Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein

Mark and Meredith write the Names column for The Boston Globe.

Names

Dan Zevin regales fans with stories about fatherhood
Dan Zevin with his kids Josie, 6, and Leo, 9, Zevin is the author of “Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad.”

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

The former Cambridge and Somerville boy popped into the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday to read from the latest in his string of hilarious memoirs.

Names

Grafton dog up for award at Cannes

The big winner of the Palm Dog Awards at the Cannes International Film Festival could be Bella, the wire fox terrier who appears in “Moonrise Kingdom.”

Conan O’Brien discussed his life in comedy at the JFK Library.

Names

Conan O’Brien talks comedy at Kennedy Library

Boston Globe film critic Wesley Morris, quizzed Brookline-bred late-night guy about comedy on Thursday.

Inside Arts & Lifestyle

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2012 Summer Arts Preview
Jessica Lorion (second from right) as Babette and the other enchanted objects of “Beauty and the Beast’’ at the Boston Opera House.

Stages

Taunton actress comes home

Langhorne Slim’s on the ‘Move’
Liz Longley performed at Club Passim in Cambridge.

Events

Boston area to do list
Whitecrest Beach.

Best beaches guide for New England
Nadine Labaki (center) co-wrote, directed, and costars as a cafe owner in the black comedy “Where Do We Go Now?’’

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Where Do We Go Now’ is a Lebanese ‘Lysistrata’

“I was scared to leave for a million reasons,” says Marianne Solivan about making a career move to New York.

Solivan’s move to New York pays off
Thomas Adès (left) and Kirill Gerstein (right) will play a four-hand piano work to begin the Boston Symphony Chamber Players concert Nov. 18.

ClassicalNotes

Dudamel’s dream LP

New England Summer Travel

10 great New England vacation ideas (away from the beach)
From left: Joe ODAGIRI, Koki MAEDA, Nene OTSUKA, Oshiro Maeda in “I Wish.”

MOVIE REVIEW

In Koreeda’s ‘I Wish,’ childhood feels realized
Mickey Drexler (left) with CNBC anchor David Faber in “J.Crew and the Man Who Dressed America.”

Television Review

‘J.Crew and the Man Who Dressed America’
Detail of “Spills in Safe Environment,’’ a painting by Etienne Zack from the “Oh, Canada” exhibit at Mass MoCA.

‘Oh, Canada!’ shows the boundless arts of being Canadian

Music

With “Beaus$Eros,” Regan Farquhar, who performs as Busdriver, says he has made his most personal album to date, sorting through the feelings following a failed relationship.

Rapper Busdriver gets personal on ‘Beaus$eros’

The Los Angeles rapper has long piled words on top of words with a gifted if unorthodox delivery.

Movies

MOVIE REVIEW

Nadine Labaki (center) co-wrote, directed, and costars as a cafe owner in the black comedy “Where Do We Go Now?’’

‘Where Do We Go Now’ is a Lebanese ‘Lysistrata’

The film is overly diffuse but full of heart, laughter, and sorrow.

Television

What’s on TV tonight: Critic’s corner for Friday, May 25

Sarah Rodman’s notes on Friday’s TV offerings, including “Paul Simon’s Graceland Journey: Under African Skies” at 10 p.m. on A&E.

Style

Television Review

Mickey Drexler (left) with CNBC anchor David Faber in “J.Crew and the Man Who Dressed America.”

‘J.Crew and the Man Who Dressed America’ offers look at Mickey Drexler

The numbers are staggering: Since Drexler took over as CEO in 2003, the company’s revenues have risen 170 percent to near $1.9 billion in 2011.

“If there’s any character I want to play forever and ever and ever, it’s this one, so I’m psyched.”

Zooey Deschanel,  on “New Girl” role

Magazine

The cover for the May 20 2012 issue

Best beaches guide for New England
The cover for the May 13 2012 issue

Things to do in and around Boston this week
The cover for the May 6 2012 issue

Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million
The cover for the April 29 2012 issue

Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot