ARTS HEADLINES
What’s happening in the arts world
This week's picks from Globe critics.
TELEVISION
In HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown,’ Kate Winslet is investigating a murder — and maybe her own life
Winslet plays a weary survivor in HBO's compelling murder mystery miniseries.
BOOK REVIEW
Brave women fighting Nazis in ‘The Light of Days’
The Polish Jewish heroines chronicled by Judy Batalion threw off gender norms and ghetto constraints to resist Nazism, and sometimes survived to tell their stories.
BIBLIOPHILES
For Ruth Ware, it was the year reading ‘got squeezed into odd corners’
The best-selling mystery writer mixes a mindfulness retreat at a Swiss chalet, an avalanche, and murder in her most recent novel, “One By One.” Ware, who has been dubbed the Agatha Christie of our time, has written six books, starting with “In a Dark, Dark Wood.” She lives in Sussex with her family.
BOOK REVIEW
This thing called life in Elizabeth McCracken’s ‘The Souvenir Museum’
Whether they take place in Ireland, Texas, Illinois, Amsterdam, or Scotland, the marvelous stories in McCracken’s impressive third story collection evoke moving depictions of marriage and parenthood, and love, betrayal, and loneliness.
BOOK REVIEW
Making sense of the past in ‘Antiquities’
“Antiquities” adds a new note to the Ozick scale. To be sure, there are recognizable elements. The short novel, set in 1949, takes place “in the familiar greenery of Westchester County,” where Ozick resides. As in previous novels, Judaism plays a crucial role. Most familiarly, there’s the spectral presence of Henry James, on whom Ozick wrote a master’s thesis back in 1950 and with whom she’s been wrestling ever since.
MURRAY WHYTE
At Mass MoCA, Glenn Kaino builds a bridge between Bloody Sundays
In the vast darkness of Building 5, “In the Light of a Shadow” unites protest movements from Selma, Ala., to Derry, Northern Ireland.
MUSIC
On two new releases, fans can hear Mark Sandman’s ‘secret band’ in full
Previously unreleased music by Hypnosonics, the Morphine frontman's side project, includes songs from the band's only studio recording as well as a WFNX live radio broadcast.
MORE ARTS HEADLINES
NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS
The BU Antiracist Literary Festival, a new book about the history of Rounder Records, and the Newburyport Literary Festival
News of a literary note from around the region.
HomeFront: Kate Winslet in uniform, Mark Sandman’s ‘secret band,’ plus a rising quilt star
The Globe's picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
DON AUCOIN
Theater without theater
Seth Rudetsky’s concert-and-conversation series, YouTube videos of “Kinky Boots’' and “Hairspray,’' other online performances help to fill the void.
Maryanne O’Hara on the love that endures after her daughter’s death
In “Little Matches,” the author remembers the life of Caitlin O'Hara who died at age 33.
Virtual author readings for April 18-24
All events take place online; visit the venue website for more information.
Local bestsellers for the week ending April 11
Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.
MATTHEW GILBERT
At last, 9 returning TV shows to look forward to this spring and summer
These popular shows are teed up for start dates in April, May, and beyond.
MATTHEW GILBERT
As his career soars, Rob Delaney joins ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’
It's one of several forthcoming projects for the former local guy who co-created, co-wrote, and costarred in the Amazon comedy “Catastrophe.”