‘Van Gogh: Brush With Genius’ Fleet Center 4 p.m. Daily until April 30 $10
Vincent van Gogh suffered an ignoble death, dispossessed and paralyzed with debt. Despite modern admiration, his Parisian peers couldn’t have been more apathetic. Thankfully, things have changed since then ‘mdash; in ‘Van Gogh: Brush With Genius’ (forgive the title), the post-impressionist superstar is paid tribute with fanfare only IMAX could provide: Sunflowers and sun-flecked fields span both the French countryside and the Fleet Center’s staggering 72 foot screen. (EG)
Ximena Sari’ntilde;ana House of Blues April 26 $22
Ximena Sari’ntilde;ana is more than a sexy name ‘mdash; she’s got a Berklee diploma, prettier piano fingers than Norah Jones and a voice like early Julieta Venegas. Her 2008 album Mediocre is anything but ‘mdash; produced by Tweety Gonzalez of Soda Stereo and Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler, the debut offers an electronica-lifted posy of blissful rock riffs, jazz-pop rhythms and acoustic cool-downs. The former actress has successfully peeled from soapy telenovelas to score a venerable spot on the Latin charts. (SM)