The 20th edition of the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival had been scheduled for last year, and the symmetry would have been perfect: Celebrating 20 years of music in 2020. You know what happened...
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How an ALS activist prompted the Majestic’s “Frankenstein” reprise
Jesse Walker isn’t big on horror movies – they just aren’t his style. He’s more of a “Young Frankenstein” fan: Shows with humor are “more my speed,” he said. So when he watched “The Fate of...
“Silent Sky” illuminates female astronomy pioneers
Lauren Gunderson’s play is the June production of the Majestic Readers’ Theatre Company.
Summer’s most intriguing documentary films
In addition to a handful of summer feature films that are intended for, ahem, more mature filmgoers, this season is promising another bumper crop of documentaries, part of what has become a golden...
Summer movies suitable for adults
It's a rite of summer: Every year about this time (or earlier), your favorite multiplex reserves dozens of its screens for movies that (how to phrase this delicately?) skew to a somewhat younger...
‘Random World’ probes missed connections
Majestic Readers’ Theatre Company production examines ‘the life just beside your own life’
“The Fate of Frankenstein” haunts the Majestic
After nearly two centuries, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” has embedded itself into popular culture, inspiring hundreds of adaptations on screen, radio and stage. But the adaptation that almost...
Final thoughts on the Oscars
Well, there I was Sunday night, in the midst of what almost certainly is the greatest run I've had in years of predicting Oscar winners. After the first 16 categories, I was 16-0 -- including three...
For your consideration: My Oscar picks
The Academy Award ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 5 p.m., and I'll be looking for answers to big questions: What will director Steven Soderbergh, one of this year's producers, bring to the show?...