Céline Dion cancels European concerts ‘until I’m really ready to be back on stage’

Dion has canceled all her scheduled tour dates through April 2024 as she continues treatment for a rare neurological disorder. 7:04 p.m.

This physician assistant is resuscitating the forgotten ‘nurse romance novel’

What exactly is a vintage nurse romance novel? It might be more illuminating to say what it’s not. 5:33 p.m.

Dance Review

Boston Ballet’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ is alive and well

Since 1993, when it bought its current production from the Royal Ballet, Boston Ballet has staged “Sleeping Beauty” every four years or so. Thursday’s opening night suggested that every four years is scarcely often enough. 4:01 p.m.

Flowers and Opera event brings arias and show tunes to Coolidge Corner

The outdoor affair will feature a mix of classical arias, show tunes, and popular hits performed by sopranos Kathryn McKellar and Erin Anderson, accompanied on piano by Sally Naredla. 3:46 p.m.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

There will be plenty to see on ‘Talking Sopranos’

Max is airing edited video of the trivia- and inside-story-filled podcast, with cohosts — and “Sopranos” alums — Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa and guests talking, and it has added in relevant clips from the show. 2:55 p.m.

MATTHEW GILBERT

When a great show like ‘Succession’ gives us such vivid characters, now you’re talking

When it comes to the best-written shows, like “Succession,” we all want to offer our five-cents' worth on the lead players. That kind of analytical conversation has become part of the TV experience, circa 2023. 8:40 a.m.

Amid allegations of theft, Boston auction house will pull items listed for sale from Tom Petty’s estate, lawyer says

“RR Auction is withdrawing all of the lots and securing them until this matter is properly resolved,” a lawyer for the auction house said in a statement Thursday afternoon. 5:55 p.m.

Art Review

Step inside Guadalupe Maravilla’s sculptures at the ICA Watershed and prepare to heal

The artist’s traumatic journey from El Salvador to the US pervades his work, but his intention is repair. 5:27 p.m.

Odie Henderson Review | ★★1/2

‘The Eight Mountains’: This film talks about Bruno (and Pietro)

Luca Marinelli and Alessandro Borghi play lifelong friends whose platonic relationship is undermined by standard masculinity tropes. 5:24 p.m.

BOOK REVIEW

Rachel Louise Snyder’s memoir ‘Women We Buried, Women We Burned’ recounts a dark past and holds out the possibility of transformation

The memoir chronicles Snyder’s gradual emergence from an awful adolescence into a more stable, and ultimately successful, adulthood, propelled by her passion and gift for writing. 5:18 p.m.

BIBLIOPHILES

On the benefits of reading for work

Daphne Kalotay, back at her Somerville home after another school year teaching creative writing at Princeton University, is doing a series of events for her award-winning short story collection, “The Archivists: Stories.” 4:46 p.m.

BOOK REVIEW

Jane Wong’s ‘Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City’ is an intimate portrait of a working-class Chinese American family’s scars and glories

The author pairs her painfully specific knowledge of poverty, cultural dislocation, and discrimination with a poet’s conjuring skills and a sociologist’s research. 4:45 p.m.

New England Literary News

Writers publish new bilingual edition of Vietnamese poet’s work; Boston Kids Comics Fest back in person; winners of Maine Literary Awards announced

Spotlighting “Dreaming the Mountain,” a new bilingual edition of Tuê Sy's poetry; a daylong comics festival; the pick of the week; and more. 4:38 p.m.

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★★

‘You Hurt My Feelings’ is a gentle cringe comedy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays a writer who discovers her husband actually hates her new book in writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s latest film. 4:37 p.m.