Boston Globe Seasonal Arts Guide

Fall Arts Preview

Fall is for great films: 40-plus movies to look forward to this season

From Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” to Sofia Coppla’s “Priscilla” to a new adaptation of “The Color Purple,” here are some of the highlights.

A less colorful fall for TV viewers, but there’s still plenty to see
Thirteen new series, featuring the likes of Brie Larson, Jesse L. Martin, and Mark Ruffalo, and five returnees, including "Fargo" and "The Crown," will keep us on our couches, remotes in hand.

10 can’t-miss shows by musicians from the world over
The season features an array of shows, from Boston University's Global Music Festival to local appearances by international stars Bombino, Carminho, and DakhaBrakha.

10 comedy shows for a fun-filled fall
The season's headliners include Dave Chappelle, Brett Goldstein, and Iliza Shlesinger, while fall also marks the return of Denis Leary's Comics Come Home.

Here are 20 books we’re excited to read this fall

Even for diehard summer fans, the season must change, and a good book is one of the best consolations of fall. Here are 20 books we’re looking forward to digging into as the lazy days draw down.

Tedeschi Trucks Band plays TD Garden on Sept. 27.

Tedeschi Trucks Band bringing a ‘Garden Party’ to Boston

After years of multi-night stands in Boston, the Tedeschi Trucks Band is harnessing all that energy into a single-night performance at TD Garden Sept. 27.

Stage director Phil Chan instructs Boston Lyric Opera performer Karen Chia-ling Ho, playing Butterfly, during a rehearsal of "Madama Butterfly" at Calderwood Pavilion.

A new ‘Butterfly’ emerges from the BLO

After its Butterfly Process, Boston Lyric Opera looks at ‘Madama Butterfly’ and asks what else it could be.

My’Kal Stromile poses for a portrait following a rehearsal of “Form and Gesture” at the Boston Ballet studios in Boston in August.

Boston Ballet’s ‘Fall Experience’ includes a chance to see a world premiere by rising talent My’Kal Stromile

The 28-year-old company member and choreographer will present on the mainstage for the first time.

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Exhibition curator Erica Hirshler (left) and conservator Lydia Vagts discuss the restoration of John Singer Sargent's painting "Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess D’Abernon (Helen Duncombe)," which will soon be displayed in the "Fashioned by Sargent" exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.

At the MFA, a new show reveals John Singer Sargent’s passion for fashion — in service of art

"Fashioned by Sargent," opening Oct. 8, features more than a dozen dresses and accessories alongside the paintings that depict them.

Irene Shwachman, "Washington Street, Adams Square," May 23, 1962.

Two very different Bostons, two less different photographers

"Developing Boston: Berenice Abbott and Irene Shwachman Photograph a Changing City," at the Athenaeum, shows what a difference three decades can make.

The cast of "A Raisin in the Sun" at New Repertory Theatre. From left: Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Joshua McKenna, Juanita A. Rodrigues, Valyn Lyric Turner, Damon Singletary, and Jon Vellante.

‘A Raisin in the Sun’ still burns at New Rep

The fall theater season hereabouts is off to a dynamic start, powered by the New Repertory Theatre’s outstanding production of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” directed by Lois Roach.

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