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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

October 18, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, visual arts, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Book Review: Marilynne Robinson’s “Lila” — A Vision of Life More Damned Than Redeemed

October 2, 2014
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Lila is an ambitious book that is deeply flawed and not nearly in the same class as Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gilead.

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Classical CD Reviews: Pygmalion’s “Rhinemaidens,” Johann Strauss’s “Der Zigeunerbaron,” and Aurora Orchestra’s “Introit”

June 12, 2016
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A superior classical music concept album, a reminder of how smart and sturdy Johan Strauss’s music can be..

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Film Review: A Quartet of Discoveries at the Provincetown International Film Festival

June 25, 2015
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Reviews of four strong independent films that may — or may not — be coming to a screen near you.

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Classical Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s “Der Rosenkavalier” — The Tops

October 1, 2016
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It is unlikely that any other BSO concert this year will top Thursday night’s performance of Richard Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier.

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Book Review: Merritt Tierce’s Smart and Ruthless “Love Me Back” — The Way We Live Now

October 13, 2014
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So much of what this novel has to say feels bracing and necessary. This is where a good part of America lives—dangling over a chasm.

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Book Review: “Remain in Love” — The Story of the Talking Heads, Told with Charm

October 13, 2020
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With the beguiling Remain in Love, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz puts a refreshing spin on a familiar genre.

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Musician Interview: “Getting It Back,” A Documentary about the Surprising Story of Afro-Funk Pioneers Cymande

July 28, 2024
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The band’s potent, percussive sound was years ahead of its time, as proven by today’s red hot London jazz scene, whose biggest stars are audibly influenced by Cymande.

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Listening During Covid, Part 4: Fascinating Vocal Adventures from Different Times and Places

January 21, 2021
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I may be in quarantine, but music can transport me back to the Middle Ages, or to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia, or, via Donizetti, to an imagined India.

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Book Review: An Informative Tour of Randy Revolutionary Times

April 30, 2014
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This book is a valuable reminder that “the men associated with an era of supposed morality and Christian values of monogamy and marriage have nearly all been linked to infidelity and sex outside of wedlock.”

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