ART AND DESIGN Multicultural Arts Center showcases works by high schoolers by Sadie Barandes March 19, 2026 The show tends toward up-close, pensive portraits of youth and the surreal, part of the center’s mission to show the bold and new.
MUSIC Boston Bitdown redux: dinosaurs on Saturday and a Sunday scare by Carson Paradis March 19, 2026 A final afternoon of chiptune music saved by a barcade that came to the rescue in downtown Salem.
MUSIC The date is set for Porchfest’s 15th year in Somerville by Marc Levy March 18, 2026 Porchfest returns to Somerville on May 9, and residents can apply through April 21 to host a band.
LIT Anne Fadiman gets personal with her latest essay collection, ‘Frog’ by Sarah Prusik March 17, 2026 The would-be love child of John McPhee and Virginia Woolf shares a few amphibian-related regrets.
FILM Oscars 2026 results include a rare tie by Michael Gutierrez March 16, 2026 The annual film awards were held last night in Hollywood. Did The Brattle have a premonition about a rare Oscars tie?
LIT Booksellers and librarians gather Wednesday to talk about ‘Getting the Story Out’ to new readers by Marc Levy March 14, 2026 A couple of decades ago, some 400 newspapers published book reviews in arts and culture sections. Now it may be as few as 40.
MUSIC Boston Bitdown redux: the chiptune spectacle spans three cities on Friday by Carson Paradis March 13, 2026 A visual spectacle engulfs the interior of Capital Theatre while Boston Bitdown artists take to the stage in Arlington, Medford and Somerville.
ARTS Somerville gives an extra week to get through a 117-page application to be an Armory tenant by Marc Levy March 12, 2026 Somerville has extended its submission deadline by a week for artists, makers and creative organizations to lease space in its Armory building.
MUSIC Boston Bitdown redux: Thursday by Carson Paradis March 11, 2026 Relive what went down Thursday night at the world's largest chiptune festival, Boston Bitdown 2.
FILM Tracking The Monster and his Bride through the many versions of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ by Tom Meek March 11, 2026 Right now cinemagoers can double their Frankenstein pleasure with “The Bride!” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” up for the Best Picture Oscar this Sunday. Sure, “Frankenstein” is streaming on...