entertainment
Somerville’s ArtBeat Festival turns 40
Somerville is hosting the 40th ArtBeat cultural festival in Davis Square on Saturday, highlighting the city’s diverse arts scene. Read more Alpha-gal is in the headlines. It’s no superhero ArtBeat is Somerville’s “biggest cultural festival” as it “showcases music, dance, culinary arts, and visual arts,” said Rachel Strutt, the interim director of the Somerville Arts […]
Epic storytelling brings the original anti-hero to life
“The Odyssey” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 4. Christopher Nolan’s $250 million retelling of Homer’s classic sword-and-sandal epic is here. And it is also epic, with a nearly three-hour running time. The film delivers, if unevenly, but when the bow is strung and taut, “The Odyssey” flies with fury and purpose. Even though we know […]
Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: Youth circus, porchfest, live reading
For a searchable calendar of events with your choice of list or map view, or to submit an event of your own, go to the main calendar. Read more Charles River Task Force members hopeful for future Thursday, July 9 2 to 6 p.m.Cambridge Crossing/Lechmere Square in East Cambridge. Soccer Watch Party: Quarterfinals France vs. Morocco […]
Events this week in Camberville: Juneteenth celebration, salsa dancing, and annual Cambridge dance party
Thursday, June 18 Noon to 2 p.m.Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square. Live reggae from Roots Alley Collective featuring special guest Dion Knibb Free but RSVP. In celebration of Juneteenth and presented in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT’s African, Black, American, Caribbean Employee Resource Group, enjoy live music plus […]
A new kind of close encounter with the aliens among us
“Disclosure Day” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 4. When Steven Spielberg makes a movie about aliens, it’s a good idea to pay attention. His latest, “Disclosure Day,” brings the Spielbergian pop mystique, while also being one of the most singularly weird original blockbusters in ages. Josh O’Connor plays Daniel Keller, an operative who goes rogue […]
Events this week in Camberville: Wax museum, Fresh Pond Day, & soccer watch parties
Thursday, June 11 Noon to 12:45 p.m.Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square. Gallery Performance: Celtic Art Across the AgesFree. Harpist and historian Nancy Hurrell will perform Irish music on an 1820s Egan harp and a modern Celtic harp. She will also share the history of the Celtic harp. Read more ‘Birds Up Close,’ […]
Film noir & David Lynch’s America
If someone asked you to picture a film noir, you’d probably conjure a handful of visual signifiers: a sultry femme fatale, a hard-drinking gumshoe in a fedora, shadows darker than the human soul. But what would it sound like? Chances are you can already hear a low, bluesy saxophone, possibly accompanied by lightly brushed drums […]
The CPL’s top 10 May reads
Here are this month’s 10 most checked out books at all Cambridge Public Library locations. Thanks to Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz, Senior Librarian, for providing us with the list. Read more Public comment shouldn’t be cut short
Norton Award winner Ken Urban on bringing tough topics to the stage
Cambridge theater companies Central Square Theater and Moonbox Productions were recognized by the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) at the 43rd Elliot Norton Awards June 1. Moonbox received the award for Outstanding Music Direction for “Crowns,” a musical celebrating the women of the traditional Black church, and Central Square Theater’s “The Moderate” received awards for […]
Four new films explore war, gender, and crime true and comedic
“Pressure” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 4. Who knew that the timing of D-Day was much ado about dueling meteorologists? Obviously, David Haig, whose play about this little-known chapter of the war gets the big-screen treatment in the capable hands of Anthony Maras (the deft thriller, “Hotel Mumbai”) — and Haig, who co-wrote the screenplay. […]