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Jimmy Tingle video series

Watch video excerpts of local comedian Jimmy Tingle campaigning for president as part of his comedy show.

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Local comedy clubs

A roundup of big, small, and underground comedy clubs in and around Boston. You just might catch the next big thing.
'The Tea,' Mary Stevenson Cassatt

Must-see works at MFA

Here are the 10 must-see pieces in the MFA's new wing, plus more marvels. Audio by Globe art critic Sebastian Smee.
Culture Desk blog
BSO names Andris Nelsons music director, succeeding James Levine
Andris Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s new music director, is half James Levine’s age, loves Michael Jackson, and intends to build a close relationship with Boston.
Go To It blog
Weekend event picks, May 17-19 From left: "Pirates of Penzance" (Matthew Gregory Hollis); "Dead...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Gardner's new wing

Museum director Anne Hawley weathered some storms to see the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's expansion through.
Paramore
Music

Upcoming concerts

Pop-punk group Paramore plays the House of Blues on May 15 at 7 p.m.

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Interactive guide to the MFA's new wing

The MFA takes wing

An interactive guide to the Museum of Fine Arts' new Arts of the Americas Wing – a $504M expansion that was more than 10 years in the making.
The Salon

360° at the MFA

See the salon-style room, which features work by American artists who embarked on the European "Grand Tour."
2012 Tony Awards
Steve Kazee and the cast of 'Once'

Tony Awards highlights

"Once" was the night's big winner, taking home eight Tony Awards, including best musical.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
In the news

BSO names Andris Nelsons
music director

The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced Thursday morning Andris Nelsons would become the 15th music director in the BSO’s 132-year history.
Stage review
'An Iliad' (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times/File)

O’Hare is mesmerizing in ArtsEmerson’s ‘An Iliad’

Denis O’Hare (pictured performing last year in New York) stars in the ArtsEmerson production of “An Iliad.’’ The performance he gives is nothing short of mesmerizing.
Stage review
In 'Looped,' a hard-living legend can't stay on script

In 'Looped,' a hard-living legend can't stay on script

Stefanie Powers, who costarred with Tallulah Bankhead in the 1965 B-movie “Die! Die! My Darling!,’’ is portraying Tallulah, and pretty delectably, too.
Dance Review
'Chroma' spins from grit to lyricism to classicism

'Chroma' spins from grit to lyricism to classicism

The Boston Ballet dancers astonish with their master of the choreography, contorting this way and that with remarkable intensity.
Boston Ballet presents 'Chroma'

Theater

Arabian Nights
Through June 16

'In the Heights' at Stanford Calderwood Pavillion

‘In the Heights” refers to an exhilarated state of mind as well as a vibrant city neighborhood. A vivacious ensemble creates a community of absolutely irresistible characters.

Family

Blue Discoveries Family Day at the New England Aquarium
May 18

Blue Discoveries Family Day at the New England Aquarium

Attend the venue with the whole family for educational and entertaining fun.

Visual Arts

Arabian Nights
Through July

Struggle for Civil Rights photo exhibit

The Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover is displaying an exhibit that takes viewers through the civil rights era.

Dance

Comedy

Kevin James at Orpheum
May 31

Kevin James at Orpheum

From TV guest appearances to a film career, funnyman Kavin James has built his stardom thanks to his "everyman" appeal.