Boston's Premier Online Arts Magazinehttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvkojixosk2e@aaronkeebaugh.bsky.social on the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra: it will perform the world premiere of a violin concerto by Eric Nathan -- the piece was shaped by a New Year’s Eve encounter with Ukrainian refugees and the consoling force of “Amazing Grace.” https://artsfuse.org/334301/classical-music-preview-eric-nathans-violin-concerto-finds-hope-on-a-mountain/15 Sep 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkojixosk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvklsqtvos2pFor Mark Favermann, @capeannmuseum.bsky.social's revelatory exhibition, "By the Sea" illuminates how American artists Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko turned the Gloucester shore into a language of abstraction. https://artsfuse.org/334340/visual-arts-review-gloucester-light-lasting-friendship-avery-gottlieb-rothko/15 Sep 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvklsqtvos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvklp3ouws2pIn "The Rouse," a monumental, politically charged epic, writes Dan Dellechiaie, novelist China Miéville turns Cold War imperialism, government secrecy, and the limits of human understanding into a haunting story of weaponized ghosts. https://artsfuse.org/333806/book-review-the-ghosts-of-empire-in-china-mievilles-the-rouse/15 Sep 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvklp3ouws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvklhf2la22pPeg Aloi on "Practical Magic 2": Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return to the Owens family in a handsome, fan-friendly follow-up whose appealing cast and witchy atmosphere cannot overcome a disjointed, derivative script. https://artsfuse.org/334320/film-review-practical-magic-2-a-stumbling-sequel/15 Sep 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvklhf2la22phttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvhztqgdas2xJason M. Rubin was delightfully surprised. Joined by the Emerson Lake & Palmer Legacy band and archival footage of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, drummer Carl Palmer delivered a technically astonishing and emotionally respectful evening at the Cabot Theatre. https://artsfuse.org/334291/concert-review-carl-palmers-emerson-lake-palmer-tribute-defies-skepticism/14 Sep 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhztqgdas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvhzqv3a6s2xAllen Michie on Christopher Seufert’s "Memento Gorey": Drawn from Seufert’s work on a documentary feature, the volume gathers his conversations with #edwardgorey, along with interviews with the artist’s friends, collaborators, and admirers. https://artsfuse.org/334278/book-review-edward-gorey-up-close-and-not-quite-in-focus/14 Sep 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhzqv3a6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvfmkrgdyk2rLeigh Rastivo writes that a new edition of Thom Gunn's "The Man with Night Sweats" brings the poet’s formal restraint, domestic intimacy, and unsparing attention to individual loss in these AIDS elegies into sharper focus. @fsgbooks.bsky.social https://artsfuse.org/334096/poetry-review-thom-gunns-aids-elegies-still-refuse-abstraction/13 Sep 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfmkrgdyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvcz2cxftk2zTom Connolly writes that a new annotated translation of Alexander Herzen's magnificent "Past & Thoughts" brings his penetrating critique of tyranny, populism, and political extremism to American readers. @harvardpress.bsky.social https://artsfuse.org/334168/book-review-alexander-herzens-future-has-arrived/12 Sep 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcz2cxftk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvcyxmpndk2zIn his album"Silent Depths," writes Jonathan Blumhofer, composer Kristian Sensini responds to the suffering of civilians in the West Bank and Gaza with sincere, accessible music that ultimately needs greater tension and complexity. https://artsfuse.org/334181/classical-music-album-review-the-limits-of-musical-consolation/12 Sep 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcyxmpndk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvairanig223@pkeough1.bsky.social recommends Orlando von Einsiedel’s documentary "The Cycle of Love" -- it follows an Indian portrait artist’s extraordinary bicycle journey from Delhi to Sweden—and the improbable love story that inspired it. https://artsfuse.org/334154/doc-talk-the-cycle-of-love-tour-de-romance/11 Sep 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvairanig223https://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mvaiobgpds23Jonathan Blumhofer writes that in "24 American Caprices," Curtis Stewart transforms two dozen American songs into inventive, virtuosic studies for solo violin. https://artsfuse.org/334145/classical-music-album-the-american-songbook-recast-for-solo-violin/11 Sep 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaiobgpds23https://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mv62yzrfbc2fBob Abelman on King Rchard's Faire, which is New England’s largest and oldest Medieval-era entertainment. The event serves as an intriguing case study of countercultural expression and commercialized theatrical spectacle. https://artsfuse.org/334052/performing-arts-feature-huzzah-renaissance-faires-as-immersive-theater/10 Sep 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv62yzrfbc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mv62viyc2k2fThis week’s poem: Zachary Bos’s “Sonnet Nearly Forty-Five" https://artsfuse.org/334114/weekly-feature-poetry-at-the-arts-fuse-181/10 Sep 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv62viyc2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mv4ilmkxj22tFor Steve Provizer, Robert Dattoli’s "Boomer Madness" recounts a picaresque journey through sex, drugs, work, protest, and the cultural upheavals of postwar America—but its reflections on the generation often prove less compelling than its adventures. https://artsfuse.org/334066/book-review-a-life-lived-at-the-boomer-crossroads/09 Sep 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ilmkxj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mv4ifgch3s2tRHINO’s reissues of "Best I ..." and "... Best II," writes Trevor Fairbrother, reveal the breadth of The Smiths’ music and the striking parallels between Steven Morrissey and Andy Warhol. https://artsfuse.org/334080/rock-album-review-the-smiths-best-i-and-best-ii-compilations-revisited-in-a-warholian-light/09 Sep 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ifgch3s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mv3grlobxc2kThis week’s newsletter