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Visual Arts Review: Peabody Essex Museum’s “Calder and Abstraction” – Poetic Whimsy in Elegant Form and Motion

November 25, 2014
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With grace and wit, Alexander Calder’s artwork integrated poetry and science, aesthetics and engineering.

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Book Review: “The Flaherty Seminar” — A History of Cinematic Contention

July 26, 2017
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It’s probably unfair, but attending the Flaherty, I kept seeing in my mind the pig Napoleon and his attack dogs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

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Fuse Commentary Drill Down: Iiro Rantala’s “Concerto in G-sharp / A-flat”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Concert Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band — A Triumph in the Arenas

September 30, 2023
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The bottom line: the Tedeschi Trucks Band proved that the group, and its hybrid of classic rock, soul, blues, and jazz, could rule on arena stages.

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Music Review: Newport Folk Festival 2019 — A Historic Occasion

July 30, 2019
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When the 80-year-old Judy Collins, who sang at Newport in the 1960s, declares the current weekend to be “historic,” you had to believe her.

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Music Appreciation: Gunther Schuller –The Eloquent Ear

June 30, 2015
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Gunther Schuller dove into jazz with passionate hunger, in the process dispelling cultural, class, and racial prejudices.

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Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2022

December 27, 2022
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — November 12

November 12, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: “A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler” — A Hymn to Life

August 10, 2025
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As befits a prolific and distinguished poet, renowned for his visionary instincts and signature compositional technique, Nathan Kernan has produced an account of James Schuyler that is as morally serious as his subject.

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Album Review: Roger C. Miller’s “Eight Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble” — Fancy’s Furies

December 14, 2022
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As fluid and experimental as Eight Dream Interpretations is, the album’s rambunctious sonic palette is nothing if not inviting.

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