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Book Review: “Natura Morta” — A Powerful Still Life in Prose

June 2, 2014
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The omniscient narrator in Natura Morta is flawlessly neutral, allowing the images, minimal action, and characters’ reactions to the events of this single day in a Roman square to tell the story.

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Jazz Review: Singer Kris Adams — Making Beautiful Music, Easily

June 2, 2014
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Kris Adams is one of those singers who can do amazing things without ostentatious showiness.

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Fuse Book Review: A Volume That Explains Why Movie Moments Are Memorable

June 1, 2014
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At times, David Thomson’s movie criticism resembles the approach of old-school British critics (the Walter Pater or John Ruskin variety) who didn’t mind occasionally cutting loose from being erudite to waxing lyrical.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 1, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Theater Review: Cirque du Soleil’s “Amaluna” — Spectacle and Sound Swamp Feminism

May 31, 2014
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Women are the dominant force in “Amaluna.” They command the evening’s whirligig of a stage as aerialists, clowns, musicians, dancers, and contortionists.

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Concert Review: Lorelei Ensemble — An All-Female Group of Outstanding, Committed Singers.

May 31, 2014
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What is perhaps most astonishing is that the Lorelei Ensemble seems, in its current formation, like the most natural of phenomena.

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Film Review: The MFA’s Technicolor Film Festival Ends with Two Gene Kelly Classics

May 30, 2014
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The reason these films are in this series is because of their color, and they do not disappoint.

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Homage: Mega Designer Massimo Vignelli Leaves Modernist Design Legacy

May 30, 2014
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The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against ugliness. — the late Massimo Vignelli

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Music Commentary: Help Make “Roadrunner” the Official Rock Song of Massachusetts

May 30, 2014
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Bay Staters, be warned – we are living in a state without an official rock song. Luckily, if we pitch in, we can help the government solve this problem.

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Book Review: The “Lightweight” Gallows Humor of Jean Echenoz

May 29, 2014
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Eschewing harrowing realistic description, Jean Echenoz adopts a jocular sardonic approach to the most gruesome battlefield realities.

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