The Southbridge-raised dramaturge talks Shakespeare, her nine-play Ufot Cycle series, and how the Massachusetts identity is ...

Good morning. Today’s newsletter is a bit of a change of pace: We’re featuring images taken by Globe photographers in January that our photo editors deemed the best of the month.

With the high-energy “I AM,” Brown takes her signature interweaving of African diasporic dance forms to new heights.

In the workshops, for example, we have loyal fans of the company who want to deepen their experience of Mr. Ailey’s work and ...