Reece Cottonâs online comedy festival celebrates âLove for Humansâ
By Nick A. Zaino III Globe correspondent,Updated May 3, 2021, 4:52 p.m.
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Reece Cotton
Reece Cotton likes a good theme show. Both in person (in pre-pandemic days) and online, she has produced shows under the banners of queer comedy, Black women in comedy, and Black men in comedy. But she would say there has been a common denominator with all of them, and thatâs âLove for Humans,â which also happens to be the name she has attached to the inaugural Comics Rising Comedy Festival, a four-night virtual stand-up show that kicks off Wednesday.
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Updated April 29, 2021, 4:01 p.m.
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MATTIEL Swampy garage rock meets snappy vintage soul in this Atlanta singer-songwriterâs tracks. She plays live for the first time in a year, debuting two songs.
April 30, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Stream at
May 1, 9 p.m. Stream at
DROPKICK MURPHYS The Celtic rockers drop their 10th album, âTurn Up That Dial,â this week; turn up the volume on their album release show and you might be able to imagine thereâs a crowd shouting along with you.
May 1, 8:30 p.m.
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Updated April 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
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DREAMERâS CIRCUS Celebrity Series presents a prerecorded concert from Copenhagen by this vibrant Danish trio. Consisting of fiddler Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen (also of the Danish String Quartet), pianist/accordionist Nikolaj Busk, and Nordic cittern player Ale Carr, the band is steeped in Nordic folk music traditions but never hesitant to give them its own distinctive spin. Live Q&A with the artists afterward.
April 9, 7:30 p.m. Watchable until April 15.
ABOLITION 2021 Abolition Apostles is hosting four concerts across the next four Fridays to raise funds for a hospitality house for families and allies of people incarcerated at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary. Among the participating performers: Kronos Quartet, The War and Treaty, Boots Riley, Brandi Carlile, Sam Amidon, Adrianne Lenker, and Vijay Iyer.