HomeFront: 4 stars for âNomadland,â tween-friendly TV, remembering comedian Patrice OâNeal
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated February 18, 2021, 6:57 p.m.
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Welcome back to HomeFront, where weâre listening to metal and punk covers of
âLet It Snowâ (surprisingly soothing) and thinking about a Laura Ingalls Wilder book other than âThe Long Winterâ for a change. This time itâs âFarmer Boy,â in which Almanzoâs father says, âWhen the days begin to lengthen / The cold begins to strengthen.â Yes, I
am a lot of fun at parties.
FILM: Frances McDormand stars as Fern, a prickly widow roaming the American West in a van, in
Amid the biotechs in Kendall Square, a place for dance
By Karen Campbell Globe Correspondent,Updated February 17, 2021, 4:19 p.m.
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Jean Appolon Expressions dancers (from left) Mcebisi Xotyeni, Nadia Issa, Meg McGrath, and Lonni Stanton rehearsed at The Dance Complex @ Canal District Kendall, a 4,000-square-foot retail space gifted to The Dance Complex by Biomed Realty for one year.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Cambridgeâs Kendall Square is well known as a hotbed for innovation, particularly in biotech. But starting this month, the area is getting an infusion of artistic innovation, too. Cambridgeâs The Dance Complex has opened a new creative space called The Dance Complex @ Canal District Kendall (a.k.a. Complex@Canal) in a 4,000-square-foot retail unit at 650 East Kendall St.
It feels like an understatement to express that 2020 was a year like no other and yet, a review of the photographs that best helped us tell stories of the raging pandemic, protests for racial justice and an extraordinary presidential election makes the singularity of 2020 clear.
Our photographers, Jesse Costa and Robin Lubbock, captured a year rich in devastating loss and anxiety, but also showed us moments of solidarity even levity in Massachusetts.
The pair got as close arguably closer than most to many of the scenes that define the last 12 months. These are the images that will stay with us beyond this year.
Six bright spots in dance this year
Though live performing is virtually at a standstill, dance hasnât stopped moving in 2020.
By Karen Campbell and Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent,Updated December 18, 2020, 10:01 a.m.
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Addie Tapp and Patrick Yocum in Jerome Robbins s Glass Pieces. Liza Voll/Boston Ballet
As with all the arts, the dance world has been devastated by the pandemic. The art form is fueled by the kinetic energy of bodies in motion, an energy that soars over the footlights to engage an audience with an impact not just artistic, but visceral. The loss of that communal experience between performer and audience has been reverberating painfully for months, and has come with dire economic losses, closures, and cancellations.