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The Education of Stephanie Umoh
A surprise opportunity adds a twist to Stephanie Umoh's final days at Boston Conservatory.
- Video Watch Umoh perform
Things to Do
Family Entertainment
Boston Globe writers share strategies for satisfying many kinds of kid — from the hipster to the hiker.
Photos
Rebirth of the ICA
We look back at some key people and principal exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art since its waterfront opening.
2007, the year in arts
Take a look back at the local theater, dance, and visual arts scenes of 2007.
Comedy
globe critics
Features
Photo Gallery
Video
Review UniverSoul's thrills are inclusive, inventive, and fun
Audio Slideshow
From streets to gallery
The artist known as Skunk puts a new spin on old bicycle parts and odd bits of junk.
Audio Slideshow
Art Review Earth in the balance
Hub galleries
Fourteen key galleries will have subdivided, closed, moved, or gone on hiatus by the end of the summer.
- Map Changing gallery landscape
- Photos Galleries on the move
Video
62nd annual Tony Awards
- Photos Onstage highlights
- Photos Red carpet
Museum thrives after expansion
Five years after its expansion, the well supported, well attended Peabody Essex Museum hasn't slowed down.
A spotlight on actors' struggles
"The central issue of the play really comes down to how the wounds of the heart are answered by the act of storytelling," says playwright Theresa Rebeck of her work "The Understudy."
The Bard hits the Common
The 13th annual free showing of Shakespeare on Boston Common has commenced, drawing thousands to watch "As You Like It."
Dance Review
Movement and drama combine in 'Rebound'
"Rebound," Conny Janssen's 60-minute 2005 quintet for men, is a thoughtful, powerful dance-theater piece.
Stage review
With wit and wisdom, Tingle throws his chat into the ring
While some political campaigns are unintentionally laughable, Cambridge-based comedian Jimmy Tingle is determined to inject humor into the process.
Art Review
Jewelry dazzles in MFA exhibit
The Museum of Fine Art's small but dazzling exhibit "Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry" is spellbinding and should not be missed.
Dance
In step with her dancers
Choreographer Sara Rudner (left) is a master of rhythm, deftly weaving improvisatory moments into ensemble sections of precise, intricate counterpoint.
- Event Details 'Dancing-on-View: The ICA Variations'
More from the globe
- Dance Review Movement and drama combine in 'Rebound' (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Stage review With wit and wisdom, Tingle throws his chat into the ring (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Heads Up Theater (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Quick picks Theater (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- As they like it (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Dance Review A fast-paced show blurs the lines (Boston Globe, 7/25/08)
- Epic proportions (Boston Globe, 7/25/08)
- Critics' picks Theater (Boston Globe, 7/25/08)
- Stages A delay for 'Nice Work' with Harry Connick Jr. (Boston Globe, 7/25/08)
- Comedy Notes 'Soup' to nuts, Joel McHale has it covered (Boston Globe, 7/25/08)
From the wires
performing arts
- De Vega upstages the Bard at Stratford Festival (AP, 7/22/08)
- Piven, Esparza and Moss set for 'Speed-The-Plow' (AP, 7/22/08)
- Richard Nelson dissects fans of all-things English (AP, 7/24/08)
- Demand extends 'Little House' musical run 2 weeks (AP, 7/24/08)
- Scalia takes to stage to tell lawyers how to win (AP, 7/25/08)
visual arts
- Baghdad muralists resist push for sectarian themes (AP, 7/25/08)
- Analyst cuts rating on Tiffany to 'Sell' (AP, 7/25/08)
- China paper censored for Tiananmen photo (AP, 7/25/08)
- Stolen paintings ordered returned to owner (AP, 7/25/08)
- Alfredsson sets Evian record, but Park leads by 1 (AP, 7/25/08)