The Boston Globe - 31.08.2019

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THE BOSTON GLOBE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019

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separate and stay as friends

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INSPIRATION

‘Onecannotthinkwell,

lovewell,sleepwell,if

onehasnotdinedwell.’

VIRGINIA WOOLF

LOVE LETTERS

By Tanya Edwards

GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

T

he end of summer 2019 feels painful-

ly imminent. While summer doesn’t

technically end until Sept. 23, the

cooler air and kids heading back to

school means fall is upon us, like it or

not. Also suddenly here? Labor Day weekend, the

unofficial end of summer. And maybe you’ve been

too busy making runs for supplies and those crucial

first-day-of-school sneakers to plan a getaway this

weekend, the family or crew are burned out from a

busy summer, and you just want to keep it local. If

that’s the case, here are some ideas for a fun week-

end.

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The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICAbos-

ton.org) in the Seaport is offering free admission all

day on Labor Day, including first come, first served

water taxi trips over to East Boston for their sum-

mer installation, the ICA Watershed. Experience

the whimsy of artist Nick Cave at the Cyclorama in

the South End (bcaon-

line.org), where an installa-

tion of giant, exuberant bal-

loons is open free to the pub-

lic through the holiday

weekend.

Also open all weekend, in-

cluding Monday, The Isabella

Stewart Gardner Museum

with adult admission only $15 and children under

18 free, is still one of the best deals in town. Get

tickets in advance at GardnerMuseum.org. Head 20

minutes out of the city to Lincoln, and experience

the outsize installations at DeCordova Sculpture

Park and Museum (DeCordova.org for tickets), cur-

rently hosting the New England Biennial 2019, is

$14 for adults, and kids under 12 are free.

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Kings Dining & Entertainment is offering Dis-

ney trivia for families on Labor Day from 4 to 6

p.m., and for older kids and adults from 7 to 9 p.m.

at their suburban locations. Reserve a spot at

Kings-de.com. And, on Labor Day, kids who bring

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By Michael Andor Brodeur
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
Hello and congratulations, Week-
enders. You made it!
To the end of August, that is.
There’s still September, October, No-
vember... I mean it just keeps going.
(Take a look for yourself.) The future is
nothing but time we all have to make
it through, if you think about it. Even
if youdon’tthink about it, really. Wow.
Yikes, and apologies: I don’t usual-
ly start out so heavy. How about we get
back to the light, weekendy stuff? And
on that note, before I forget: You really
need to check out this Globe piece on
marijuana getaways — or as I can to-
tally imagine my aunt saying in a very
worried voice, “pot trips.” I’m not say-
ing I started my own two days early,
but they look like a good time, OK?
(I may be a touch threatened by an-
other section of the paper sending
readers to the dispensary followed by
freakin’ Water Wizz, so consider The
Weekender’s game officiallystepped
up.)
Where were we? Ah yes! The
boundless expanse of time vis-à-vis
this particular weekend. About that:
MILESTOGO:If, like me, the appeal

of movies for you is largely composed

of the joy of sitting, you can really lean

into that experience at the multiplex

this weekend with “Brittany Runs a

Marathon,” which Globe film critic Ty

Burr gives three stars and calls “a

crowd-pleaser that earns its runner’s

high step by sometimes awkward

step.” A “New York City empowerment

fable” (and Sundance audience-favor-

ite), it tracks Jillian Bell (my favorite

actor from “Workaholics”) as a young

woman “who [gets] her health back

and life together by setting out one

hungover morning for a run.” Says Ty,

“the movie approaches this subject the

way one might a used car, with suspi-

cion and an extra helping of mordant

humor,” and “works its way up from

the easy comic 2Ks to a more nuanced

drama of self-confidence that’s able to

go the distance.” Plus, Micheala Wat-

kins. Anational treasure.Now

screening.

SONICYOUTH:“This Is Not Berlin”

is not a film about this not being Ber-

lin, where you may very well be able to

freely drive a moving truck below vari-

ous major underpasses (unlike Bos-

ton). It’s actually about Mexico City in

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THE WEEKENDER

Billy Porter, Vivian Suter,

Leslie Jones, and way too

many creepy puppets

ANNA KOORIS, AMAZON STUDIOS

Jillian Bell (right, with Micah Stock) stars in the title role in “Brittany

Runs a Marathon.”

Summer’s

final f ling!

The sight of school buses and the

arrival of cooler air means fall is

almost upon us, like it or not.

So make this weekend count.

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