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Movie Review: “The Big Short” — Capitalism Gone Wild, Made Entertaining

December 25, 2015
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The Big Short is a deftly sardonic piece of doomsday economic diagnosis that is as entertaining as it is alarming.

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Opera Album Review: A Fittingly Fresh First Recording of a Flexible One-Acter by Donizetti’s Teacher

June 4, 2023
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Johann Simon Mayr’s delicious L’Accademia di musica gets a spiffy performance from the “Rossini in Wildbad” Festival.

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Book Review: Anne Frank’s Diary — The Graphic Version

February 9, 2019
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I’m impressed with the new adaptation and depressed that it’s considered necessary.

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Coming Attractions: November 14 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 14, 2021
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As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Coming Attractions: July 31 through August 15 — What Will Light Your Fire

July 31, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Opera Album Review: A Sprightly First Recording of Auber’s Love-Potion Opera

September 23, 2023
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Auber’s 1831 “Le Philtre” (“The Love Potion”) is an engaging romp that helped give birth to Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore.” Immensely popular in his own day, why isn’t it revived more often?

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Jazz Album Review: “Old and New Dreams” — Reminder of Adventurous Sounds Past

July 23, 2023
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The music this band produced was famously challenging: it was also often surprisingly beautiful.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: April 24 through May 3 — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

April 24, 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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Coming Attractions: June 16 through July 2 — What Will Light Your Fire

June 16, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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February Short Fuses – Materia Critica

February 1, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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