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Film Review: “Black Mass” — Oh, What Could Have Been

Rarely is an actor so completely miscast in such a pivotal role.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Billy Bulger, Boston, Johnny-Depp, Mass, Paul Dervis, Scott Cooper, Somerville, Whitey-Bulger

Film Review: A Powerful “Black Mass” — We have our Whitey Bulger Movie

When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Billy Bulger, Black Mass, Boston, Johnny-Depp, Scott Cooper, Somerville, Whitey-Bulger

Fuse Feature: Artisan’s Asylum — A Unique Organizational Mashup

Part of the great experiment that is Artisan’s Asylum: meeting your neighbors, realizing you need someone to help you solder/weld/create a 3d prototype, and then wandering amongst the open workspaces until you meet a co-collaborator.

By: Margaret Weigel Filed Under: Arts and Sciences, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Artisan's Asylum, artist workspace, Galleries, Somerville

Fuse Commentary: Papercut and the Past and Future of the Zine

Papercut’s mission is to collect, catalog, and make available to the public the widest possible collection of contemporary ‘zines. By Dylan Rose I’m new at this reporting bit and, in an early conversation with my editor about the particular goals and restrictions of the genre, I blundered: I happened to refer to Arts Fuse as […]

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Visual Arts Tagged: Dylan Rose, magazines, online publications, Paper-Cut, Somerville, Zine

Coming Attractions in Theater: June 2010

By Bill Marx Summer has never been a time for theaters taking chances and the sluggish economy only encourages the hot weather drift to safety. But there’s some funky activity around the margins as well as encouraging news about Shakespeare & Company’s finances. Also, the Gloucester Stage Company has forsaken last year’s geriatric lineup and […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: Berkshire Theatre Festival, Boston, Central Square Theater, Gloucester Stage Company, ismailLites, June, Mill-6-collaborative, New England, New Reptertory Theatre, Shakespeare and Company, Somerville, Theater, Third Life Studio, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

Coming Attractions in Classical Music: October 2009

By Caldwell Titcomb Oct 4: Celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederika von Stade gives her farewell Boston performance to inaugurate the Celebrity Series’ new season. Also sharing the spotlight will be the famed soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Symphony Hall, 3:00 p.m.

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston, Boston Baroque, Boston Classical Orchestra, Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble and Chorale, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Caldwell-Titcomb, Cambridge, Celebrity-Series, classical, concert, conductor, Federico Cortese, Frederika von Stade, Gustavo-Dudamel, Handel, John Adams, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ludovic Morlot, Martin Pearlman, Memorial Church, Murray Forbes, Music, Opera, Opera Boston, organ, PBS, Rossini, Somerville, Steven Lipsitt, The Chiara Quartet

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