Local bestsellers for the week ended April 21

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Lesbian bars are disappearing nationwide, but there are signs of life in Mass.

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DANCE REVIEW - Boston Ballet scores with 'Kingdom of the Shades' and 'Carmen' Complementary tales of love gone wrong, "Kingdom of the Shades" and "Carmen" make for a thoughtful program, and Thursday's opening-night performance was superb.

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Your Week Ahead -- Five things to do around Boston, April 29-May 5 -- Solve a murder mystery, attend a sustainability fashion show, and more.

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MUSIC REVIEW -- BSO delivers dose of history along with American premiere of 'The Wrath of God' -- The orchestra did superbly with the difficult score, as they did with the German composer Detlev Glanert's Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra.

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TV CRITIC'S CORNER -- Dan Rather returns to CBS Sunday, but not the era he embodied -- The big news about Rather, 92, is that he will be on "CBS Sunday Morning," his first appearance on the network since it fired him, in 2006.

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Author readings around Boston through May 4

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Working Artist: For Sydney Skybetter, dance and technology go hand in hand

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TV GPS: 'The Jinx' is back, Conan has left the country

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SAY MORE -- As Earth Week ends, here are five takeaways on the climate crisis from Elizabeth Kolbert -- New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert's latest book on climate change will surprise readers. It's an illustrated book for adults.

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STAGE REVIEW - Robert Frost, with help from Gordon Clapp, takes the stage at the Calderwood Pavilion - Gordon Clapp stars as Robert Frost at the Calderwood Pavilion.

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At Mass MoCA, Joseph Grigely invites visitors into his rich silence -- The artist lost his hearing at age 10. His exhibition "In What Way Wham?" explores a world of conversation made with the hands.

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Damn! Damn! Damn! 'Good Times' turns 50 -- 'Netflix can keep its new animated show to itself,' says Globe film critic Odie Henderson. 'Consider this appreciation of the original my public protest.'

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'Remembering Gene Wilder' and his one-of-a-kind screen career -- A new documentary at the Coolidge celebrates the comedic star of "Blazing Saddles" and "Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

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Everything we learned from the new episode of 'Quiet on Set' -- Investigation Discovery aired a bonus episode of its documentary "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" on Sunday night.

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Independent Film Festival Boston turns 21: 'We see the festival and the city as kind of intertwined'

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National College Decision Day isn't a referendum on how well you did as a parent

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Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

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Palaver Strings marks a decade of invention

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Subversive, self-referential 'Strange Loop' gets its Boston premiere

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Why two hours of Bach keeps selling out the house

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Steve Carell and John Krasinski had a mini 'The Office' reunion while making new movie 'IF'

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In 'We Grown Now,' a tragic event tests the friendship between two 12-year-old boys

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Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist, dies at 80

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James Marcus documents a personal relationship with Emerson in 'Glad to the Brink of Fear'

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Jerry Seinfeld talks JFK, Bill Burr, and feeding his inner child with 'Unfrosted'

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A cultural history of female pleasure from MIT Press; Mass Poetry's first teen spoken word festival; and more

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Another movie star returns to TV

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Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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'The Road to Ruane' tells the story of an antic, unforgettable character in Boston's music scene

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At the MFA, 'Songs for Modern Japan' is music for the eyes

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Artists and fans mark Bandcamp Fridays on their calendars

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2024 Oscars predictions -- Will 'Barbie' get shut out? Will 'Oppenheimer' dominate? Will 'Poor Things' reap rich rewards? Our critic has the answers.

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See the full list of 2024 Oscar nominees -- From "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" to "The Holdovers" and "Poor Things," check out which films earned Oscar nominations.

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How to watch all the 2024 Oscar-nominated films for best picture -- Will 'Barbie' get shut out? Will 'Oppenheimer' dominate? Will 'Poor Things' reap rich rewards? Our critic has the answers.

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'The Holdovers' screenwriter David Hemingson drew on his New England prep school days for his Oscar-nominated script

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Place your Oscar bets for best documentary short -- From 'Island in Between' to 'The Barber of Little Rock,' here are the films you need to know

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Celebrate the music of the movies with these (debatably) 50 best soundtracks of all time -- A.Z. Madonna picks her favorite scores and songs

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