is out, with links to interviews with Graham Nash and Tom Perrotta; reviews of "Picasso, Miró, Dalí: Unbound" at the Museum of Fine Arts; and a biography of W. H. Auden. Plus, my column asks: Will we let AI bots do our reading for us? https://artsfuse.substack.com/p/the-bots-are-coming-for-the-books09 Sep 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3grlobxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mv3goibqmc2kRobert Israel at the #TanglewoodMusicFestival: Two generations of artists -- Alabama Shakes and Mavis Staples-- joined forces in a rousing concert of gospel, rock, resistance, and solidarity. https://artsfuse.org/333996/concert-review-mavis-staples-and-alabama-shakes-turn-tanglewood-into-an-army-of-love/09 Sep 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3goibqmc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mv3gkxrtds2kCyrisse Jaffee on two lively picture books that invite children to discover the creativity, collaboration, and wonder behind the books they love. https://artsfuse.org/333981/childrens-book-reviews-hurray-for-books/09 Sep 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3gkxrtds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3muywoauuhc2a@pkeough1.bsky.social on “Filipiñana”: Rafael Manuel’s dazzling debut film turns a fantastical Philippine golf resort into a miniature world of caste, exploitation, and resistance. @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Sept 11-16 https://artsfuse.org/333968/film-review-filipinanas-fairway-to-hell/08 Sep 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muywoauuhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3muywis2vmk2aEd Meek writes that Joshua Frank's book "Bad Energy"(Haymarket Books) offers an incisive account of the environmental and human costs of “green” development — even if his sweeping skepticism leaves readers wondering what practical climate action should look like. https://artsfuse.org/333550/book-review-bad-energy-makes-a-forceful-case-against-green-capitalism/08 Sep 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muywis2vmk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3muwjsduhqs2pHappy Labor Day! Preston Gralla puts a personal spin on his review of Simon Paré-Poupart's "Trash: A Garbageman's Story." It is the best travelogue you’ll ever read about a place you’ll never want to visit but want to experience vicariously. @melvillehouse.bsky.social https://artsfuse.org/333934/book-review-the-wild-dirty-dignified-world-of-garbage-collection/07 Sep 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwjsduhqs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mutzq3zdfs2aPaul Robicheau at Groton Hill Music: With Chris Thile, Blake Mills, Matt Chamberlain, John Davis, and A Far Cry, pianist Brad Mehldau transformed Elliott Smith’s songs into an expansive blend of jazz, indie folk, and chamber music. https://artsfuse.org/333895/jazz-concert-review-brad-mehldaus-elliott-smith-tribute-finds-light-in-the-darkness-at-groton-hill/06 Sep 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutzq3zdfs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3murgu7ki6c2nMichael Londra reviews Peter Ackroyd’s breezy biography, "Auden" (@reaktionbooks.bsky.social). The volume captures the poet’s divided nature—but leaves his political and poetic reversals largely unexplored. https://artsfuse.org/333847/book-review-the-contradictory-voice-of-w-h-auden/05 Sep 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3murgu7ki6c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3murgr5whgc2nAt 84, singer-songwriter Graham Nash discusses, with Jason M. Rubin, a lifetime of harmony, activism, loss, and why songs of peace and protest remain urgently necessary. https://artsfuse.org/333486/musician-interview-graham-nash-still-has-something-to-say/05 Sep 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3murgr5whgc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3muowo2v3gc2wScott McLennan has high praise for the @tedeschitrucksband.bsky.social at the #TanglewoodMusicFestival: Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, and their 12-piece ensemble moved effortlessly from blues and soul to free jazz, psychedelia, and a deeply felt “Ohio.” https://artsfuse.org/333832/concert-review-at-tanglewood-tedeschi-trucks-band-turns-its-debut-into-a-sweeping-musical-journey/04 Sep 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muowo2v3gc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3muowkiysac2wIn a revised study of the celebrated sixteenth-century painter, writes Kathleen C Stone, Michael W. Cole traces how family support, artistic training, and scholarly revision shaped Sofonisba Anguissola's legacy. @princetonupress.bsky.social https://artsfuse.org/333758/book-review-sofonisba-anguissola-and-the-art-of-attribution/04 Sep 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muowkiysac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mume24iccc2oRalph Locke writes that conductor Arnold Östman’s first complete recording of "Tirfing" makes a powerful case for Wilhelm Stenhammar’s long-neglected Norse opera—despite the intrusive directorial alterations preserved from Malmö Opera’s 2011 staging. artsfuse.org/333672/03 Sep 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mume24iccc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mumdthqxdk2oFor Lauren Kaufmann, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston exhibition "Picasso, Miro, Dali: Unbound" brings viewers close to the remarkable printed books in which Spanish modernists and French writers fused art and literature. https://artsfuse.org/333728/visual-arts-review-picasso-miro-dali-between-their-pages/03 Sep 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumdthqxdk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mujxso2lk22qThe newsletter is out, with links to reviews of Sara Bareilles's new album and the horror-comedy "Buddy." My editorial wonders why it is so hard for foundations and other powers-that-be to admit that organized labor is part of the creative economy. https://artsfuse.substack.com/p/are-unions-part-of-the-creative-economy02 Sep 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujxso2lk22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/theartsfuse.bsky.social/post/3mujxnkcqqc2qPreston Gralla talks to Tom Perrotta: In a new novel set in a 1970s New Jersey suburb, the Belmont-based author revisits childhood, racial segregation, masculine stoicism, and a past that cannot be remembered honestly without its shadows. https://artsfuse.org/333712/local-author-interview-tom-perrotta-on-ghost-town-grief-and-the-perils-of-nostalgia/02 Sep 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:2k7pmptxnruziksofjdmw2cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujxnkcqqc2q