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Book Review: “Fangirls” — In Praise of Fanatics

November 10, 2020
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Fangirls is a funny and poignant survey of an essential coming-of-age experience.

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Theater Review: “How We Got On” — Exhilarating Hip Hop

July 31, 2013
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I am probably the last person anyone would see as a hip hop fan, but I walked out of the theater with a new appreciation for the music and the satisfaction of experiencing an old-fashioned coming-of-age story told in a refreshing new way.

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Rock Album Review: Juliana Hatfield’s “Weird” — In Customary Fine Form

March 9, 2019
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Overall, Juliana Hatfield’s Weird is closer to good than to great.

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Coming Attractions: October 31 through November 16 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 31, 2021
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As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Film Review: “When Comedy Went to School” Flunks Out

September 19, 2013
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Oy gevalt! What a disappointment!

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Short Fuse: Russell Banks’ American Dream

October 6, 2008
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By Harvey Blume “Dreaming up America” By Russell Banks Seven Stories Press, 176 pages, $21.95 This book of essays by novelist and short story writer Russell Banks was published before our country’s financial crisis reached the acute stage from which it may or may not be recovering, or the author would surely have voiced bracing…

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Theater Review: A Warm-Hearted “Winter’s Tale”

July 28, 2024
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A relaxed, humane kindness shines through this staging of Shakespeare’s hymn to reconciliation.

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Book Review: Merritt Tierce’s Smart and Ruthless “Love Me Back” — The Way We Live Now

October 13, 2014
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So much of what this novel has to say feels bracing and necessary. This is where a good part of America lives—dangling over a chasm.

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Concert Review: Fontaines D.C. — Irish Darkness

October 9, 2022
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At House of Blues, Fontaines D.C.’s brooding, bristling music was offset by shifting swatches of amber and purple lighting amid the shadows, casting the musicians in mysterious terms.

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Film Review: “God’s Country” — Who is to Blame?

September 30, 2022
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In our politically correct times, the temptation would be to make a simplistic film in which Sandra, the good Black woman, is beset by bad white people.

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