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The Arts on Stamps of the World — November 16

November 16, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Theater Review: “Cassandra Speaks” — The Voice of a Crusading Journalist

June 17, 2014
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Cassandra Speaks is yet another dazzling vehicle for actor Tod Randolph, who excels in etching brilliant stage portraits of famous, complicated women.

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Visual Arts Review: “City Of Work” — A Satirically Dystopic Vision of The Daily Grind

January 21, 2013
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Artist Michael Lewy’s comprehensive, clever and surprisingly humorous take on an imaginary experimental settlement explores the ramifications of having human potential promptly assessed and harnessed for work, and work alone.

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Album Review: Deerhoof and Wadada Leo Smith — Electrical Soul Music

June 30, 2020
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That this assemblage works so well is a tribute to the big ears and hearts — and collective intelligence — of all the players here.

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Visuals Arts: Rembrandt and I in Oman

October 17, 2009
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It cannot be said that the average Omani was waiting for an exhibition of Rembrandt etchings. By Gary Schwartz “Frankincense from Oman and paintings by Rembrandt were both part of the good life in the 17th century.” That unlikely quotation is from the script of a film that I wrote and presented this summer to…

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Film Review: Take a “Drive,” She Says

September 16, 2011
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In “Drive,” director Nicolas Winding Refn crafts a cool, tight and stylish film that gets away with a lot. He managed to make a movie that works as some kind of bizarre but wonderful Michael Mann/Jean-Pierre Melville/Quentin Tarantino mash-up, helmed by star Ryan Gosling, who described it as a “violent John Hughes movie.”

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

January 10, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in dance, music, film, and theater that’s coming up this week.

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Arts Fuse Remembrance: David Aronson, Boston Expressionist

July 8, 2015
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While American art grew bolder, larger, louder, and more ironic, David Aronson was mystical, introspective, and poetic.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Different Endings

May 7, 2025
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Two new picture books offer a refreshing use of not-so-typical endings.

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Book Review: Joni Mitchell — One Side, Now

September 8, 2014
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The pleasures of Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words are the pleasures of being a fly on the wall.

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