Sheer Mag Rocks the Black Cat
For all of the power and velocity of her screaming-mimi voice, Sheer Mag lead singer Tina Hallaway can be awfully shy on stage. Raging through the band’s headlining show Wednesday…
Friday TV: ‘Disjointed’ Flames Out
Proof that Netflix is ordering more shows than it needs to is the new “Disjointed” (Netflix, streaming), a new Chuck Lorre sitcom starring Kathy Bates as the proprietor of a…
Thursday TV: Elián Gonzalez, All Grown Up
Elián Gonzalez, the 5-year-old boy who, rescued from the sea while en route to the U.S., and famously returned to Cuba in 1999, is now 23 and something of a folk…
Wednesday TV: Now, to Saturn and Beyond
Public television tosses the eclipse glasses but keeps its eye on space with a two hour special marking the 40th anniversary of NASA’s Voyager mission which has sailed past Jupiter,…
Tuesday TV: ‘Black Girls Rock’ on BET
Taraji P. Henson hosts the ninth “Black Girls Rock!” (BET, 8 p.m.) event from Newark, an event that’s hardly about rock at all, but mostly about the achievement of African…
Regarding Looking at the Sun
You’d think the sky was a BB gun, aiming to put your eye out every time there’s an eclipse. But Angela Des Jardins, director of the Montana Space Grant Consortium…
Monday TV: That Thing in the Sky
It happens every 18 months. But since most of the earth is water, a lot of people on land don’t see a total solar eclipse. The people of American have…
Remembering Jerry Lewis, 1926-2017
Dying Sunday at 91, two weeks before another Labor Day, Jerry Lewis was spared watching another Muscular Dystrophy Telethon without him. Lewis, who helped create the annual event, had been…
Sunday TV: A Number of Returning Shows
The funny “Episodes” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) is back for its fifth and final season and it finds Matt Le Blanc a hit on a game show called “The Box.” Meanwhile,…
Saturday TV: ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Returns
“Halt and Catch Fire” (AMC returns for its fourth and final season on a Saturday, which would be an insult except that there area already too many things to watch…