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Arts Appreciation: Hal Blaine — The Beat Goes On

March 14, 2019
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Hal Blaine contributed so much to such a large number of rock and pop’s greatest hits, that his music will continue to be heard and appreciated for as long as there are radios.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 28

May 28, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Jazz CD Round-up: Jane Ira Bloom, Robert Glasper, Wadada Leo Smith, Anna Webber, and More

November 4, 2016
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Over a dozen short notices of recent jazz recordings that I find musically stimulating.

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Concert Review: The BSO Presents an Evening of Benevolent Kindred Spirits

October 27, 2016
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After all these many decades I am still deeply moved by Yo-Yo Ma’s playing, which combines irresistible charisma and generosity of spirit.

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Documentary Review: PBS’s “Hemingway” — Inside an American Legend

May 9, 2021
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If you love fiction you should devote several hours to watching Hemingway. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick have brought a special tenderness to this series, something deeper and more compelling than previous Burns documentaries.

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Book Review: Appreciating the Life of George Orwell — A Giant of the 20th Century

February 26, 2014
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George Orwell strikes me as a man who was easy to love because he had a tenderness in him that runs like a stream throughout these letters and makes you feel, as you read, how much you would have liked to know him.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 3

April 3, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: Robert Walser’s Big Small Thoughts — Modest But Miraculous

June 29, 2012
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In his prose and poetry, Swiss writer Robert Walser revolts from the chaos of modernity, engaging in extreme subjectivity only to confess to the heresy that is the self, choosing to revel in the simplicity of the rural life. Not for truth, but for the sake of a fleeting rapture.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

September 14, 2014
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Arts 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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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 23

May 23, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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