Boston Globe Seasonal Arts Guide

seven weeks of summer arts guide

Children play near the completed mural "Breathe Life Together" by Rob "ProBlak" Gibbs.

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

This summer, cool down with some art and culture

Got a lazy summer day you’re looking to fill? From Guston at the MFA to Rob "Problak" Gibbs’s mural for Dewey Square, here are some must-sees around the city.

The best of the rest of summer movies
Almost all of this summer's high-profile releases have come out. Still to come: Jordan Peele's "Nope" and "Bullet Train" starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock. Plus, Ben Affleck's 50th birthday.

Walking on sunshine with 25 of our favorite songs of summer
A great summer song can evoke the season, or it can just be the right song hitting in just the right way at just the right time. Here are some favorites chosen by Globe arts writers, editors, and contributors from summers past and present.

With plenty of summer still ahead, TV is just getting warmed up
In the coming weeks, you'll be able to fill your downtime with mysteries and thrillers ("The Patient," "Surface"), epic fantasies ("House of the Dragon," "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"), and some promising comedies ("Bad Sisters," "Uncoupled").

Lowell Folk Festival takes place July 29-31.

A guide to free, family-friendly events from now through Labor Day

These Massachusetts festivals, concerts, outdoor movies and more don't cost a thing to attend.

Amy Schumer comes to the Wilbur Aug. 17-18.

10 jokes by 10 comics who’ll be coming to Boston

Laugh lines from Amy Schumer, Hannah Einbinder, Chris Tucker, Maria Bamford, Nate Bargatze, and more.

American Repertory Theater in Cambridge is presenting "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," beginning in late August. Outside the city, theatergoers willing to journey farther afield will find other noteworthy shows to see this summer.

Throughout New England, the stage is set for theatergoers who are eager to explore

The local stage scene is quieter this time of year, which makes it an ideal moment to journey further afield. Here are a few promising productions from the Berkshires, the Cape, and all over New England.

Alyssa Wang will conduct the Boston Festival Orchestra as part of a three-week Sunday series at Jordan Hall.

Classical music events to catch before the summer is over

From concerts at the Hatch Shell to chamber music in Cape Cod and a LOUD Weekend in the Berkshires, here’s where to enjoy the sounds of the season.

Explore more from our mid-summer arts guide

The season’s overflowing with dance of all types, from Jacob’s Pillow in Becket to a quarry in Vermont

Tim Heidecker is putting on two shows at once, but only one of them is awkward

There’s no getting away from it all in ‘The Resort’

‘The Silent Woman,’ a Strauss comedy born of dark times, reaches the stage at Bard

At Williamstown, Harrison David Rivers looks at himself through his mother’s eyes in ‘we are continuous’

The Black Keys are here to ‘Boogie’

At the Clark, proof that Auguste Rodin is still the man

Hustle emerged in the ‘70s disco era, but the dance has a message for today

Indigenous Enterprise will perform in a one-night-only performance at Jacob's Pillow on Aug. 4.

The season’s overflowing with dance of all types, from Jacob’s Pillow in Becket to a quarry in Vermont

With Jacob's Pillow as its anchor, summer's dance scene can't help but be remarkable in New England. And there's so much more.

Tim Heidecker

Tim Heidecker is putting on two shows at once, but only one of them is awkward

His latest tour, a two-part “evening with” featuring his absurdist stand-up comedy followed by a musical set with his Very Good Band, arrives at the Wilbur on July 27.

Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper star as a couple who are drawn into a mystery in Peacock's "The Resort," premiering July 28.

Matthew Gilbert

There’s no getting away from it all in ‘The Resort’

The Peacock limited series weaves two timelines about a mysterious death and disappearance at a resort and the vacationing couple who are drawn into the saga 15 years later.

Soprano Jana McIntyre (as Aminta) and tenor David Portillo (as Henry) will perform in a new production of Strauss's opera "The Silent Woman" at Bard SummerScape.

‘The Silent Woman,’ a Strauss comedy born of dark times, reaches the stage at Bard

The SummerScape Festival at Bard College presents a rare staging of Richard Strauss’s "Die Schweigsame Frau," with a libretto by the Austrian-Jewish writer Stefan Zweig.

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