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Unlike fellow apostate (and friend) Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne didn’t have the chutzpah to be a proto-existentialist — for him, it was better to cling to questionable moral pieties than plummet into sheer nothingness.
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Mary Oliver’s poetic vision reaches back to the American transcendentalists: it encourages us, by demanding that we pay attention to our now threatened natural world, to find a moral compass.
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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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“PoemJazz” is a project where music and poetry reinforce each other, where the declaimed poetry works like the sung line of a song — though Robert Pinsky never sings or pretends to.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreIt should be pointed out that in London it is possible to see more shows in a limited time than one can do in the United States. Why? Because it has long been the sensible practice to stagger weekday matinees. By Caldwell Titcomb Shakespeare first, of course. The British quite rightly never tire of “Hamlet.”…
Read More[Updated.] Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.
Read MoreI had written Martin Scorsese off, and never expected he had a “Hugo” in him. That he did is the among the touching things in this film.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, visual art, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025