Facing an uncertain future, the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University is showcasing  treasures from its extensive collection in a satisfying, often spectacular exhibit covering the breadth of 20th century art.

The "Young Jesus Chronicles," a book of cartoons created by Framingham friends, will soon join the publisher of "Dilbert," "Calvin and Hobbes" and "The Far Side."

Challenging ingrained notions of shame, Newtonville artist Roberta Paul gives Eve a cultural makeover by contrasting Masaccio's famous 1427 painting "The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden" with her own gentler contemporary vision.

Tour brings 'Fiddler on the Roof' star Chaim Topol to Boston for what may be this last turn with "Fiddler on the Roof."

Salvatore Schiciano is the Henny Youngman of portrait painting. Using oils on canvas, he paints authors, artists, celebrities, philosophers and history's movers-and-shakers in their most recognizable and iconic poses with a dead-on realism.

Actress Michelle Mount has a lot to live up to as the sexy, hypnotic and intentioned Maggie in Concord Players' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Unlike many artists who just work in their studios, David A. Lang builds his kinetic sculptures in a place he calls "the realm of the unlikely."

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Willard Traub's photographs of a landmark carpet factory in Framingham's Saxonville neighborhood are being exhibited at the St. Botolph Club along with works by five prestigious area photographers.

Those who see Michael Jackson as only a monumentally disturbed facial surgery train wreck owe it to themselves to see "This Is It." They will discover what his fans already know: Jackson, for all his well-documented personal shortcomings, was a supremely gifted artist with enough star power to fill a constellation.