The arrival of Groundwater Arts suggests the birth of efforts to organize artists and others to press cultural organizations to take meaningful action on the climate crisis.
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Arts Feature: “Sesame Street” Comes to Harvard University to Celebrate Turning 50
The highly entertaining gala celebrated the five decade long partnership between TV’s Sesame Street and Harvard University.
Fuse Concert Review: Creative Music Convergences, Concert One
Live, the experience of a cosmic rhythm with every stroke is both more intense and more intriguing than on record.
Jazz CD Review: Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith — Exploring Cosmic Possibilities in Sound
Pianist Vijay Iyer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith produce music that is precise and quietly evocative, peaceful and gently probing.
Jazz Week 2014: Wall-to-Wall Jazz with No Walls
Jazz Week 2014′s theme of “No Walls: A salute to the power of jazz to bring people together” emphasizes the place of jazz on the world stage.
Fuse Museum Notes: The American Folk Art Museum goes down, Harvard Art Museums go dark
Significant changes in the world of the art museum can trigger roiling controversy or transpire in problematic quiet.
Coming Attractions at Museums: March 2013
The month’s standouts include Nick Cave’s Soundsuits at the Peabody-Essex Museum and two exhibitions at MassMoCA.
Visual Arts Review: The Sounds of “Unreal Memories”
Sound artist Tutschku employs audio selections that are briefly broadcast periodically throughout the course of the day to startle and surprise listeners, to crack the shell of our typically prosaic and hectic modern lives.
Concert Review: Lowell House Opera Presents “Snegurochka”
Although there is room for improvement, the singers engage each other, as well as the orchestra, with vigor and skill, making for a satisfying “Snegurochka” in Russian.
Film Interview: Helen Whitney — Film as Spiritual Autobiography
Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney: “My films form a kind of spiritual autobiography. I’m always searching for subjects that allow me to ask the big questions: Why are we here? Why must we die? Is this all there is?”