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Poetry Review: Travel Down “The Golden Road”

June 5, 2013
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Rachel Hadas’ poems present deceptively calm surfaces, like a lake that hides its rich inner life beneath bright reflections of clouds and blue sky.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Cal Tjader’s Quintet and Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio in the Mid-’60s

November 15, 2023
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Two upcoming releases of restored radio broadcasts offer so much good listening and so much deeply satisfying jazz that they deserve to share the spotlight. One of them is destined to be seen as a landmark document in jazz history.

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Dance News: Preview of a Magnetic Dance

July 17, 2013
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On Friday, three experimental artists offer a sneak peek at their work together to date, with the addition to excepts from more finished pieces.

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A Note from the Webmaster: The Arts Fuse is alive and well

January 6, 2011
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What does not kill me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche The internet is always an unpredictable neighborhood and sometimes a rough one. The Arts Fuse website crashed (but did not burn) yesterday; after a long day and a half, we’re back up and running smoothly—better and more resilient. The cause of the crash remains…

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Classical Album Review: Attacca Quartet’s “Of All Joys” — Crafting a Space All its Own

December 17, 2021
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Taken together, the selections on Attacca Quartet’s latest release is something of a meditation on the human condition.

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Opera Album Review: The Young Meyerbeer, in a Biblical Opera, Reveals His Musico-Theatrical Imagination

October 13, 2023
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A captivating world-premiere recording of a work by the 21-year-old who would later conquer the operatic world with “Les Huguenots” and “L’Africaine.”

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Film Review: Spike Jonze’s “Her” — Is This Love Affair Creepy? Or Probing?

December 31, 2013
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Is “Her” exploring truths about romance and emotional need? Or is this a creepy look into how far we’ve surrendered to the infantilizing embrace of technology?

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Classical Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Ludovic Morlot at Symphony Hall

November 29, 2011
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While I’m not necessarily sold on this particular interpretation of Mahler Symphony no. 1, it was a thoughtful reading led with conviction; conductor Ludovic Morlot drew a committed performance from the BSO, and that counts for something.

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Concert Review: Travis Live at House of Blues — Standing Tall

September 26, 2013
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“Return to form” is a little too easy, but if you miss the “old” Travis, then the new album, Where You Stand, is the one you’ve been waiting for.

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Theater Review: New York Theater Roundup — “Clive,” “The Dance and the Railroad” and “The Flick”

February 27, 2013
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By planning ahead, and purchasing one flexpass, I was able to see a trio of plays in New York during a single weekend for well under $200 — a bargain price for world-class theater productions.

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