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Little Joe Cook, who died last week at 91, somehow turned his one Top-40 rock hit, 1957’s “Peanuts,” into the centerpiece of a never-ending Cantab Lounge gig.
John Hubley was a dominant force in bringing animation out of the studio system and onto the drawing boards of individual artists . His life story is also an entryway into the social history and controversies of mid-20th century America.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.
The late writer Peter Matthiessen was one of the last great frontiersmen, one of the last great travelers taking voyages of discovery.
It would take a series of spoilers to explain who might have killed whom in “The Galapagos Affair.” See the movie and find out, and revel in the grim gallows humor.
Kevin Young’s poetic line is generally on the concise side, generating a pithy, earthy, evocative quality that hovers somewhere between the haiku-like jazziness of Robert Creeley and the delta blues of Son House or Skip James.
Conductor Charles Dutoit seems to have little affinity for Mahler’s distinctive style.
For both artist and curators, this is one of the great honors of the American art world.
Praise is due Peggy Pearson and Winsor Music for providing a forum for the talented young composer Lev Mamuya.
British Pathe’s 85,000 (some sites say 90,000, but who’s counting?) newsreels are now online.
Film Commentary: “Cuckoo’s Nest” in the Age of Trump — Viewer Beware!