While some leaves still stubbornly cling to their trees, the turkey is roasting in the oven, and it finally seems appropriate for Christmas decorations and music, Bay Street Theater reminds us that it is never too early to think about summer.

The first sentence of the production notes for a new documentary about Audrey Flack describes her as an octogenarian and a trailblazer. What is clear from the film and can be corroborated by anyone who knows her is that she is much more of the latter than the former.

Michael Bloomberg, the larger-than-life former mayor of New York, ubiquitous and initiative-heavy, has no greater fan than Eleanor Randolph, journalist and now biographer.

Every little hamlet should have an eatery like Bel Mare Ristorante. It is clean and casual, welcoming and very reasonably priced.