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Visual Arts Review: Derrick Adams Turns Black Joy Into an Expansive World

April 19, 2026
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Jubilant collages, TV motifs, and immersive rooms celebrate 25 years of Black artist Derrick Adams’s inventive practice.

Television Review: “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” Tackles Sex Work, Survival, and Suburban Hypocrisy

April 18, 2026
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A sharp, locally grounded dramedy that captures the contradictions of suburban Southern California — and the steep cost of survival for young women.

Film Retrospective: Conmen and Catastrophe — The Works of Béla Tarr and László Krasznahorkai

April 16, 2026
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A retrospective of four films by those two Hungarian artists unfolds as a monochromatic monolith of mud, misery, human folly, and inexorable corruption.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

April 16, 2026
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This week’s poem: James Cook’s “Suffering Is Not Special”

Theater Review: “When Playwrights Kill” — A Wickedly Funny Backstage Farce About Art, Ego, and Desperation

April 16, 2026
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In this high-energy comedy of creative frustration, history—and hubris—repeat themselves to hilarious effect.

Book Review: Wilhelm Furtwängler in Wartime – Reflections on Ian Buruma’s “Stay Alive”

April 16, 2026
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If there is a through-line consolidating Ian Buruma’s account, it is the admonition: Do not rush to judgment.

Book Review: Saints, Oysters, and the Weight of Melancholy in Nancy Lemann’s New Orleans

April 15, 2026
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I was surprised by how smoothly each book went down, with a little tingle of acidic satire lingering on the palate.

Poetry Review: William Lessard’s “/face” Maps the Human in a Digital Mirror

April 15, 2026
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By Michael Londra In ​/face, William Lessard examines how technology fragments identity, transforming our faces into data and design. /face by William Lessard. Kernpunkt Press, 100 pp, $18. Recently I saw Patti Smith perform her album Horses at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan. Filing in, a sign alerted me to the following: “Attention Customers: biometric identification…

Musician Interview: Pallbearer Will Add a Dollop of Doom to Widowmaker Brewing’s Hopsmokerfest

April 14, 2026
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Bassist and songwriter Joseph D. Rowland on revisiting “Foundations of Burden,” perfecting Pallbearer’s sound, and bringing heavy atmosphere to an unconventional venue.

Rock Album Review: Joe Jackson’s “Hope and Fury” — Wit, Weariness, and Musical Wanderlust

April 14, 2026
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Joe Jackson revisits familiar sounds with sardonic flair and surprising warmth on his most concise, eclectic album in years.

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