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Film Review: “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” — Do Englishmen Dream of Electric Cats? One Did.

November 7, 2021
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This wholly original period piece crackles with energy, humor, and pathos.

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Book Review: “All the Single Ladies” — Essential Reading

March 28, 2016
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All the Single Ladies is an ambitious book, packed with so many interesting people and ideas that I often wanted to hear far more about each.

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Fuse Update: Sunset for Weeknight Jazz at WGBH

July 8, 2012
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July 11 update.The New Orleans-style funeral for jazz on WGBH radio was an amazing coming-together of musicians from across the spectrum of styles. It was an occasion for mourning the loss of Steve Schwartz and the diminution of Eric Jackson, to be sure, but it was also an occasion for celebrating with more than a little wonderment the recognition that we all are, indeed, a community.

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Short Fuse Podcast #29 — A Birthday Show, Recorded Before 2020 Really Sucked

September 29, 2020
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No matter where our lives were at just nine months ago, most of us are now longing for those pre-pandemic days. Jump into this week’s jukebox of an episode for a trip back in time.

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Poetry Review: “Come Closer and Listen” — Is Brusque and Amusing Enough?

July 26, 2019
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In his new book, poet Charles Simic employs his customary strategies, but he seldom achieves the intensity he once did.

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Coming Attractions: August 28 through September 13 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 28, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Television Commentary: Unreeling the Newsreels in “The Plot Against America”

May 28, 2020
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Was this alternate history lesson too much of a downer for viewers weighed down by the burdens of their own unexpected rendezvous with history?

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Visual Arts Review: A Luminous “Lumia” at Yale University Art Gallery

March 26, 2017
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The result is reminiscent of a Mark Rothko painting — if it was projected through the refracted light of a prism.

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Theater Review: Two Plays Chronicle the Lives of Pioneering Women

July 4, 2012
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Two Berkshire theaters are offering one-woman shows this summer. Both scripts feature intelligent, frank, and charismatic women. Both productions star gifted and seasoned actors.

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Streaming Docs: The Best of 2020 in Review — Part 1, Past and Present

December 31, 2020
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2020 offered another rich year for the documentary form, well beyond the tabloid entertainment of the likes of Tiger King

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