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Music Interview: From Spouge to Soul — The Bajan Journey of Shirley Stewart

May 9, 2014
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A former Medford resident, singer Shirley Stewart will be returning for a career retrospective, part of the Caribbean Connection Mother’s Day Affair tomorrow in Boston.

Visual Arts Review: Italian Futurism — The Future That Wasn’t

May 9, 2014
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Futurism, as the Italian proponents conceived of it, ended up not having much of a future. But its practitioners had some good days at the beginning.

Theater Review: “Good Television” and “Sila” — The Struggle to Remain Human

May 8, 2014
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It is encouraging to see new plays that tackle substantial social problems.

Book Review: “Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers — Portraits of 50 Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff”

May 8, 2014
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Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers: Portraits of 50 Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff is a weird cartoon bait-and-switch.

Theater Review: “Icarus” in the Dust Bowl

May 8, 2014
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Icarus proffers plenty of spectacle and talent, but the show only recycles a story we’ve seen countless times on stage and screen.

Theater Review: A Lively, Gender Bender of an “As You Like It”

May 8, 2014
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Were there no men available for the roles of Touchstone and Jaques, or was the intention to showcase more of the gifted women who are members of the ASP troupe?

Television Review: “Louie” Redux — Better Than Ever

May 7, 2014
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Louis C.K.’s “Louie” is a master class in straddling highbrow and lowbrow.

Restaurant Review: A Superb French Bistro on the Outer Cape

May 6, 2014
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We were surprised to come upon one of the last things you’d expect to find on the Outer Cape: a French bistro and boulangerie.

Theater Review: Learn to Roll with the Punchlines — “The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)”

May 6, 2014
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The comic material here may be of the rubber chicken variety, but the Reduced Shakespeare Company performers are remarkably talented men.

Fuse News: When a Pop Star is a Cheapskate

May 5, 2014
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As we freelancers like to say, you can die from exposure.

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