In the Globe, Names & Faces reports "The Departed" isn't the only movie filming in town. There's also a low-budget indie called "Black Irish," starring the fine actor Brendan Gleeson, who admits to hoisting a few at one of our favorite bars, The Burren in Davis Square. ... Geoff Edgers reports that top Institute of Contemporary Art fundraiser Paul Bessire is leaving the museum for a post at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The ICA has piled up $34 million toward its new home under contruction on the waterfront, but still has $28 million to go.
The Herald, meanwhile, is all about Saturday's giant Live 8 concerts, Bob Geldof's followup to Live Aid 20 years later. In particular, Sean McCarthy asks the good but embarrassing question, do they know it's Live 8? And a man-on-street sampling of Bostonians proved that even tech-savvy, politically connected younger people are pretty much clueless about the all-star festivities intended to draw attention to African poverty. Why? Well, one key reason is that the shows are timed to put pressure on next week's summit of the G8 nations, which is something that Americans know not about. Meanwhile, Sarah Rodman has a package of stories - start here - that will tell you everything you need to know.
In the Phoenix, Jon Garelick puts the current comic-book-art display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum into perspective, calling the artist-in-residence program "a sharp end run" around Gardner's ban on changing museum exhibits that has brought "a continuous buzz of contemporary artmaking." "The irony," he notes, "is that this tricky transformation is most in keeping with the spirit" the adventurous Gardner espoused.
Also in the Phoenix, Matt Ashare writes about the enduring legacy of "three geeks from Northampton" -- aka Dinosaur Jr. , who'll pass through Avalon next month on a reunion tour.
In the Berkshire Eagle, Richard Houdek enthuses about the premiere of Mark Morris' "Cargo" in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood and gets the Description of the Day award: "Katherine McDowell's brief costumes, suggesting a kind of rhapsody in underwear..."
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