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March 4, 2026

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Big To-Do: Short Cuts, our midweek round-up of what’s going on around Boston, as selected by Boston Globe critics and writers.

Edit Bán, "Eating in Deportation, July-August 1945, Budapest," from "Who Will Draw Our History? Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949," in the Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University. HUNGARIAN JEWISH MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Thursday

Fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy join the Celtic All Stars to perform at the Somerville Theatre.
Rachel Weisz plays a married academic who falls for a younger man (Leo Woodall) in “Vladimir,” premiering on Netflix and also starring Boston native John Slattery.
Pixar’s latest animated adventure, “Hoppers,” leaps onto the silver screen, starring Meryl Streep and Dave Franco.
The Boston Ballet’s 2026 Winter Experience kicks off Thursday night at Citizens Opera House and runs through March 15.

Friday

Take a trip back in time with Netflix’s “The Dinosaurs,”narrated by Morgan Freeman and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
Stand-up star Dan Soder brings his “Golden Retriever of Comedy” tour to the Boch Center Shubert Theatre.

Saturday

Get a head start on St. Patrick’s Day with a family-friendly event at Natick’s Ten Trees Books, featuring children’s author Kate Jenness reading from her book “Mary McCrary the Irish Dance Fairy.”
Originally hailing from Dublin before moving stateside, comic David Nihill brings his “Taking Tangents” tour to the Wilbur.

Sunday

Bay State star Steve Carell is back on the small screen for New England native Bill Lawrence’s new show “Rooster,” premiering on HBO.
Country star Charley Crockett brings his “outlaw” sound to Roadrunner.

Ongoing

The Institute of Contemporary Art’s exhibition “Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now” continues through Aug. 2.

Last chance

Eugène Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” and “The Lesson” wrap their runs at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Plaza Black Box Theatre on Sunday.
The exhibition “An Indigenous Present” concludes its stay at the ICA on Sunday.

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Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Big To-Do: Short Cuts, our midweek round-up of what’s going on around Boston, as selected by Boston Globe critics and writers.

Edit Bán, "Eating in Deportation, July-August 1945, Budapest," from "Who Will Draw Our History? Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949," in the Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University. HUNGARIAN JEWISH MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Thursday

Fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy join the Celtic All Stars to perform at the Somerville Theatre.

Rachel Weisz plays a married academic who falls for a younger man (Leo Woodall) in “Vladimir,” premiering on Netflix and also starring Boston native John Slattery.

Pixar’s latest animated adventure, “Hoppers,” leaps onto the silver screen, starring Meryl Streep and Dave Franco.

The Boston Ballet’s 2026 Winter Experience kicks off Thursday night at Citizens Opera House and runs through March 15.

Friday

Take a trip back in time with Netflix’s “The Dinosaurs,”narrated by Morgan Freeman and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

Stand-up star Dan Soder brings his “Golden Retriever of Comedy” tour to the Boch Center Shubert Theatre.

Saturday

Get a head start on St. Patrick’s Day with a family-friendly event at Natick’s Ten Trees Books, featuring children’s author Kate Jenness reading from her book “Mary McCrary the Irish Dance Fairy.”

Originally hailing from Dublin before moving stateside, comic David Nihill brings his “Taking Tangents” tour to the Wilbur.

Sunday

Bay State star Steve Carell is back on the small screen for New England native Bill Lawrence’s new show “Rooster,” premiering on HBO.

Country star Charley Crockett brings his “outlaw” sound to Roadrunner.

Ongoing

The Institute of Contemporary Art’s exhibition “Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now” continues through Aug. 2.

Last chance

Eugène Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” and “The Lesson” wrap their runs at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Plaza Black Box Theatre on Sunday.

The exhibition “An Indigenous Present” concludes its stay at the ICA on Sunday.

Sign up here to get The Boston Globe’s latest food stories delivered to your inbox once a week.

Thanks for reading our new Wednesday newsletter. Keep an eye out for Friday's regular Big To-Do email written by Marie Morris. Send comments to arts@globe.com.