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Guide to summer arts

Summer arts

Get details on theater, dance, music concerts, family events, visual arts, and more.
Boston Globe series
Stephanie Umoh boards a plane

The Education of Stephanie Umoh

A surprise opportunity adds a twist to Stephanie Umoh's final days at Boston Conservatory.
Things to Do
Family Entertainment

Family Entertainment

Boston Globe writers share strategies for satisfying many kinds of kid — from the hipster to the hiker.
More Guide to family entertainment
Photos
The new ICA

Rebirth of the ICA

We look back at some key people and principal exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art since its waterfront opening.
Bob Taylor (left), Luke Cannon (center), and Tom Conlon of the MFA hang Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks'

2007, the year in arts

Take a look back at the local theater, dance, and visual arts scenes of 2007.

Comedy

Boston.com/comedyNew comedy section
Find comedy events, watch and submit video, see photos, and get Globe coverage.

globe critics

Sebastian Smee
Art critic
Sebastian Smee
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Features

Video
UniverSoul CircusAt the circus
Meet Onion Head, the clown from the 'hood.
Review UniverSoul's thrills are inclusive, inventive, and fun
Audio Slideshow
Skunk and Mobot the robotFrom streets to gallery
The artist known as Skunk puts a new spin on old bicycle parts and odd bits of junk.
Audio Slideshow
'Badlands''Badlands'
Art critic Sebastian Smee discusses works from the show.
Art Review Earth in the balance
Steven ZevitasHub galleries
Fourteen key galleries will have subdivided, closed, moved, or gone on hiatus by the end of the summer.
Video
MFADoors reopen
The MFA celebrates the grand reopening of its back door.
62nd annual Tony Awards
Cast members from 'South Pacific' perform at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York'South Pacific' enchants
The musical topped the list of Tony Award winners.
Stage Review
'After School Special'

Over-the-top satire makes this 'After School' special

John Kuntz's energetic "After School Special" offers a delicious treat that is as irreverent and ridiculous as ABC's original "After School Specials" were earnest.
'The Pillowman'
Stage review

A haunting 'Pillowman'

How do you wrest humor and insight out of tales of tortured children? Very gingerly - or, if you're the hot-ticket British playwright Martin McDonagh, boldly, with great art and assurance.
Stage review
Gloucester Stage Company's production of Going To St. Ives

In 'Going to St. Ives,' a stirring clash of cultures

"Going to St. Ives" is receiving a crisp and often riveting production from Gloucester Stage artistic director Eric C. Engel.
Sam Holdsworth

Artist is bitten by desire to put greenheads on canvas

Sam Holdsworth has channeled his respect for the Tabanus americanus Forester into a series of paintings now on display at the Cape Ann Museum.
'Going to St. Ives'

'St. Ives' challenges actresses

Written by Lee Blessing, "Going to St. Ives" explores the meeting of two women, from distinctly different worlds, who discover they have more in common than they thought.
'Two Girls Decorating a Cat by Candlelight,' Joseph Wright

Tricks of the light at Yale

Joseph Wright's Liverpool work is subtle and unsettling. "Two Girls Decorating a Cat by Candlelight" shows the artist's interest in candlelight scenes.
'The Metropolitan Opera: Romeo and Juliet Set,' Abelardo Morell
Art Review

Morell's photos balance austerity and playfulness

With his camera obscura photographs, Abelardo Morell explores the truism that all art is about other art.
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