Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Aug. 26-Sept. 8

An art installation explores immigration, the Spencer Fair helps close out summer, an Asian street festival comes to the Seaport, and more. 12:34 p.m.

four takes

Looking back on Woodstock — the music, the people, the money

Flashbacks of Woodstock, fifty years down the road. 7:53 p.m.

bibliophiles

Solving the mystery of what to read with beach house book roulette

Novelist Brock Clarke makes three local stops to read from “Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?”  7:45 p.m.

Local bestsellers for the week ending 8/18

A list of bestsellers based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. 6:53 p.m.

Matthew Gilbert

The best and worst of TV this summer

There was much to celebrate and enjoy this summer. But then there’s “Big Little Lies.” 6:44 p.m.

Art Review

Eric Carle Museum explores the enchanted world of children’s book master Peter Sís

A new exhibition surveys the magical, meticulous career of illustrator and children’s book master Peter Sís. 6:21 p.m.

‘The Donkey Show’ lowers the mirror ball

After 10 years, the party’s just about over for ART’s Shakespeare-Studio 54 mashup. 5:49 p.m.

new england literary news | nina maclaughlin

A battlefield of letters, a pair of new bookstores, and myth connections from a beloved poet

The latest news from the New England literary scene 5:36 p.m.

TV Critic’s Corner

‘Sopranos’ stars among presenters at MTV Video Music Awards

The annual event will take place Monday night in Newark, N.J., at their Prudential Center. 5:32 p.m.

Things to Do

The Weekender: ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon,’ ‘The Tempest,’ and The Boss

The Globe’s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend. 5:07 p.m.

story behind the book | kate tuttle

Ibram X. Kendi explores why ‘not racist’ doesn’t equal ‘anti-racist’

The author of “How to Be an Antiracist” speaks with the Globe’s Renée Graham on Wednesday at Coolidge Corner Theatre 3:39 p.m.

@LARGE | Michael Andor Brodeur

At this campout, a digital community connected over disconnecting in the woods

An Internet community takes to the woods at Honcho Campout 2019. 3:33 p.m.