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You can understand why historian and novelist Richard Francis became attached to this quixotic piece of New England history. It’s got an amazing cast of colorful characters, and dramatic rivalries that involve contests over land, love, money, and sex. Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia by Richard Francis. Yale University Press, 344…
Read MoreBy Caldwell Titcomb The world’s largest festival of classical music is the BBC Proms in London. Founded in 1895 by Sir Henry Wood (who in 1918 was offered the conductorship of the Boston Symphony Orchestra but declined), the Proms this season run for two months from mid-July to mid-September. The core of the enterprise is…
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Portrait is a masterly work of historical realism — about an enduring love between two women — done in high-flying poetic style.
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Playing vinyl involves holding something in your hand, putting a needle down and, at least on my high end system, listening to sound quality that can mesmerize.
Read MoreReaders interested in early modern science, Renaissance studies, or Galileo will undoubtedly savor this trailblazing work of history.
Read More“To the End of the Land” is about the devastation of war, how war erodes the human spirit, yet how that spirit is far more resilient that we may have ever suspected.
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Read More“I’m trying to be at peace with not being a happy person. It’s ok to not be happy but to do something for the betterment of humanity.”
Read MoreLondon’s Design Museum is now one of the major venues in the world for experiencing the art of design.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.
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