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Film Review: “Ain’t in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm” — Heartfelt Tribute to an American Original

September 1, 2013
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The documentary was originally screened at South by Southwest in 2010 while Levon Helm was still alive, but with his death from cancer in 2012, the film now serves as a heartfelt tribute to a true American original.

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Classical CD Reviews: Harmonia Mundi Serves up First-Rate Performances of Schubert and Elgar

September 1, 2013
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Harmonia Mundi has, of late, released a series of excellent Schubert albums.

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Fuse Jazz Review: Pianist Marc Cary — A Virtuoso Yarnspinner

August 31, 2013
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Pianist Marc Cary came to Sculler’s to play the neglected compositions of celebrated singer Abbey Lincoln.

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Arts Feature: Celebrating The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home in the Berkshires

August 31, 2013
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The fall is an excellent time to visit the Mount, the splendid home author Edith Wharton built for herself in the Berkshires. The leaves have already begun to turn.

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Film Review: “The Canyons” — Yucky But Likeable

August 31, 2013
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Lindsay Lohan is prostituting herself to a dreary vision of a Tinseltown shorn of even flickers of glory. And I like that.

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Music Feature: A Tribute to Fenwick Smith, Flutist Extraordinaire

August 30, 2013
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For classical music lovers, the opening of the concert season was synonymous with flutist Fenwick Smith’s annual recitals.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 30, 2013
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[Updated.] Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, music, and theater that’s coming up this week.

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Jazz Review: Trumpeter Jason Palmer Plays Minnie Riperton — Pop Meets New Jazz

August 29, 2013
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An evening that showed yet again how pop (even “modern” pop) can serve as nourishment for new jazz.

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Fuse Commentary: MBTA Set to Demolish the “Center of the Universe” in Harvard Square

August 29, 2013
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Apparently, an agency like the MBTA can simply take a wrecking ball to pieces of public art such as “Omphalos” when their existence becomes an encumbrance. No questions asked.

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Poetry Feature: Haiku Inspired by HFA’s “Noir All Night”

August 29, 2013
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Fuse film critic Betsy Sherman has written a series of haiku inspired by an all-night marathon of film noir screenings.

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