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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 12h

For Paul Robicheau, one of the best things about the 40-minute selection from "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" that stood at the center of guitarist Steve Hackett’s near-three-hour show at The Cabot was its focus on the music without visual bolstering.

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Concert Review: With Perfect Timing, Steve Hackett Bites into Genesis' "Lamb" - The Arts Fuse

One of the best things about the 40-minute selection from "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" that stood at the center of guitarist Steve Hackett’s near-three-hour show was its focus on the music without...

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 12h

Maybe #KathrynBigelow's #AHouseofDynamite wants to tantalize us with a nightmare from which there is no escape, writes @pkeough1.bsky.social, in order to distract us, briefly, from the ongoing disasters that we are compelled to face and overcome.

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Film Review: Is "A House of Dynamite" Escapist Entertainment? - The Arts Fuse

Maybe "A House of Dynamite" wants to tantalize us with a nightmare from which there is no escape in order to distract us, briefly, from the ongoing disasters that we are compelled to face and overcome...

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 16h

David Greenham on the one-person show "Eleanor" at Portland Stage: The script focuses on the internal struggles that made Eleanor Roosevelt an uncomfortable wife, rather than taking a deeper dive into the progressive vision that made her such an admirable first lady.

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 17h

Clea Simon on "Lion Hearts" (@vikingbooks.bsky.social): Novelist Dan Jones excels in re-imagining the life of common people in wartime, in particular a small group of English fighters embroiled in the so-called Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between England and France.

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 17h

Daniel Lazare on Jill Lepore's "We the People" (@wwnorton.com) Ultimately, all of the digressions, anecdotes, and mini-profiles in this book on American constitutional history seem like a way to steer clear of a constitutional crisis that is too painful to face.

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Book Review: "We The People" - When Constitutional Crisis Meets Narrative Excess - The Arts Fuse

Ultimately, all of the digressions, anecdotes, and mini-profiles in "We The People" seem like an avoidance mechanism whose purpose is to steer clear of a constitutional crisis that is too painful to f...

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 17h

Joann Green Breuer writes that, there ever was anyone to handle #hayimnahmanbialik’s broad, impressive, and impressionistic craft with the acute passion it demands, it is scholar and poet Peter Cole. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

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Poetry Review: "On the Slaughter" - Brilliant, Personal Translations of the National Poet of Israel - The Arts Fuse

If there ever was anyone to handle Hayim Nahman Bialik’s broad, impressive, and impressionistic craft with the acute passion, it is scholar and poet Peter Cole.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 1d

Raise a glass to #lennybruce, champion for—and martyr to—Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech. October 13, 2025, is the hundredth anniversary of his birth in Mineola, New York.

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Arts Remembrance: Lenny Bruce — On the 100th Anniversary of his Birth - The Arts Fuse

Raise a glass to Lenny Bruce, champion for—and martyr to—Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech. October 13, 2025, is the hundredth anniversary of his birth in Mineola, New York.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 1d

Handel's "Saul" may be an oratorio, but @aaronkeebaugh.bsky.social writes that the recent #HandelandHaydnSociety concert performance proved that it’s about as operatic as one can get.

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Concert Review: Jonathan Cohen and Handel and Haydn Society Explore the Operatic Dimensions of Handel’s "Saul" - The Arts Fuse

"Saul "may be an oratorio, but it’s about as operatic as one can get.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 1d

While not without its flaws, the @netflix.com series #TheNewForce proves that traditional TV cop drama can be given a new spin, and @sarahminaosman.bsky.social says it is especially gratifying when the innovation involves kick-ass women.

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Television Review: Gender, Grit, and Glamour - Netflix’s “The New Force” Puts a Welcome Spin on the Cop Genre - The Arts Fuse

While not without its flaws, the series proves that traditional TV cop drama can be given a new spin, and it is especially gratifying when the innovation involves kick-ass women.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 2d

Tim Jackson on director #raoulpeck's "Orwell: 2+2=5" : Like its subject #georgeorwell, the documentary encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny around the globe.

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Film Review: "Orwell: 2+2=5" - Big Brother is Here - The Arts Fuse

Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Favermann makes it clear where he stands on the #TeslaCybertruck controversy. He has never ridden in, driven, or even touched one. But he loves the way it looks.

