiritual agitation is at the heart of what was able to bring rock ‘n’ roll to its most interesting places.”

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Rock Concert Review: Billy Idol — Aging, But Still Playing the Bad-Boy

February 2, 2015
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Go ahead, name another older rocker this side of Iggy Pop who can get away with playing most of his show bare-chested.

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Visual Arts Interview: George Fifield — Boston’s Cyberman

February 2, 2015
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George Fifield has been pushing the conceptual ball called contemporary digital and intermedia art up a hill for decades.

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