What does one do when you learn that annihilation is certain in the next 48 hours? One family gets a golden invite to a sanctuary offering life after a comet’s collision, but getting there as civilization crumbles is predictably challenging.

One cloister-friendly idea for a wee one in your cozy condo space is Haus, a personal play space for 3- to 9-year-olds. The structure, designed by North Cambridge resident Janos Stone, is durable and flexible, allowing kids their own place for imagination.

When most folks think about smoked salmon it’s of lox atop a bagel. You haven’t fully appreciated the oily, rich goodness of the fish until you try Whole Foods’ “hothouse salmon” or Urban Hearth’s 8-ounce smoked fillets.

This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes a slew of new cinema, from a retro thriller with the marvelous Rachel Brosnahan to proof George Clooney’s kept his eyes on the stars. There’s an inspiring “Crip Camp” doc, an intriguing horror flick called “His House” and much more.

This notebook about dining options during Covid-19: Recently opened La Saison Bakery serves up some of the best baked goods in a town with a bounty of good bakeries. Start with the croissants, light and airy yet buttery – if you can get them.

Steven Soderbergh gets Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest and Candice Bergen aboard the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner en route to London in an improvisational rollick that still might leave you wondering if the trip was worth the ticket.

Project Restore Us assembles customized boxes of goods for delivery to food-insecure communities through a volunteer network. With the holidays here, there’s a push for funds to keep the nonprofit functioning – and growing.

This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter shows the range of recent documentaries, starting with the DocYard’s Philly-set “The Inheritance” and visits with former Pogues performer Shane MacGowan and the mayor of Ramallah. There’s room for action and Yorgos Lanthimos weirdness as well.

David Fincher’s “Mank” shines lights into the dark corners of filmmaking power and the politics of big studio Hollywood’s heyday in the 1940s, viewed through Herman Mankiewicz penning of Orson Welles’ iconic “Citizen Kane.”

Thomas Vinterberg’s and Mads Mikkelsen’s “Another Round” is a dark contemplation flipping between the glorification and pitfalls of routine alcohol consumption, keeping much of the judgment off frame.