Performing & Recorded Arts


Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter Brown

Bringing the Stars to Light

Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Culture in the Cold War

In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

When Fantasy Isn’t Enough

Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.

by Alex Huls

Painterly Dances, Danceable Paintings

“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

by Nell Porter Brown

Returning to the Big Screen

Greater Boston’s small cinemas strive to engage film-goers during the pandemic.

by Nell Porter Brown

Edwin Binney, 3rd

Brief life of a philanthropic art collector: 1925-1986

by Madison U. Sowell

“Magical Digressions”

TV writer and producer Jeff Schaffer on how to be funny

by Stuart Miller

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Artful Gifts

Holiday gifts that support the arts

by Nell Porter Brown