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A new kind of music festival celebrates artists on the spectrum

The daylong bash on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy includes headliners like R&B star Faith Evans, whose son lives with autism, and autistic “America’s Got Talent” winner Kodi Lee.

BOOKS

Beach reads: 10 best thrillers and mysteries of 2024 so far

These juicy whodunnits deliver thrills, chills, and delicious escape for your summer vacation.

Hollywood’s video game performers head to the picket line over AI protections

The protest marks the first large labor action since game voice actors and performance workers voted to strike last week.

BOOK REVIEW

‘Circle of Hope’ is the portrait of a church in crisis, and the messy humanity that might save us all

Eliza Griswold's narrative includes character portraits of four pastors of a church that's falling apart.

BOOK REVIEW

In Jane Alison’s ‘Villa E,’ battling over a beautiful house

"Villa E" refers to a house on the French coast, now occupied by famed modern architect Le Corbusier, but earlier designed by the Irish expatriate Eileen Gray.

For local comedy scene staples, leaving Boston is about jump-starting creativity — not chasing fame

Comics Danya Trommer and Angela Sawyer are trading in the Hub for the Big Apple and the City of Brotherly Love. Here's why.

TV CRITIC’S CORNER

Way, way up there in ‘Mountain Queen’

The Netflix documentary looks at an Everest legend seeking to summit for the 10th time.

THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.


Odie Henderson review | ★★★★

In ‘Sing Sing,’ art lifts up a theater troupe of incarcerated men

Director Greg Kwedar never lets us forget how intense the taste of freedom is for these men, simply because it’s just out of reach.

Maya Rudolph will return to ‘SNL’ to play Kamala Harris this election season

Brat summer is about to turn into brat fall on “Saturday Night Live,” as Maya Rudolph will reportedly reprise her role as Vice President Kamala Harris this election season.

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

Podcasting ‘Dead Writers’ houses, a comics conversation, and Parkside Bookshop coming to the South End

Your weekly roundup of bookish information from around the region.

With Snoop Dogg, Colin Jost, Alex Cooper and other celebs at the Olympics, NBC goes for ratings gold

Early viewership numbers for this year's games are way up from 2021

How ‘Dream Corp LLC’ star Ahmed Bharoocha found his voice in Boston’s comedy scene

The Dead Kevin star and stand-up comedy teacher returns to the Boston area this week for a pair of headlining performances.

Norah O’Donnell to step down as anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’

O’Donnell will become a senior correspondent at the network and told colleagues in an email that she had signed “a long-term commitment” to CBS News.

ADDRESS | Cape & Islands

For Whitney Houston fan, each piece of memorabilia captures one moment in time

“I’m preserving a part of her legacy and a part of music history that’s not about drugs or marriage.”

REVIEW

Science and myth meet in ‘Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination,’ at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

The idea of monsters out there in international waters — and sometimes swimming right up to the shore — figures in so many cultures it would appear to be primal.