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Dance Review: Doug Varone and Dancers — Beauty and Resilience for These Dark Times

November 22, 2025
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Varone and dancers made skillful use of some of the most luxurious movement vocabulary available in contemporary dance

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December Short Fuses — Materia Critica

December 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Film Review: “Peter Hujar’s Day” — Carpe Diem

November 21, 2025
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Knowing that artist Peter Hujar died of AIDS in 1987—one of countless casualties of a devastating epidemic that cut short so many artists’ lives—gives the film a sad, mortal urgency.

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Short Fuse Podcast #81: Dr. Shuvendu Sen on “Broadway, Bars & Fortune”

November 20, 2025
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Elizabeth Howard speaks with Dr. Shuvendu Sen—the director and producer of “Broadway, Bars & Fortune,” a documentary that explores how theater and the arts fosters healing and redemption among formerly incarcerated individuals.

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Jazz Album Reviews: A Roundup of Recent Recordings

November 6, 2025
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An occasional feature that looks at current jazz albums of interest. 

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Film Review: Troubled “Dreams”

November 17, 2025
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This is a lyrical, visually arresting, if sometimes verbally prolix film version of Denis Johnson’s sublime 2011 novella.

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Coming Attractions: November 23 Through December 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 23, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Jazz Album Reviews: From Savoy Records With Love

November 16, 2025
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All three records were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s famous studio. The sound is what one would expect from Van Gelder, clear, bright and close: these LPs were made with care at every stage. I recommend all three.

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Book Review: “Crimean Fig” — Everything Has Its Own Soul

November 21, 2025
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The authors assembled in “Crimean Fig” demonstrate they are unafraid to speak up for Tatar language and culture, while simultaneously speaking out against Putin, unwilling to submit.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Sounding Freedom — Two Journeys Through the Avant-Garde and History

November 16, 2025
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Two jazz albums whose uncompromising visions succeed.

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