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Classical CD Review: Seattle Opera’s Earthbound “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (Avie Records)

January 5, 2015
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What one really wishes is that the Seattle Opera’s Ring Cycle had been released as a DVD.

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Visual Arts Review: “National Pride (and Prejudice)” at MFA Boston — Thinking Critically about National Icons

January 5, 2015
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National Pride (and Prejudice) wants us to reexamine the relationship between a country’s iconic images and its not-so-reassuring realities.

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Author Interview: Historian Jason Sokol on Race and Massachusetts — From the Red Sox to Springfield

January 5, 2015
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“I think a lot of people around town are fairly aware of the Red Sox’s checkered history in terms of race.”

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

January 4, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, author events, and theater for the coming week.

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Book Review: “The Hilltop: A Novel” — Serious Israeli Comedy

January 3, 2015
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Assaf Gavron’s sweeping, smart, often funny new novel spins a satiric update on Exodus.

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Arts Commentary: The View from Free — 2014 Edition

January 2, 2015
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The exploitation of the free labor of artists may finally have hit a critical mass in 2014, generating enough publicity to make observers righteously angry.

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Book Review: The Remarkable Life of Storm Jameson — Attention Tenderly Paid

January 2, 2015
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After reading this scholarly and accessible biography, I am convinced that Storm Jameson’s life is a must for anyone fascinated by the history of women writers in the 20th century.

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Fuse Feature: Quotes for the New Year

January 1, 2015
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“Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare.”

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Book Commentary: Dreiser’s “The Titan” Turns 100 — America’s “Downton Abbey”

December 31, 2014
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Theodore Dreiser’s The Titan is not the greatest novel about American business, but it is still among the best, an honorable runner-up that turned 100 this year.

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Arts Remembrance: Bishop Lee Mitchell — An Appreciation

December 31, 2014
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A beloved figure to both the local gospel community and deep southern soul collectors, Bishop Lee Mitchell has passed following a long illness.

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