Compass A&E

Let’s face it, this is a terrifying time: We are living in quarantine and trying to avoid infection from a potentially fatal disease.

Counter-intuitively, this might be the perfect time to check out two horror offerings from Netflix.

A show of work by Lakeville, Conn., artist Karen Le­Sage opens on Friday, May 29, at the Ober  Gallery in Kent Barns, 6 North Main St. in Kent, Conn.

LeSage has a devoted following; her last show at the gallery sold out.

The screens are dark, the doors are closed and there’s no popcorn for now at The Moviehouse in Millerton, N.Y., but owner and co-founder Carol Sadlon has been working hard to provide entertainment to her community, with “streaming” presentations of films, opera and more.

A two-person show of work by a painter from Canada and a sculptor from Boulder, Colo., will open on June 6 at Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 7 Fulling Lane in Kent, Conn.

Everyone is baking and that means there is no King Arthur flour to be found at any local stores or even at the King Arthur website.

But there’s plenty of flour at Wild Hive Farm Community Grain Project in Clinton Corners, N.Y., which has tons of it (literally).

In the May 14 Compass, we wrote about historical societies and artists who are trying to collect images and texts that will someday remind us of how completely weird this year has been.

Perhaps you think the headline, above, adds too much sizzle to what might seem a dusty 19th-century novel. But I will contend that “Madame Bovary” was a notorious kind of a character whose downfall is still relevant to the modern world. 

By now you’ve probably heard Scottish sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter doing hilarious play-by-play commentary as his two dogs, Olive and Mabel, do what dogs do (eat, play, swim). 

Cotter is one of a handful of sportscasters who has been dedicating their expertise to activities that do not involve balls, cleats or sweat.