Wednesday, January 30, 2013
American Horror Story: Asylum didn’t skimp on the scary; there’s enough disturbing images per episode to satisfy the most discriminating taste in horror.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:41AMTuesday, January 29, 2013
George Harrar is not really a mystery or suspense writer, per se. His work is noir and tension-filled, but there is a philosophical and psychological sub-strata that's more reminiscent of Ka…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:15AMSunday, January 27, 2013
Literary history credits Rainer Maria Rilke with establishing European poetry's seminal concern with the duality between inner and outer worlds. Could it be that Comtesse Anna de Noailles wa…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:27PMSaturday, January 26, 2013
Legendary music journalist Jules Siegel died of a heart attack on November 17, 2012 at the age of 77. There was no :New York Times" obituary, no mention in "Rolling Stone." But to me, he wa…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:49AMWednesday, January 23, 2013
In an age where technology has made the improbable perfectly plausible, squeezed out spontaneity, and raised skepticism about the nature of reality, how can we still believe in miracles? Thi…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:11AMMonday, January 21, 2013
Artist Matthew Lewy’s comprehensive, clever and surprisingly humorous take on an imaginary experimental settlement explores the ramifications of having human potential promptly assessed an…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:50AMTuesday, January 15, 2013
In 1853, the Czech scholar Karol Jaromír Erben published "A Bouquet of Folk Tales," which became a source-book for artists and composers, and “one of the three foundational texts of Czech…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:30AMMonday, January 14, 2013
David Ferry’s voice is quiet but never shirks. It admits directly and indirectly that the world is a perplexing place.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:15AMFriday, January 11, 2013
"Ace of Spades" is pure fun to play, but I'm not sure smashing two games together qualifies as innovation.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09AMThursday, January 10, 2013
"The Sopranos" creator is the latest filmmaker to tackle the 1960s. He provides an antidote to the rose-tinted lenses of nostalgia, a grounded portrayal that evokes the truth of the period r…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:47AMMonday, January 7, 2013
Is it sexist to feel the need to point out that the two best action/war movies in recent times have been made by a woman director?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:04PMSunday, January 6, 2013
When this version of Pippin hits New York, it will be a welcome alternative to the trend among many of the current Broadway musicals to demote dance elements to the background.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:57AMThursday, January 3, 2013
As we leave the holidays behind us and begin the New Year, it’s time to get out of Mom’s house and back into the clubs!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:51AMMonday, December 31, 2012
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…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:14AMSunday, December 23, 2012
We should look forward, eagerly, to hearing more lost, or previously issued music, from Jazzhaus. And be grateful to the European public for supporting these concerts and broadcasts.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:17AMThe new Mingus box set from Mosaic is a treasure trove -- jazz lovers should get their hands on one of the 7,500 limited edition copies.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:29AMFriday, December 21, 2012
Jack Kerouac once said that "On the Road" “was really a story about 2 Catholic buddies roaming the country in search of God,” but the spiritual element of his journey is completely lacki…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:58AMThursday, December 20, 2012
Born from O'Donovan's long-running WGBH-radio program, "A Celtic Sojourn," the Christmas show mixes traditional Irish, Scottish, and Welsh fare with favorite Christmas songs performed with s…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36PMMonday, December 17, 2012
The merry mood, welcoming atmospherics, and cultural richness of this year’s Irish "Christmas Revels" make it the perfect family event.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:36PMFriday, December 14, 2012
In Memphis, the fun, the risqué exhilaration of early rhythm and blues is airbrushed away, to the point that the show appears to argue that from its inception black music sold out to mainst…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:38PMMonday, December 10, 2012
Moonbox Productions, one of the small theater troupes that bubbles with new talent from the Boston area, has mounted an affecting production of "Of Mice and Men."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:22PMSunday, December 2, 2012
The shallowness of Lee Blessing’s approach to this sad (if noisy) period in the history of our nation’s lack of support for the arts overlooks the victory won by the conservatives.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:30AMSaturday, December 1, 2012
Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? No problem—the sage writers for The Arts Fuse (with an assist from our readers) come to the rescue with thoughtfu…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:30PMChucho Valdés moved almost seamlessly from African-Cuban rhythms and chants in Yoruba or Spanish to a hip modern jazz style. The latter, paradoxically, owes much to the brilliant runs and g…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:58AMFriday, November 30, 2012
As 2012 comes to a close and we panic to complete last minute holiday shopping, party planning and mental preparation for enduring the inevitable familial snafu, let us remember that no matt…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:33PMTuesday, November 27, 2012
Acclaimed Irish writer Colm Tόibín has penned a strangely compelling tale, full of terror, heartbreak, and finally a tone of resignation and even depression.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:57AMFriday, November 23, 2012
Though Peter Townshend is clearly the better known and more popular of the two, it was Mike Scott who produced the better book and more satisfying promotional event in Boston.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:19AMTuesday, November 20, 2012
Coro Allegro successfully delivered the joy, grief, and nostalgia inherent in each of these complex vocal works.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMSaturday, November 17, 2012
The more cerebral visitor may leave "Collision18:present" wondering if, like the classic definition of what constitutes pornography, ‘cyberart’ is firmly situated in the eye of the behol…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMFriday, November 16, 2012
With "In Seven Days," Thomas Adés seems to have developed a musical language that’s complex yet not forbidding: there’s no sense that his music is weighed down by expectations of the pa…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:30PMThe Huntington Theatre Company is hosting an exemplary revival of Harold Pinter's fascinating 1978 work, thanks to the spot-on direction of Maria Aitken.
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