Summer Arts preview
The best in music, theater, art, TV, and more this summer
Your must-see guide to arts and entertainment this season, from Boston to the Berkshires and beyond.
Music
Hall and Oates have a date Thursday at the Xfinity Center.
Summer Arts preview
Your must-see guide to arts and entertainment this season, from Boston to the Berkshires and beyond.
A look at The Boston Globe’s coverage of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and the movie “Spotlight,” which is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation.
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The supermodel is among a few environmentally-conscious VIPs gathering this week for what’s being billed as a sustainable fashion and lifestyle summit.
The jazz composer and his band, the E-Collective, have crafted music in response to rampant racism and the deaths of African-Americans.
TV Critic’s Corner
“American Woman” flashes back to feminism in a not-yet bygone Hollywood.
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The actor stars in the NBC series, which explores what happens when people have the ability to live their dreams.
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The actress received an award from Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival.
Thing Tank
A review of the week online.
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Boston Review says the allegations don’t have “the kind of severity” that spurred the #MeToo movement.
LAUGH LINES
A joke from the comic, who plays CitySide Comedy Monday.
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Bea Waring, who lives in Rockport, says the pageant is “evolving.”
Allen said that in working with “hundreds of actresses” over the years, “not a single one” has accused him of impropriety.
Spouses typically get together at events of their own during these meetings.
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Our guess is Tom Brady definitely will attend Patriots minicamp Tuesday, especially since No. 12 took part in Patriots fantasy camp Monday.
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The “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host was spied at Empire Asian Restaurant and Lounge in the Seaport and then The Grand.
TV Critic’s Corner
Don’t expect any wardrobe malfunctions (unless you count Nudie suits), stray F-bombs, or tacky kissing stunts; do expect a Texas portion of top country talent onstage.
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Jonathan McPhee was terminated last fall after he pointed out what he said were budget and financial discrepancies.
TV Critic’s Corner
Among the offerings on the Great Primetime Game Show Revival: “Beat Shazam” and a rebooted booty call of “Love Connection.”
Spouses typically get together at events of their own during these meetings.
When the curtain rises this month at the Colonial, the real star will be the long-shuttered hall itself.
Four people were on board the small plane that crashed off the coast of Long Island, killing two and leaving two missing.
TV Critic’s Corner
...or how to watch the French Open
Ms. McLerie’s versatility served her well on Broadway, in the dance-marathon movie “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (1969), and on television comedies.
music review
Mixing a few standards with his compositions, Allen and his band played a soaring set at Scullers.
Head to Laugh Boston Monday for an event focused generally on #MeToo in the music industry, and on allegations of sexual misconduct against R&B singer R. Kelly, in particular.
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Falmouth native Tracy K. Smith won the Pulitzer for 2011 collection of poetry.
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The QB and some of his Patriots teammates, past and present, tossed the pigskin around as part of the kickoff of the charity’s signature fund-raiser Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port.
Your Week Ahead
Pride Week peaks, Cambridge dances in the streets, and more.
The new government has a mix of antiestablishment and right-wing ministers who have promised an “Italy first” agenda.
Globe Magazine
Here’s a rundown of free and cheap entertainment options, from yoga and Zumba to Shakespeare and movies, all over the 617 area code.
Album Review
The music he’s making now seems as manufactured as the drama he creates.
Summer Arts preview
Your must-see guide to arts and entertainment this season, from Boston to the Berkshires and beyond.
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A portrait of Mercy Otis Warren has been on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the past three months, the result of a Super Bowl bet between the PMA and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
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Word is Brady does discuss Deflategate and, of course, his book “The TB12 Method.”
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Maroon 5’s latest music video features more than just a few Adam Levine flirtatious looks into the camera and a classic, irresistible boy band sound.
At a time when it often seems the public discourse couldn’t be any more coarse, comedian Samantha Bee proved this week some words are still off limits.
Movie Review
Throw out any expectations you might have of coherent narrative structure or directorial control, and you might have a pretty good time.
INFORMER
Comings and goings of businesses and other organizations in the suburbs west of Boston.
Mark Your Calendar
Scituate’s “Arts Alive!” festival will include open-air painting and various exhibits, and young and old, serious painters and amateurs, are all encouraged to participate.
new england literary news | nina maclaughlin
Three books with New England roots come out this week.
story behind the book | kate tuttle
Luis Alberto Urrea’s latest novel, “The House of Broken Angels,” is closely based on his brother’s experience.
bookings
A weekly calendar of literary events.
This week’s picks by Globe critics.
Miss Brennan couldn’t cook, but she played a major role in putting New Orleans on the world’s culinary map.
Eddie Muller has earned legions of fans for his informative film introductions that are rich with obscure bits of lore, delivered with his trademark command of the vernacular and poetry of the genre.
@Large
A canceled sitcom, a firestorm of outrage, and a question: Why do we keep hiring wolverines to do jobs better suited to clowns?
The new design is being introduced along with the new ICA Watershed space in East Boston.
theater
A freelance theater critic has been blacklisted by Boston-area theaters after an actor accused him of sexual assault.