This week is your last chance to see Can Can and Prom Queen's tribute to the enigmatic—and equally problematic—Mata Hari at Femme Fatale. Credit: Nate Watters
This week is your last chance to see Can Can and Prom Queens tribute to the enigmatic—and equally problematic—Mata Hari at Femme Fatale.
This week is your last chance to see Can Can and Prom Queen’s tribute to the enigmatic—and equally problematic—Mata Hari at Femme Fatale. Nate Watters

Our music critics have already chosen the 43 best music shows this week, but now it’s our arts critics’ turn. Here are their picks for the best events in every genre—from French Cinema Now to the Fresh Hop Ale Festival, and from a conversation about the state of American journalism with NPR’s Joshua Johnson to the closing of MUSE: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.

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READINGS & TALKS
Preti Taneja: We That Are Young
Taneja’s retelling of King Lear, transplanted to a powerful business family in New Delhi, uses the familiar elements of an aging titan, his virtuous but rebellious daughter, her bloodthirsty sisters, and their psychopath half-brother. It’s been getting great reviews in the UK: After awarding it the prestigious Desmond Elliott prize, the judges actually called it “awe-inspiring.” And it’s only Taneja’s first novel!

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