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Book Review: “The Woman Who Lost Her Soul” — A Lengthy Tale of Innocence Betrayed

October 21, 2013
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Despite his weakness for overwriting, Bob Shacochis has a good and sad story to tell, and he gets through it with a degree of mastery.

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Concert Review: Pianist Yuja Wang — A Fearless Performer But Problematic Fashionista

October 20, 2013
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Two days after pianist Yuja Wang’s concert, and, sadly, what I remember best are the two skimpy dresses she wore.

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Movie Review: “12 Years a Slave” — The First Masterpiece of the New Black Cinema?

October 20, 2013
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With 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Steve McQueen, the brilliant British director of HUNGER and SHAME, has probably created the first masterpiece of the new black cinema.

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Short Fuse Interview: The Enigma of Vo Nguyen Giap — Military Mastermind, or “Marginalized Hero”?

October 19, 2013
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iIf we lift the fog hovering over the War in Vietnam what we find a story nearly unknown in the West: far from devising and launching the Tet Offensive, Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap consistently and adamantly opposed it.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

October 18, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, and film that’s coming up this week.

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Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Romeo & Juliet — Just the Tragic Story

October 17, 2013
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Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production is a fine start to the company’s tenth aniversary season and an impressive realization of its founding mission statement — for this company, story and the actor’s craft trump directorial conceits.

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Classical CD Reviews: Kevin Puts — Choral Music, Symphony no. 4 and Hanns Eisler — Songs (Harmonia Mundi)

October 17, 2013
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New discs from Harmonia Mundi: One explores the music of Pulitzer prize-winner Kevin Puts, the other focuses on the songs of Hanns Eisler, and it is one of the most fascinating albums to come from any label so far this year.

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Film Review: “I Used to be Darker” — A Delicate, Compassionate Story

October 17, 2013
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I Used to Be Darker is a movie of small pleasures, lots of them.

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Dance Feature: Edward Villella Takes to the Ice

October 17, 2013
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Reveries, the ice ballet that audiences will get to see in a special benefit performance this weekend, is Edward Villella’s translation of balletic structures and forms into contemporary figure skating technique.

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Classical Album Reviews: The Nutcracker Suites (Harmonie Ensemble/New York and Steve Richman); Veni Emanuel (Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Ross and Haigh)

October 16, 2013
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Two new releases from Harmonia Mundi celebrate the sacred and secular sides of the Christmas season.

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