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September 27, 2024 - Week in Review: Maggie Smith, a New England treasure hunt, and SNL at 50

Today Edgar B. Herwick III, Jared Bowen and Culture Show contributor Lisa Simmons go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.

First up: we remember actor Dame Maggie Smith, who has died at age 89. A legend of the British stage, she also won Oscars, Tonys and Golden Globes. She enchanted new generations by way of Harry Potter. And, then of course, she was the Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey everyone wanted to sit next to for her delicious courses of wit.

From there it’s a new narrative for the videogame The Legend of Zelda. It’s the princess who’s now doing the…

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