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A Shakespearean scholar spent a year in Stephen King's private archive. Now she's sharing what she found. While researching her new book, "Monsters in the Archives," author Caroline Bicks found The Bard and the King of horror had more in common than one might think.

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Meet Everett-bred 'Beaches' musical producer Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso - Fittingly, Maloney-Prezioso worked with a childhood friend to produce the musical.

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YOUR TV GPS -- This week's TV: 'Widow's Bay,' 'The House of the Spirits,' and more -- Plus, a new docuseries on the Criterion Channel examines the lives of formerly incarcerated people as they seek employment and new beginnings.

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BOOKS - The best local book events this week - All the best local author readings and discussions from April 26-May 2

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Derrick Adams and the hard work of Black repose -- Adams is having a moment, culminating in his first major survey at the ICA.

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'Adam's Apple' spotlights a trans New Hampshire teen and a family that leads with love

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Boston's Megan Kate Nelson peels back the layers of western frontier myths

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How Apple TV's 'Widow's Bay' tips its hat to 'Jaws'

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An ocean of feeling in SpeakEasy's 'Swept Away'

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: New Edition misses out, despite leading fan vote. See the full list of inductees.

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odie henderson review - The Boston-based dark comedy 'The Drama' stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. Our critic gave it zero stars. If you knew the twist in the movie, you wouldn't go see it.

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Why isn't there a 'Real Housewives of Boston'?

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A new PBS Thoreau documentary helps convert a skeptic

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Ken Mahan -- When Mother Nature and art collide: Seeing weather through a different lens -- Together, the two exhibitions 'trace our evolving understanding of the weather, from mythology and witchcraft to science and meteorology.'

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Jenny Bartoy on her new anthology, 'No Contact,' and the complexities of family estrangement -- In the new anthology out April 21, Jenny Bartoy curates a collection of essays as an exploration of how "estrangement is a form of grief," with works by Cheryl Strayed, Nick Flynn, and Deesha Philyaw. Bartoy will be in conversation with local authors and anthology contributors Nicole Graev Lipson and Eben E. B. Bein at Belmont Books on April 29.

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New docs on Jerry West and the 'Jail Blazers' arrive in time for NBA Playoffs -- Catch up with a couple of recent documentaries, one a story of tormented heroism, one not so much, both worth watching.

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'Lorne' is a superficial portrait of a comedy legend -- You'd think you'd learn something about "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels from this documentary. But NOOOOO!

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'You don't really have any friends, do you, Dad?' Andrew McCarthy sets out to reclaim his male friendships.

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Elizabeth Warren says it's time to 'put an end to this war right now' during 'Late Show' appearance

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Noah Kahan talks new album, recreating 'Fever Pitch' scene at Fenway on Fallon

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The MFA posted pictures of a nude performance artist on Instagram. The commenters went wild.

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'Psycho' actor Anthony Perkins got married at this beachy $3.35m Wellfleet house in 1973

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After his cheating scandal, can Dave Grohl reclaim his 'nice guy' image with the new Foo Fighters album?

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Matthew Rhys, 'Widow's Bay' stars on why Massachusetts was the perfect place to film Apple TV's new series

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'Marty Supreme,' a 'Stranger Things' spinoff, plus more movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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In 'Open Machine' at the ICA, dance meets digital as artists navigate AI's influence on stage

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'The O.C.' star Ben McKenzie wants you to know: 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money'

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Evidence against singer D4vd in killing of 14-year-old girl will be revealed in court within days

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The enslavement of Native Americans is a lesser-known part of our national history. Linford D. Fisher wants to change that.

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Michael Tilson Thomas, eminent orchestra leader, dies at 81

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The empathetic 'I Swear' continues advocacy for Tourette's syndrome

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Governor Tim Walz to release 'Good Neighbors,' inspired by ICE surge in Minnesota and the pushback

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