ARTS Repairs to ‘Gift of the Wind,’ the Porter Square T stop sculpture, could be budgeted this year by Marc Levy March 23, 2026 The first step is determine the cost of reviving the art. Estimates heard at a Porter Square Neighbors Association meeting ranged up to $600,000.
LIT Pop-up booksellers, poetry on demand, and literary drag trivia make March a less cruel month by Sarah Prusik March 23, 2026 A sunny Saturday welcomed the 7th annual Bow Market Book Fair.
MUSIC Hear First: ‘Foggy Mountain Mental Breakdown’ by Ryan DiLello March 23, 2026 Hear First premieres the debut album from DIY folk rock pickers Sweet Petunia.
ARTS A memorial for Charles Coe is planned for April 11 in Boston by Marc Levy March 22, 2026 The late Cambridge author, poet and musician Charles Coe is honored by the literary and arts community on April 11 across the river in Boston.
THEATER The end is nigh for ‘The End is Nigh,’ a raucous and rollicking riot of a romp by Michael Gutierrez March 21, 2026 When questions posed by the plot become too thorny, the ensemble stabs or punches someone or simply runs in circles to explode the tension.
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?