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Jazz Appreciation: The Double Six of Paris — A 60th Anniversary Appreciation

June 24, 2019
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2019 is the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Double Six of Paris, so it is a good time to shine a spotlight on the group’s spectacular work.

Theater Commentary: A Memorable “Merchant of Venice” — Squeezing Blood Out of a Rubber Chicken

March 17, 2020
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This was an enormously exciting production of Merchant of Venice, a reminder that theater can be (in fact, must be!) nervy.

Film Review: “Civil War” Crimes — A Boutique Catastrophe

April 10, 2024
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In this dreamworld, the politics don’t matter. It’s the artfully gruesome spectacle that counts — that and the hackneyed Hollywood storyline about the hardened veteran mentoring the neophyte through an initiation into the harsh realities of the profession.

Visual Arts Review: Two Public Art Projects in Boston — Provocative Visual Expressions of the 21st Century

January 26, 2021
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Steeped in technology, non-traditional public art is about sparking conversations about visuals as well as playing with contemporary aesthetic perspectives.

Jazz Preview / Commentary: The Alla Elana Cohen – Ran Blake Project

May 29, 2012
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It’s a worthy effort –- and, as a listener, how many times will you have the chance for real adventure inside a concert hall?

The Arts on Stamps of the World — August 17

August 17, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Opera Album Review: Saint-Saëns’s Delightful Skewering of the West’s Fantasies of Japan

March 27, 2022
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A major contribution to the recorded repertory, making clear just how effective Saint-Saëns’s The Yellow Princess could be on stage, its nowadays objectionable title repudiated by its varied and nuanced approach to the evocation of the exotic.

Film Review: “Anora” — A Rollicking Fractured Fairy Tale

October 23, 2024
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In “Anora,” director Sean Baker brilliantly sustains a hybrid tone, weaving together LOL comedy, sadness, and rage.

Concert Review: Discovery Ensemble at Sanders Theater

February 2, 2013
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John Adams’s Chamber Symphony brought out the best in Mr. Lewis as a conductor: it was fun watching him maneuver through the score’s intricate rhythmic patterns and his confidence was reflected by the Ensemble in a brash, involved reading of a far-too-little-heard (in these parts, at least) piece.

Film Review: “Pain and Glory” — Almodovar’s Remembrance of Things Past

October 10, 2019
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What remains so seductive about Almodovar is the way he replicates the movement of thought, creating a seamless weave between the story moving forward — rather minimal in this case — and the richer, more luminous past.

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