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Ken Schaphorst and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts made the case for Sun Ra as an egyptologist (who claimed to be from Saturn).
It seems deeply appropriate that a superb book of essays by W.G. Sebald about his favorite writers should be his swan song.
The band was still Television and often as not, still magnificent.
Although "Growing Cities" plays a bit like a home movie, it at least scores points for enthusiasm.
A captivating story, indeed. But is Vivian Maier, suddenly famous, and the subject of a new film, the John Maloof-directed Finding Vivian Maier, a worthy artist?
The conceit of "On the Verge" is fascinating, inviting us, as all first rate speculative or science fiction does, to see our past through different lenses.
I hope thousands of people show up to see Le Grand Continental-Boston next weekend. Not to see me, but to see how dance can change the way we appreciate our world.
Louis C.K.'s "Louie" is a master class in straddling highbrow and lowbrow.
The comic material here may be of the rubber chicken variety, but the Reduced Shakespeare Company performers are remarkably talented men.
As we freelancers like to say, you can die from exposure.
So what we have is a failure of nerve -- a reluctance to make students grapple with the considerable demands of James Baldwin's prose and sensibility.
The complete "Hill Street Blues" is a godsend for those eager to venture beyond "Law and Order" and "CSI" dynasties.
"The space between fantasy and reality is a very charged one. Fiction can explore that, which might be one reason why I'm so drawn to it as a form."
California has long been the home of fads, trends, new styles and the next new thing. It is where cool was and is created.
Better than Ezra may be more than a hardworking, nice-guy band permanently fated to be overshadowed by more significant artists.
Now that the dust has settled after the announcement that Stephen Colbert will be replacing David Letterman on "The Late Show" next year, it is time for some thoughtful analysis.
If Boy George had carried on in this vein " working the best of the old in with the new, and keeping the soul roots upfront " the night would have been a surprise triumph.
Kevin Young's poetic line is generally on the brusque side, generating a pithy, earthy, evocative quality that hovers somewhere between the haiku-like jazziness of Robert Creeley and the del…
"Fargo" creates its own world of crime and moral conundrums while delivering a fair share of blood. Whether the TV series delivers on its promise to be in the same aesthetic world as the ori…
A fast-paced, fact-laden book by two "Boston Globe" reporters about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that doesn't answer the tough questions.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that's coming up in the next week.
As a solo artist, Neil Finn's moved away from straightforward pop and toward a moodier sound, with lyrics asking bigger questions about life and mortality.
A sensitive folkie may tell you to get beyond your negativity; these guys tell you to "take all that bullshit and put it in the dumpsta."
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that's coming up this week.
Not many movies try to wring poignancy out of a distraught man standing in a field, shouting his anguish to the sky, while holding two severed limbs.
