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Rock Appreciation: Ray Manzarek Founding Member of The Doors Dies at 74

May 21, 2013
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Ray gave us permission to peek through his doors of perception and a chance to live, for just for a few hours, in his world.

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Fuse Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Thrills with Debussy, Stravinsky and Schoenberg

May 21, 2013
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The last Chameleon Arts Ensemble performance of this season, “mystic moons and dream music,” promised much, with three famed masterpieces by Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg.

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Fuse News: How Loud Does David Koch’s Money Talk in Boston?

May 20, 2013
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Mayer’s report deals with David Koch throwing his weight around at WNET and PBS. Unfortunately, she does not talk about whether Koch’s powerful presence has influenced WGBH.

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REVISED: Judicial Review #11: “The Great Gatsby” — A Great Opera?

May 20, 2013
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This Judicial Review deals with the Boston premiere of John Harbison’s opera version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Read the reactions and join the conversation.

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Visual Arts Review: At the MFA — Bruce Davidson’s Dramatic Vision of ’60s Harlem

May 20, 2013
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Despite the show’s darkness, “East 100th Street”‘s exploration of Harlem in the ’60s is in many ways a testament to the endurance of love.

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Theater Review: An Uneven Evening Out “On The Town”

May 20, 2013
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production can’t quite get its arms around all of the varied elements in this exhilarating musical, but some terrific performances make up for other weaknesses.

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Visual Arts Review: “Convergence: Boston Sculptors Gallery Exhibits on the Christian Science Plaza”

May 19, 2013
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The show was like topping a delicate wedge of artisanal cheese with a handful of artisanal trail mix. Both the Christian Science Plaza and the sculptures themselves are exquisite on their own, but together the experience felt disjointed and oddly incompatible.

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Fuse News: Mercury Falls, and Jazz Is Still in the House

May 18, 2013
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The idea of house concerts seems to be getting some legs. The “fabulous world headquarters loft of Accurate Records” again plays host, this time to the eclectic San Francisco band, Mercury Falls.

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Dance Review: “Tappin’ Thru Life” — An Evening with the Charismatic Maurice Hines

May 18, 2013
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The ebullient entertainer Maurice Hines held court this week at a packed Cutler Majestic Theater, along with a score of other very talented musicians and tap dancers. What an evening!

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Visual Arts Review: Fine and Dandy at RISD

May 18, 2013
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The influence of two centuries of dandies on fashion — and the artful, strategic, ready-for-the-paparazzi self-presentation at the heart of modern celebrity — is on wide-ranging and colorful display in the Rhode Island School of Design Museum exhibit.

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