What he’s having: Vegetarian sides and soup
In this notebook about dining options during Covid-19: Vegetarian fare, including The Abbey’s Brussels sprouts and cauliflower with capers; Season to Taste’s kombucha squash hummus and crispy spinach cigar; and Saloniki Greek’s Yia-Yia’s Soup.
‘Promising Young Woman’: Pastel fingernails become razor claws in fight to make things right
Immeasurable rage simmers below the surface of “Promising Young Woman,” a biting play on the rape-revenge thriller with a deliberately jarring and divisive tonal shift in the third act.
Group plants ‘Recognizing Our Oldest Trees’ exhibit with photos and facts in Davis Square
“R.O.O.T. (Recognizing Our Oldest Trees)” takes on worries around tree loss explicitly as well as artistically.
Passim board elects Bartlett as its next chair, honoring outgoing Potts with grant for artists
The board of the music venue and arts nonprofit Passim has seen some turnover, with Jerry Potts stepping down as chair and musician Annie Bartlett elected by the board to replace him. Passim announced the creation of an annual giving program in honor of Potts.
Coronavirus edition, XLII: The ends of the Earth, then back to North Adams to explore Mass MoCa
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter takes the watcher from Uzbekistan to 1980s Sri Lanka and the Britain of West Indies immigrants in the 1960s and 1970s – but also into action with Gerard Butler and Anthony Mackie and through Mass MoCA, the museum success story of North Adams.
Choice of artists for Canal District Kendall work paints a subtle connection with Central Square
In a city of villages that can feel very distinct from each other, BioMed Realty made a choice in Kendall Square that offers a sense of connection: selecting Cedric Douglas and Julia Roth, artists also known as Vise and Julz, to paint a vent shaft in its Canal District Kendall.
The Hungry Urbanist: Baked goods from Bondir embody bond of food sellers and neighborhoods
The relationship between a food establishment and a neighborhood can be complex. This weekend you can taste it in three places through Jason Bond’s special croissant from squid ink, a unique sake-flavored sesame paste and some salmon.
‘Greenland’: A comet is about to destroy Earth, though calling this a disaster film is too easy
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.
CCTV appoints Smyser to be executive director, nonprofit leader replacing retiring Fleischmann
Cambridge Community Television has found its third executive director in Jessica Smyser, the leader of an arts and education nonprofit in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who before that worked in the Cambridge and Somerville music industry.
What he’s having: Slabs of smoked salmon
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.
