May 18, 2026: Queen Kelly's notes

We’re breaking open the old ways to impart a bit of depth, while also honoring several upcoming ends. In Amherst you have a chance to see a lost classic restored to the silver screen. Queen Kelly was a film plagued by problems and a hemorrhaging budget that was a death knell for silent movies. Tonight, Milestone Films will show their restored version of the film at Amherst Cinema. We talk with company founders Dennis Doros and Amy Heller about the nuanced work of this restoration, their mission to expand the cinematic canon, and the fun particulars of this movie that they’ll also explore in conversation. And Mr. Universe, Kainaat Studios and former Hampshire college astronomer Salman Hameed fresh from the penultimate graduation at that institution delves into the notes of Galileo that lead the world to further enlightenment on the heavens, but brought him ever closer to the chopping block.