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Visual Art and Design: A Design Controversy on Four Wheels - The Tesla Cybertruck - The Arts Fuse

Let me be clear where I stand on the Cybertruck controversy. I have never ridden in, driven, or even touched one. But I love the way it looks.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 3d

David D'Arcy, at the Torono International Film Festival, was very impressed by the doc "Nuns vs.The Vatican": it prepares its audience for an ongoing story that is expanding each time one more victim of alleged abuse agrees to talk publicly.

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Toronto Film Festival: "Nuns vs. The Vatican" - Courage, Cover-Ups, and Calls for Accountability - The Arts Fuse

"Nuns vs. The Vatican" prepares its audience for an ongoing story that is expanding each time one more victim agrees to talk publicly. Do not doubt that there will be a sequel.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 4d

Editor Bill Marx's review of Berkshire Theatre Group's production of Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses." The staging is consistently engaging and, at times, deeply powerful.

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Theater Review: "Metamorphoses" - Everybody in the Pool - The Arts Fuse

The Berkshire Theatre Group production of "Metamorphoses" is consistently engaging and, at times, deeply powerful.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 4d

Erica Abeel at the #NewYorkFilmFestival: Director Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" invites you into a space of present-ness where you need to slow down and reset your metabolism.

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 5d

The week’s poem: Jennifer K. Dick’s “4 Poems from "The Geometry of Descent," section “In Line”

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse - The Arts Fuse

The week's poem: Jennifer K Dick's "4 Poems from "The Geometry of Descent," section “In Line”"

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 5d

@mikemarano.bsky.social writes that #TronAres hurries from one spectacular concept and one spectacular set piece to another. But it doesn’t take the time to let any of those remarkable things sink in.

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Film Review: "Tron: Ares" - It Might Have Been a Contender - The Arts Fuse

Tron: Ares hurries from one spectacular concept and one spectacular set piece to another. But it doesn't take the time to let any of those remarkable things sink in.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 5d

Laura Sheahen on "Study of Sorrow: Translations" from (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social). We owe Shangyang Fang a debt for bringing the delicacy, obliqueness, and sheer tremulous beauty of these Chinese poems to English-speaking readers.

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Poetry Review: Shangyang Fang’s "Study of Sorrow: Translations" - The Arts Fuse

We owe Shangyang Fang a debt for bringing the delicacy, obliqueness, and sheer tremulous beauty of these Chinese poems to English-speaking readers.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 5d

Rob Duguay talks to The Cult's guitarist Billy Duffy about the band's “Paradise Now” tour, where early Death Cult tracks are being performed along with the group's most recent material.

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 6d

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Donations - Please Help Keep the Arts Fuse Lit - The Arts Fuse

The Arts Fuse serves as the next generation platform for thousands of arts and culture consumers across Greater Boston and beyond. The magazine now draws

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 6d

The Arts Fuse newsletter is out and about. My editorial asks "Is Massachusetts doing anything to protect independent voices in an increasingly hostile landscape for writers and readers?" Any surprise that the state is spinning its wheels?

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 6d

Trevor Fairbrother reviews "Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers" This lively foray into popular history exemplifies the move to attract younger audiences with open and freewheeling interests in gender and sexual nonconformity.

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 7d

If, as a commemorative volume, "Fifty Poems" invites readers to sample the German poet #rainermariarilke more extensively, either in the original or in the range of translations currently available, it will have accomplished a valuable task. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

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Book Review: "Fifty Poems" - An Offering on the Altar of Rainer Maria Rilke - The Arts Fuse

If, as a commemorative volume, "Fifty Poems" introduces readers to sample the German poet more extensively, either in the original or in the range of translations currently available, it will have acc...

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 7d

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews. Short reviews for October include short bursts from Ralph Locke, Steven Erickson, Peter Walsh, Allen Michie, and me.

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October Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts Fuse

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

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 8d

In his one-person show "Sardines" at The Huntington Theatre, writes Bob Israel, Chris Grace invites us to think about mortality with him, to learn something from his stories, and to share a few heartwarming laughs along the way.
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Theater Review: “Sardines” - A One-Man Journey Through Death, Memory, and Grace - The Arts Fuse

Chris Grace invites us to think about mortality with him, to learn something from his stories, and to share a few heartwarming laughs along the way.

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 8d

Ed Meek on Wim Carton and #andreasmalm's "The Long Heat" @versobooks.bsky.social and other books on the Climate Crisis: How bad is the future going to be? Depends on who you read.

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Book Reviews: Four Books on the Climate Crisis - Is it Really the End of the World? - The Arts Fuse

How bad is the future going to be? Depends on who you read.