Wednesday, February 26, 2014
George Orwell strikes me as a man who was easy to love because he had a tenderness in him that runs like a stream throughout these letters and makes you feel, as you read, how much you would…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:29AMFriday, February 21, 2014
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, and theater that's coming up this week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:00PMThursday, February 20, 2014
If George Clooney can rev up our righteous indignation decrying the barbarities of Joe McCarthy, why on earth couldn’t he become eloquent when it comes to talking about fighting to keep Hi…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:10PMFriday, February 14, 2014
Those of us who have heard Gerald Finley and Julius Drake knew what we were in for - truly beautiful singing throughout every range, and brilliantly expressive piano story-telling.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:14PMTuesday, February 11, 2014
The celebrated post-punk band Mission of Burma played a benefit show for Somerville Local First at Regent Theatre: their instrumental interplay is more intuitive than ever.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:45PMMonday, February 10, 2014
Filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar takes what could have been a true crime story and conducts his own inquiry about human suggestibility. You may not be convinced that Pamela Smart is innocent, but yo…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:50AMSunday, February 9, 2014
Most everyone has heard the faux-scandalous name. What has not been heard enough is that Pussy Riot are the purest and most potent expression of the punk-rock ethos ever.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:13AMSaturday, February 8, 2014
Adding a female voice to an established funk/roots band can be tricky — but it took about half a song for Maggie Koerner to win over the crowd on Friday.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:42PMFriday, February 7, 2014
Both of these exhibitions challenge our very notions of time and identity and the social structures around us.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:16PMThursday, February 6, 2014
Aaron Swartz is indeed a martyr, but there’s more here. The film identifies an ongoing battle over control of information as much as it explores a troubled life that ended far too soon.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:39AMWednesday, February 5, 2014
There is more than one way to tell the truth, "The Good Lord Bird" reminds us again and again, and many reasons to cloak it in humor.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:58PMEach of Susan Metrican's pieces is coy and playful. Moving through the gallery is an adventure, visually and spatially.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:35AMMonday, February 3, 2014
In his performances, Philip Seymour Hoffman was able to give enormous depth to the loners, the scoundrels, the lost, the villainous, and the heartbroken.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:24PMClaire Kilroy's dark and fantastical comedy "The Devil I Know" nails the greed and rampaging ambition of the corrupt avatars of "the new Ireland" -- developers, bankers, and government pooh-…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:15AMSaturday, February 1, 2014
One of the more fascinating contributions Pete Seeger made to our collective musical sensibility was the effortless way in which he introduced what we now call “world music” to his audie…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:28AMThursday, January 30, 2014
The major film companies must divest themselves of their independent arms (which are anything but independent) and allow a return to the system that was in place for decades until greed and …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:19PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Sonny Landreth tours with an electric rhythm section, but Tuesday night found him in a quieter duo with Austin, TX steel guitarist and former Asleep at the Wheel member, the wonderfully-name…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:41PMBy the end of the documentary, you’re in no doubt that Whitey Bulger was beneath dignity. Though not in his own eyes. There’s even vanity left in a crook who trims his white beard so scr…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:02AMTuesday, January 28, 2014
By Drew Boggemes Since 2012, Matthew McConaughey has been doing some large-scale remodeling of his onscreen persona. He has taken an adventurous detour from a career largely made up of gener…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:16PMMonday, January 27, 2014
As with any Richard Powers novel, when you finish "Orfeo" you will have no doubt you are alive, awake, and likely ready to start over at page one.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36PMThursday, January 23, 2014
In Donna Tartt’s much-lauded third novel, Fabritius' painting "The Goldfinch" and the fleeting nature of, well, everything comes together for a brief and shining moment.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:40PMTuesday, January 21, 2014
"The Genius of Marian," the new documentary from directors Banker White and Anita Fitch, depicts the bitter process of absorbing disaster, with White's mother as the subject.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:22AMMonday, January 20, 2014
Among the important things the filmmakers get right — the elemental pissiness of a scene that is far smaller than it is envisioned by the narcissists who once occupied it.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:44PM"With this new record, we said we were going to use every influence I have, we’re basically going to rip the brakes out of the car and just push this thing down the hill."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:14PMSunday, January 19, 2014
The past weekend’s Orpheum show — sold out for weeks beforehand, and drawing an impressive range of multi-generational hipsters — wasn’t the same old thing for The Pixies.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:44PMSaturday, January 18, 2014
There can be no doubt that Malevich was right, and that since February 1914 reason has played a distinctly subordinate role in human affairs, including art.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:49PMFriday, January 17, 2014
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, film, and theater that's coming up this week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:42AMSaturday, January 11, 2014
Using her family’s history as a springboard, Julia Franck has created exemplary figures forced to navigate the treacherous shoals of her country’s history.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:31PMThis week’s show found both acts -- Leon Russell and Hot Tuna -- kicking—with huskier voices and slower tempos, to be sure.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:19AMFriday, January 10, 2014
Arts Fuse critics select the best in dance, music, film, and theater that's coming up this week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:01AMThursday, January 9, 2014
Few artists in history have been as multifarious and prolific as Paul Klee--only Picasso and Ernst come to mind.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:26AM 
