Summer is here with all its heat and humidity, and what better place to spend the lazy, hazy, crazy days than in the air-conditioned comfort of a museum? The MFA Boston has an array of exhibitions, tours, classes and film festivals to get visitors through the sultry days in comfort. You will need timed tickets for the headline exhibit of Van Gogh’s 23 portraits of the Roulin family, on through Sept. 7, but there is more to see and do at the MFA. Here’s what the MFA has to say about the Van Gogh portraits: “Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) once […]
Opinion
Ask the Psychic: Welcome the angels
Dear Bonnie: I had a really hard day yesterday and last night when I awoke in a dream-style sleep I saw all these brilliant flashes of light. There seemed to be so many of them and they lit up my vision. Do you have any idea of what these balls or flashes of white light […]
Eye on Art: FAM opens three summer exhibits, including 89th art & craft show
It’s a busy weekend at the Fitchburg Museum of Art as three exhibits open to the public on Saturday, and the opening receptions for all is on Friday, June 27 from 6-8 p.m.
Stages: Free Fun for Kids, classes, and more at Hanover crush summer boredom
Summer officially starts tomorrow, and that means lazy, hazy, crazy days, trips to the beach or pool (if you’re lucky), and bored, cranky kids by the 4th of July. But not to worry. The Lowell Summer Music Series and Worcester’s Hanover Theatre and Conservatory have you covered with free concerts and more.
Written in Granite: Housing remains a key issue
NASHUA, N.H. – The late New England philosopher Henry David Thoreau has a famous quote I like to use: “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Take, for instance, the Millyard district, the birthplace of Nashua’s historic economic prosperity. It was here, right by the Nashua Canal, where the city’s industrial development rapidly grew from the cotton textile industry and the Nashua Manufacturing Company (1823 to around 1945). Today, the Veterans Memorial Parkway, just west of downtown, welcomes vehicles and pedestrians into the district on Pine Street, and the iconic, almost 200-foot-tall brick Millyard smokestack […]
Stages: New seasons at Umbrella, ART & Huntington promise eclectic theatre offerings
Summer officially starts next week, but with the wave of gloomy weather you’d never know it. Not to worry, since the season lineup of plays and musicals from regional theaters promises a great 2025-26 season. The Umbrella Stage Company’s 2025/26 theater season invites audiences to a vibrant showcase of courage, heart, and hope featuring an award-winning premiere, a revisited classic, and two musicals that celebrate the impact of art. The season includes the Boston premier of “The Counter,” a play about the connection between a retired firefighter and a diner server, Sept. 26-Nov. 9; “Tick, Tick…Boom!,” a rock opera prequel […]
