Search Results: list of Oesper Award winners by year

Visual Arts Review: Harvard Art Museums Reborn – Spectacular Art in a New Showcase

November 18, 2014
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Starchitect Renzo Piano and his team did very well given their constraints. It is damn hard to build the right frame for so much abundant beauty.

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Coming Attractions: October 31 through November 16 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 31, 2021
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As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about 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 Feature: STREAMING DOCS — Summer 2019

June 28, 2019
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What are the best new documentaries on digital platforms? Look no further.

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Book Review: “Rodney Kills at Night” — Engaging Company

August 5, 2023
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Poe Ballantine is often compared to Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac. I’d say he’s closer to the former than the latter, but he’s more polished than either and funnier than both put together.

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Theater Review: The Broadway Revival of “Sunset Boulevard” Assaults the Senses

November 9, 2024
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Director Jamie Lloyd’s loud and brash revival is all sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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Classical Album Review: The “Spectre Bridegroom” Flies Again — Accompanied by Powerful Music

January 7, 2022
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Newly recorded in the original German, Anton Reicha’s Lenore offers a vivid response to Bürger’s famous “Gothic” ballad from 1774.

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Arts Remembrance: Gene Hackman — Hero and Antihero

March 1, 2025
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Gene Hackman’s legacy will never fade, and now, with his passing, many filmgoers may finally appreciate the enormity of his talent and the enduring impact of his work.

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Fuse Feature: Best and Worst Films of 2015

December 12, 2015
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Our demanding critics choose the best (and worst) films of the year.

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Coming Attractions: September 15 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 15, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Theater Review: “A Lie of the Mind” – Trinity Rep’s Excellent 50th Anniversary Gift

June 13, 2014
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Critic Eric Bentley valued the theater of audacity above all, and that is just what is on glorious display in Trinity Rep’s marvelously nervy A Lie of the Mind.

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