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Visual Arts: Giant White Bunnies at the Lawn on D — Down the Pop Culture Rabbit Hole

July 11, 2015
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In recent years several serious artists, Amanda Parer among them, have created giant inflatable pieces with the aim of making cultural/political statements.

Film Review: “Babygirl” — What Do Women Want?

December 30, 2024
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“Babygirl” comes off as a rather lascivious take-down of yet another older woman who has everything she wants except … sexual excitement.

Fuse Album Review: Singer Songwriter Bryan McPherson — Protester and Performer

June 23, 2015
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Bryan McPherson has come a long way from writing songs in the room next to mine in North Cambridge and then busking at Porter and Harvard Squares.

Culture Vulture: August Arts in the Berkshires

July 31, 2010
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By Helen Epstein If you want a country theater experience, complete with magical valley and stream and a freight train in the distance, go to Chester, MA this month. Chester Theater Company‘s The Nibroc Trilogy is a winner and will culminate on the final two Saturdays of the season (August 14 and 21) with the…

Culture Vulture: February Highlight

February 5, 2010
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If you’re heading out toward the Berkshires and haven’t yet made plans for Valentine’s Day, consider taking your significant other to brunch at Shakespeare & Company for a five-course meal before the matinee. By Helen Epstein Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton. Adapted from the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Directed by Tina Packer.…

Film Reviews: Shorts at the 2023 Independent Film Festival Boston — Some Tasty Morsels

April 27, 2023
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A rundown of three narrative programs and one documentary program. We just might see these directors’ names on future IFFBoston features.

Fuse Commentary: A Tasting Menu for Boston Arts — An Idea Whose Time Has Come

October 18, 2014
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Here’s a modest proposal. Let’s invent a Boston arts tasting menu.

Theater Review: “Macbeth in Stride” — Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues? Not Really

November 6, 2021
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As sure as “the crow/Makes wing to the rooky wood,” Mrs. Macbeth is going to fall tragically short when it comes to being an inspirational role model for marginalized females everywhere.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Nox” is a Riveting French Crime Thriller

November 1, 2021
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The overlapping worlds of ancient Paris architecture, entrenched police corruption, and the criminality of underground internet culture generate some suspenseful plot twists and white-knuckle scenes of terror.

Classical Album Review: Cellist Maya Beiser plays Philip Glass

September 26, 2021
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Some tracks work better than others, but Maya Beiser’s larger effort succeeds in presenting Glass’s music in a more nuanced – and musically complex – light.

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