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Roger Cook, longtime landscape contractor on ‘This Old House,’ dies at 70

Cook, a Burlington resident, first appeared on the popular PBS home improvement show in 1982, its second season.

MUSIC REVIEW
Childish Gambino lights up TD Garden as his fantastical final tour stops in Boston
Donald Glover performed under his Childish Gambino moniker for the last time in Boston on Friday.

TV CRITIC’S CORNER
Unconventional programming
One way to increase a political convention’s interesting quotient (a different kind of IQ) is to raise its entertaining quotient (EQ).

‘Red Dawn’ heralded the dawn of a new rating
Revisiting a trio of ’84 movies stamped PG-13.

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

This summer at the movies, you can tangle with ‘Twisters,’ party with Prince, go old school with Godzilla, and more

Our film critic handpicks the cinematic events of the season.
‘Only Murders in the Building’ returns, plus more new shows to watch this summerFive museum shows to visit during your late summer travels12 concerts to enjoy this summerSee more from our Seven Weeks of Summer guide

So you wanna make a PG-13 rated movie? Take our quiz on what’s allowed — and not allowed.

Take the quiz and test your knowledge of PG-13 rules.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

The 40-year-old aversion: Why I’ve always hated the PG-13

In 1984, the MPAA introduced a new rating that was supposed to warn parents about violence. Our film critic explains how that backfired.

Amy Poehler is on a mission to read 50 books this year. Here are a few titles from her list.

The Burlington native shared some of her 2024 reading list with Seth Meyers, including a ‘60s cookbook she found on Nantucket.

‘Ballin’ ain’t the only thing I know’: Jaylen Brown drops new song with FERG

The Celtics star is out to prove he’s just as fire on the mic as he is on the court.

The new hottest immersive theater experience is ... ‘Bluey’ at the Burlington Mall?

The hourlong immersive event allows adults and kids to wander through the home of Bluey, the anthropomorphic star of the massively popular animated Australian show.

Ben Affleck had these three words engraved inside Jennifer Lopez’s engagement ring

Jennifer Lopez spoke about the romantic inscription during a 2022 interview.
Documentaries

White hat or black? New Netflix docuseries about Wyatt Earp takes aim at an icon.

While the Netflix series is ultimately Team Earp, it contextualizes the battle among individuals that represented larger conflicts in post-Civil War America.

Cape Cod sharks are focus of new documentary ‘Great White Summer’

“Great White Summer" is a documentary that looks at how the increasingly visible presence of white sharks in the waters off Cape Cod has affected the lives of people in the area.

New documentary ‘76 Days,’ based on the survival story of Steven Callahan, to screen in New England

Directed by Joe Wein and executive produced by “Life of Pi” director Ang Lee, it will have its first theatrical release Aug. 16 at the Cape Ann Community Theatre in Rockport.

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TV CRITIC’S CORNER

And the Emmys go to … Jane Pauley and Alex Gibney

The "Today" and "CBS News Sunday Morning" host will be getting a lifetime achievement award next month. So will the documentary filmmaker.

BOOKS

20 books we can’t wait to read this fall

Here are the fiction and nonfiction standouts that we can’t wait to curl up with in a comfy chair.

PBS travel guide Rick Steves reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

The famed travel writer and TV personality posted that “there is a clear path forward to getting healthy.”

‘Pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik to compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

The 25-year-old Worcester native will compete in a different arena this fall — the dance floor.

ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★½

‘Blink Twice,’ groan repeatedly

Channing Tatum is woefully miscast. He just can’t give good sicko. This movie cast Magic Mike when it needed Marky Mark.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

Picturing a continent in the present tense

The title of the Fitchburg Art Museum’s "21st-Century African Photography" speaks for itself.

See photos from Pink’s high-flying Summer Carnival show at Gillette Wednesday

She was joined by Sheryl Crow, The Script, and KidCutUp. Here’s a look at the show, which included her signature aerial acrobatics.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

The summer pop went to Camp with a capital C

August is almost over, but Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Charlie XCX are just getting started.

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Roger Cook, longtime landscape contractor on ‘This Old House,’ dies at 70

Amy Poehler is on a mission to read 50 books this year. Here are a few titles from her list.

Tarantino blows up the spaghetti western in ‘Django Unchained’

This week’s TV: Clive Owen’s ‘Monsieur Spade’ mystery migrates from AMC to Netflix

Urban Design

Mid-century ‘urban renewal’ tore Boston apart. Air rights projects are starting to sew it back together again.

Boston is slowly putting itself back together, patching past wounds, and restoring the downtown core to human scale.

Here are all of the celebrities at the Democratic convention’s starry roll call

The Democratic National Convention transformed the roll call into a party Thursday, complete with lively music and several celebrity appearances.

ART REVIEW

The world as ‘Ballroom’ at PEM

PEM unveils Agustina Woodgate’s installation "Ballroom."

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

A move for Porter Square Books, looking at public art, and posthumous poetry of Vermont

Our weekly roundup gathers dispatches from the world of books.

BOOKINGS

Author readings around Boston through Aug. 31

All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.

WRITER'S JOURNAL

People ask me why I wrote a book about eels. I tell a series of lies about it.

The truth for writers of nonfiction is that often our topics find us.

MUSIC

Heavy music fest Somergloom returns to Somerville this weekend. It might just lift you up.

More than a dozen bands, many from the Boston area, will demonstrate the vast range of heavy music this weekend at Somerville’s Center for Arts at the Armory.

Celtics-themed corn maze comes to Kimball Farm in Haverhill

The 10-square-acre corn maze features Celtics-inspired elements, including team mascot Lucky the Leprechaun.