‘Muppet Madness’ keeps pace with Marathon and there’s space at The Brattle: ‘2001’ is first
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Wicked Queer fest fare at The Brattle (which also has “Muppet Madness” and a 2024 Space Film Festival), very different Somerville Theatre noirs and poetic works by Margaret Tait at the Harvard Film Archive.
Chicken salad sandwich at The Druid
People swear by its fish and chips in its classic newspaper wrapping at The Druid in Inman Square, but don’t skip its unique chicken salad sandwich.
Bagelsaurus Classic Jumbo sandwich
The egg and cheese sandwich gets a makeover with a genius schmear of mustard butter at Cambridge’s Bagelsaurus.
Henriette Lazaridis wrote ‘Last Days in Plaka’ with a hero who’s as imperfect as the rest of us
The newest novel by Henriette Lazaridis, “Last Days in Plaka,” follows a young woman – the daughter of expats, like herself – searching for connection to her Greek heritage and becoming entwined with the life of another. She speaks Tuesday at Harvard Book Store.
Reviewed: ‘La Chimera,’ ‘Wicked Little Letters,’ both ‘Monkey Man’ and a ‘DogMan’ in theaters
In theaters now are Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera,” Dev Patel’s debut “Monkey Man,” Luc Besson‘s unusual “DogMan” and Thea Sharrock’s comedy inspired by true events, “Wicked Little Letters.”
Recent Wellesley grad debuts with ‘Dear Wendy,’ an aromantic/asexual YA take on campus novel
Fans of “enemies to lovers” plots are likely to enjoy “Dear Wendy,” an “enemies to friends” novel by recent Wellesley College grad Ann Zhao.
Brickbottom’s ‘The Shape of Color’
On view at Somerville’s Brickbottom Gallery through April 28, “The Shape of Color – 5 Abstract Artists” has a deceptively simple concept.
Red-winged blackbirds are still signs of spring, but flocks rely on wetlands remaining plentiful
Many people worry – and rightly so – about deforestation, but wetlands where red-winged blackbirds live are disappearing three times faster than forests.
Regret the error? Try embracing it instead.
The next time you go to a show and find the bill not as advertised, dig it. You’re hearing an artist you’ve never heard or didn’t expect to hear, and that’s good.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Jason Mantzoukas and how to win a marathon
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Jason Mantzoukas does improv comedy, Angélique Kidjo performs, there’s an archaeology fair, advice on how to run the Boston Marathon, the answer to “Can we grow buildings?” and an all-clarinet band.
