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Poetry and Prose Review: Joseph Brodsky — Revisiting an Icon

June 27, 2020
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For a generation of Russians, Joseph Brodsky was the poet, almost a code-word in the discourse of the intelligentsia, like Nabokov.

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Music Review: Album Releases of February 2019

March 20, 2019
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Springtime hits are on doubt on their way, but let’s not forget about February.

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Book Review: Director Edgar G. Ulmer — Hollywood’s Master of the Eclectic Led a Doozy of a Life

February 2, 2014
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This is an invaluable volume that can and should be read in conjunction with one’s own Ulmer movie marathon.

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Film Interview: “A Quiet Passion” — Terence Davies Pays Homage to Emily Dickinson

April 13, 2017
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Director Terence Davies read four biographies of Emily Dickinson; the details of her life he remembered became the basis for his screenplay.

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Music Review: NEC Jazz Orchestra, directed by Ken Schaphorst — Harlem Comes to Jordan

October 31, 2010
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Why should you have been in Jordan Hall on October 21? First, to hear Ken Schaphorst’s reconstruction of Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” aka “A Tone Parallel to Harlem,” aka “The Harlem Suite,” a score on which Ken labored painstakingly and which the NEC Jazz Orchestra played thrillingly well. Music of Duke Ellington. Performed by New England…

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Poetry Review: “Acrobat” — The Beautiful Bengali Poetry of Nabaneeta Dev Sen 

September 26, 2021
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Translator Nandana Dev Sen has opened a window for us to savor Bengali women’s poetry through these lovingly translated poems of her mother.

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Music Feature: Paul Rishell and Annie Raines — In the Spirit of the Masters

March 1, 2018
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There’s not much about the blues that Paul Rishell, 68, and Annie Raines, 48, don’t know or can’t play.

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Dance Film Preview: Mapping the Taps — Two Superb Documentaries

November 14, 2017
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The tap challenge, sometimes good natured, sometimes prickly, is at the heart of both of these remarkable documentaries.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World —October 11

October 11, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Film Review: “Eight Days a Week” — A Marvelous Look at The Beatles on Tour

September 12, 2016
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Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.

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