6 ways to help independent artists this holiday season

Tips on maximizing your impact with holiday shopping and end-of-year giving. 3:27 p.m.

Matthew Gilbert | Your TV GPS

This week’s TV: A Macy’s parade like no other, a ‘Flight Attendant’ in trouble, and Timothy Leary’s girlfriend

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV. 7:00 a.m.

TELEVISION

Hulu developing ‘Interior Chinatown’ as a series

Matthew Gilbert's take on television. 5:39 p.m.

In a landslide vote, MFA workers opt to unionize

Representatives for the museum challenged some ballots, arguing that certain positions aren’t eligible for union membership. 4:30 p.m.

DANCE

Boston Ballet kicks off its streaming season with a taste of Forsythe

“Forsythe Elements” includes new studio performances and excerpts from past Opera House stagings, as well as a conversation between the choreographer and dancers. 3:39 p.m.

COMFORT ZONE

For military recruits and their families, COVID-19 means an extra long goodbye

Graduation ceremonies and leaves of absence are currently on hold. Here's how families can cope. 1:09 p.m.

TELEVISION

What this TV critic is thankful for in 2020

My Top 10 list for 2020 is on the way, and each one of the shows on it made my year a bit better. In the meantime, here are a few other TV-related things that, as Thanksgiving approaches, I am thankful for. 4:58 p.m.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Apple TV+ will share Charlie Brown holiday classics with PBS

After hearing from disappointed viewers, the streaming service is partnering with PBS to air “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” free on both PBS and PBS Kids. 3:58 p.m.

HOMEFRONT

HomeFront: ‘Citizen Kane,’ Ta-Nehisi Coates, Dolly Parton, and the BSO

The Globe’s picks for staying entertained any day of the week. 3:41 p.m.

The multitalented Debbie Allen comes to Netflix with two holiday-themed projects

She choreographs and directs a Dolly Parton musical, and appears in a Shondaland documentary about her dance studio’s “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker.” 3:14 p.m.

BOOKS

A stubborn optimist

As the country endures a record wave of infection and death in the ongoing pandemic, while the aspiring autocrat of an incumbent refuses to concede the Presidency, and with the promise of a polity further divided in anger and resentment, it seems like the perfect time to remember why we miss President Barack Obama. 2:57 p.m.

BOOKS

Fiction set in a near-waterless future in Cynan Jones’s ‘Stillicide’

Sometimes real-world problems are best explained through fiction. BBC Radio Four must have had this in mind when they gave Cynan Jones the green light to write these tense, stark, and beautifully paced connecting stories. 2:55 p.m.

Reading for humor, company during insomnia

Jerald Walker spent years trying to publish his short stories, to no avail. When his wife suggested he write essays, he wrote one. Now his essay collection, “How to Make a Slave and Other Essays,” was named a finalist for this year’s National Book Award in nonfiction. 2:26 p.m.