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Album Review: Arctic Monkeys — Music for the Wee Hours of the “AM”

September 9, 2013
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AM, the Sheffield band’s fifth album and their heaviest and danciest to date, isn’t for pre-gaming, or the start of the party. It’s for the wee hours, when the fog is thickest and you should really know better but just can’t help yourself.

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Music Preview: Winding Down, Childsplay Offers Four More Holiday Concerts

November 9, 2017
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For Bob Childs, the idea of breaking up this joyous, talented musical ensemble is bittersweet.

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Book Commentary: Three Weeks Before the Mast — Reading “Moby Dick”

September 7, 2025
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A slow thinker, I read 600 pages into “Moby Dick” before putting my finger on the book’s key tension. It’s between Ishmael’s intense and ecological whale love and the central story which chronicles the wanton murdering of whales, man’s unconcern with destroying the natural world.

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Jazz CD and Book Review: Pianist Fred Hersch — On the Page and on Disc

September 3, 2017
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A gripping autobiography and beautiful new solo CD from a master jazz pianist — Fred Hersch.

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Coming Attractions: April 3 Through 18 — What Will Light Your Fire

April 3, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain 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: Four Examples of Magic in the Movies

July 10, 2013
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David Blaine, Criss Angel, and of course, David Copperfield have used technology to create some highly sophisticated illusions, but films about magicians have been rare.

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TV/DVD Commentary: Loving “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”

January 2, 2014
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Although there are bumps on the way from the brilliant first season to the uneven fourth season, “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” stands as a clever, thought-provoking and joyful creation – a pleasure that’s anything but guilty.

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Film Review: Stop and Smell (and Watch) the Corn — Fred Wiseman Slows Down in “Monrovia, Indiana”

October 25, 2018
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While nothing happens, there’s an understated splendor in all that’s uneventful here, so much so that I didn’t want to miss any of it.

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Poetry Review: The Beautiful Precision of Poet David Ferry

January 14, 2013
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David Ferry’s voice is quiet but never shirks. It admits directly and indirectly that the world is a perplexing place.

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Film Review: “Prayers for the Stolen,” A Microcosm of Mexico, Makes US Premiere at the NY Film Festival

October 6, 2021
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Let’s see if Prayers for the Stolen is selected as Mexico’s Academy Award nominee. It’s a long shot, given that this is a film that tells so much of the truth.

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