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A Guide to the Arts, from Here to the Holidays
Movies

Is this the year that movies die? Hardly

Even with many major releases postponed because of the pandemic, enticing titles are arriving this fall on screens large and small.
Museums

How New York’s downtown scene set the stage for Jean-Michel Basquiat

Writer and curator Greg Tate reflects on that porous moment in music and art history.
Television

11 TV shows to check out before the end of the year

New series include another HBO rich-people crime drama, a Stephen King pandemic nightmare, and a star-studded adaptation of “Between the World and Me."
Music

17 reasons for pop music fans to celebrate the fall

There’s plenty to please music fans through the end of 2020, from new album releases, reissues, livestreamed shows, books, and documentaries.
Theater

Igor Golyak’s bold innovations in virtual theater open doors for Arlekin

The tiny Needham troupe has managed to reach a wider audience — including Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Hecht — during shutdown.
Classical

10 reasons to keep falling for classical music

Online programming means a world of possibilities for Boston concertgoers.
Classical

Skylark Vocal Ensemble spreads its wings into digital programming

The group quickly shelved its 2020-21 season in favor of an online subscription service.
Dance

9 dance performances to revive your spirits

The season's dance highlights include a few more outdoor shows, livestreaming from studios, and a televised Nutcracker.
Museums

New England’s top 10 museum stops for fall

Season highlights include Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, and a tribute to fashion's revolutionary women.

Critics picks

Online and outdoors, 10 picks for theater lovers

20 movies to be excited about this season

10 cool events for kids at libraries, zoos, and science museums

Boston Children’s Museum has a few tricks in store for a happy COVID-era Halloween

‘The West Wing’ cast reunites again, this time for a book

The stars of “The West Wing” are once again joining together, this time for a book about the award-winning White House television drama.

John Oliver recaps last week’s SCOTUS hearings and town halls — and actually visits Danbury, Connecticut

The “Last Week Tonight” host focused a new episode on the World Health Organization in light of President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the agency amid a global pandemic.

This week’s TV: Network shows return, Nicole Kidman’s new crime drama, and the final debate

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

Editors’ Picks

Watch: BSO players play pop-up shows around Boston

With the orchestra's Rolling Recitals initiative, players made their first public performances since mid-March.

MFA’s big Basquiat show testifies to the hip-hop revolution

The show also makes the case — with joy and plenty of great music — that the post-graffiti savant didn't come out of nowhere.

ICA is the host institution for the 2022 US Venice Biennale entry

The museum will present work by Simone Leigh, the first Black woman to represent the United States at the prestigious exhibition.

Train gift may derail one relationship — or another

Advice from Amy Dickinson.

COMFORT ZONE

Knit Night to raise funds for Dance with Parkinson’s program

When the pandemic broke out, Third Piece knitting shop started the “Third Piece Gives Back” initiative where proceeds from events go to benefit local nonprofits and charities.

From dueling town halls to President Trump’s rallies, SNL skewers American politics

Saturday Night Live typically takes a no-holds-barred approach when satirizing the American political scene — and last night’s episode was no different.

Book fests in Massachusetts and Vermont feature literary luminaries, writing workshops

Jill Lepore, Celeste Ng, and Andre Dubus III are among the writers who will appear at the Concord Festival of Authors and the Brattleboro Literary Festival.

10 Halloween activities you can still do safely around Boston

From drive-ins to scavenger hunts and costumed bowling, October 2020 still offers ways to celebrate fall’s spooky traditions.

TELEVISION

Expect golden moments in 50th-anniversary season of ‘Masterpiece’

The lineup is promising, as reported in an exclusive by Variety. The winter shows include “Elizabeth Is Missing,” “All Creatures Great and Small,” “Miss Scarlet and the Duke,” and “The Long Song.”

Boston Symphony Orchestra cancels all live performances through spring

The orchestra also teased a new virtual series, featuring musicians recorded in an empty Symphony Hall.

The best in arts this fall

The top shows and movies to watch this season, plus music, art, dance, theater, and more.

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John Oliver recaps last week’s SCOTUS hearings and town halls — and actually visits Danbury, Connecticut

This week’s TV: Network shows return, Nicole Kidman’s new crime drama, and the final debate

11 TV shows to check out before the end of the year

From dueling town halls to President Trump’s rallies, SNL skewers American politics

MORE ARTS HEADLINES

HomeFront: Fall arts guide, David Byrne, Basquiat, a fiery doughnut

The Globe’s picks for staying entertained any day of the week.

What’s happening in the arts world

This week's picks from Globe critics.

‘Dexter’ is getting another shot on Showtime

The network is bringing back the show for a 10-episode season next fall, which may give it a chance to revisit the 2013 finale that was so unsatisfying.

Watch: BSO players play pop-up shows around Boston

With the orchestra's Rolling Recitals initiative, players made their first public performances since mid-March.

MFA’s big Basquiat show testifies to the hip-hop revolution

The show also makes the case — with joy and plenty of great music — that the post-graffiti savant didn't come out of nowhere.

‘Jagged Little Pill,’ ‘Moulin Rouge!’ dominate Tony nominations

The musicals that debuted in Cambridge and Boston led the field of nominees announced Thursday.

BOOKS

Laurels for a veteran editor, a bookshop catering to kids, and the children’s book written by a Harvard Medical School alum

A roundup of literary news of note around the region.

BOOKS

New biography ‘The Dead Are Arising’ humanizes Malcolm X without diminishing him

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Les Payne focuses his sharp investigative lens on the life of an enigmatic American icon whose life and death continue to fascinate.