Mark Shanahan

4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Shanahan

Buoyed by the positive reviews of the band’s recent series of shows in Australia and New Zealand, the Boston-bred Lemonheads are about to embark on a months-long tour that will take them from Croatia to Columbus, Ohio, with a few stops in and around Boston along the way. The 60-city tour coincides with the announcement that the band fronted by Evan Dando will finally release an album of all-new original music — the group’s first in nearly two decades — on Oct. 24.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Shanahan

The first trailer for “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” director Scott Cooper’s movie about Bruce Springsteen, has dropped and it looks slightly gloomy. The film, due out in October, is about the making of “Nebraska,” the somber, largely acoustic 1982 LP that many Springsteen fans consider to be his masterpiece.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Craig F. Walker |Mark Shanahan

Over the course of two hours, at a small dining room table in his Boston apartment, a man meticulously applies white paint, colored powders, mascara, and giant fake lashes. Finally, with the addition of a wimple and a tacky brooch, the makeover is complete. “There’s a moment, usually when I mascara my beard, when I’ll go, ‘Oh, she’s here,’” says Sister Lida Christ, packing up her mirror, sponge, and brushes.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Shanahan

Marc Maron has had enough. The comedian announced Monday that he’s ending his popular podcast, “WTF,” which he’s been doing twice a week for nearly 16 years. “We’re tired,” Maron said in the intro of Monday’s episode, speaking on behalf of himself and longtime producer Brendan McDonald. “We’re burned out.” Maron, a Boston University grad who began his stand-up career in the late ‘80s with a 10-minute guest spot at Nick’s Comedy Stop, started the podcast when his comedy career was flagging.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Shanahan

Good morning. I’m Mark Shanahan, guest-writing Starting Point to tell you about an update to my podcast about getting treated for prostate cancer, on the heels of former president Joe Biden’s diagnosis. But first, here’s what else is going on:The Trump administration told federal agencies to terminate or transfer any remaining contracts with Harvard. On NPR, Harvard president Alan Garber warned that slashing research funding “hurts the country.”In an unprecedented move, health secretary Robert F.