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Visual Arts Feature: Tadao Ando at the Clark — More than Meets the Eye in Williamstown

July 22, 2014
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Tadao Ando’s new Clark, minimalist in its materials and understated presence, is more Zen than a billboard for its disparate architectural elements, more harmony than postmodern dissonance.

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Arts Commentary: Art, Music, and the New Age of Anxiety

February 14, 2025
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However late the hour and however long the road ahead, the cause of standing for justice, knowledge, and freedom isn’t yet doomed. Along the way, let the arts comfort, inspire, instruct, and help lead. That’s what they’re here for.

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Fuse Feature: Best in Dance of 2015

December 19, 2015
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Fuse dance critics pick some of the outstanding performances/events of the year.

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Fuse Jazz Preview: Southeast by Northwest, the Festival Season Kicks Off this Weekend

June 4, 2016
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From Providence to Burlington by way of Cambridge, the New England jazz festival season is now underway.

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Fuse Visual Arts: Free For The Holidays — Picasso and Photography (and Jacqueline)

December 15, 2014
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Gagosian Gallery’s show Picasso & the Camera is the art bargain of the season.

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Fuse Book Review: The Decision Not to Have Kids — Examined and Defended

August 26, 2015
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This anthology is thought-provoking and often moving; a spearhead into a relatively undiscussed new demographic.

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Book Review: More than Meets the Eye — “Galileo’s Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge”

December 1, 2015
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Readers interested in early modern science, Renaissance studies, or Galileo will undoubtedly savor this trailblazing work of history.

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Documentary Review: PBS’s “Hemingway” — Inside an American Legend

May 9, 2021
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If you love fiction you should devote several hours to watching Hemingway. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick have brought a special tenderness to this series, something deeper and more compelling than previous Burns documentaries.

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Book Review: “The Star-Spangled Screen” — How Hollywood Makes War Acceptable

June 17, 2022
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One comes away a trifle numb: in part due to the sheer number of films made; but in part both awed and terrified by Hollywood’s ability to use what were, for the most part, mediocre films to make the ravages of war not only so acceptable to the American public, but glorious.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part One)

March 26, 2021
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If you like your films “weird, sexually provocative, and intellectually stimulating” (add violence to the mix) then our critics will feed your appetite splendidly.

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