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Visual Arts Review: Albert Pinkham Ryder’s “A Wild Note of Longing” — Mysterious to the Point of Holy

August 6, 2021
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The painter Albert Pinkham Ryder points a way towards materials, not just as a means or a substrate, but as a phenomenology, as a basis for a reflective life.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 26

February 26, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — July 5

July 5, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world

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Book Review: “Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān” — Rewriting the History of Ideas

August 3, 2013
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“Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān” is a mesmerizing study that will enchant anyone interested in interdisciplinary, cross-cultural explorations of the history of science that transform the way we look at the past and the present.

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Dance Review: The Mariinsky Ballet – An Updated, Urbanized “Cinderella”

October 19, 2012
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The 1930s urban update of “Cinderella” proffers some clumsiness, but the dancing by the expert members of the Mariinsky Ballet is a treat.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

April 26, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Concert Review: Pianist Hélène Grimaud — Combining Gritty Force and Dark Ecstasy

January 23, 2024
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Hélène Grimaud’s performances of Brahms, Busoni, and Beethoven drew on the strengths of her boldly imaginative powers, which have only deepened over the past two decades.

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Short Fuse Book Review: “Harvard Square” — Precincts of a Vanished Life

May 2, 2013
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What is Harvard Square today but a shopping spree waiting to happen, a student lounge, a food court? What could a novel gain by being set in that venue?

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Music Preview: Tribute to Jerry Garcia — An Homage to his Musical Spirit

July 29, 2019
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“They created an alternative to the pop music model, and it’s been very powerful. It’s a whole world unto itself.”

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Opera Album Review: A Captivating World-Premiere Recording of One of the Most Oft-Performed Operas in the 17th Century

July 15, 2021
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Cross-gender disguises and comic banter liven up the melodrama in this presentation of Antonio Cesti’s famous opera, thanks to a spirited and virtuosic traversal by a mostly Italian cast.

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