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

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

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

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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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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.

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

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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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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.

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

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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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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.

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

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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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"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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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@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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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.

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

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

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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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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...

October Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts Fuse

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

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

Theater Review: “Sardines” - A One-Man Journey Through Death, Memory, and Grace - The Arts Fuse

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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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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.

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

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

Book Review: India through a Daughter’s Eyes: The Turbulent Journey of “Mother Mary Comes to Me” - The Arts Fuse

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

Helen Epstein on #ArundhatiRoy's memoir "Mother Mary Sings to Me": This account of a formidable mother and equally formidable daughter is an absorbing read that packed the memoir form to the gills and demanded my attention. @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

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This account of a formidable mother and equally formidable daughter is an absorbing read that packed the memoir form to the gills and demanded my attention.

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At a time when the world’s aflame, writes Paul Robicheau #davidbyrne's show at the Boch Center Wang Theater ignited creative camaraderie and delivered a dazzling experience that lingers in mind and spirit.

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Film Review: Dispatch From the New York Festival - "After the Hunt" - The Arts Fuse

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Erica Abeel is suspicious of the murky political messaging in #LucaGuadagnino's "After the Hunt": the film churns up issues that feel several years behind the curve (hello 2007 and #HarveyWeinstein).

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"After the Hunt" churns up issues that feel several years behind the curve (hello 2007 and Harvey Weinstein).

Film Festival Reviews: New York Film Festival's 2025 “Revivals” - The Arts Fuse

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#thenewyorkfilmfestival's “Revivals” series showcases new restorations, writes @callinamagician.bsky.social, so the expectation is that these movies, including art films from around the world, will become more widely available. He reviews four of this year's entries.

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Because NYFF's “Revivals” supplement showcases new restorations, the expectation is that these movies, including art films from around the world, should become more widely available down the road.

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Cyrisse Jaffee on two new non-fiction books -- "Fight for the Right to Read" and "The Ultimate Book of the Human Body" -- that offer important information for young readers. @crestonbooks.bsky.social

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Tim Jackson on @bowedtie.bsky.social's #TheSmashingMachine: This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle to find a sense of personal worth and relevance.

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