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Artists, researchers and soundwalkers Garnette Cadogan and Jacek Smolicki cross Harvard Bridge on a late a night walk. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

What does the city sound like? This festival wants you to walk to find out

Produced by the Harvard ArtLab and artist-researcher Jacek Smolicki, the Walking Festival of Sound features a lineup of 19 soundwalks,...

04:11Apr 15, 2026
Fitchburg Art Museum director Nick Capasso points out “Portrait of a Woman” by Eleanor Norcross to discuss the piece with artist Romayne Timms and assistant curator Sarah Harper. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston had Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Fitchburg had Eleanor Norcross

In the early 1900s a female artist dreamed of creating a museum for her Massachusetts hometown. Now the Fitchburg Art...

04:35Apr 17, 2026
Yng-Ru Chen, founder of the Praise Shadows Art Gallery on Kingston Street in Boston, Mass. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Inside art gallery Praise Shadows' new home

After five years in Brookline, the contemporary art gallery is in a new 2,000-square-foot space in downtown Boston.

Apr 16, 2026
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Vote for your favorite local 2026 NPR Tiny Desk Contest entry

There were 184 Massachusetts entries to the national contest, and we've whittled it down to 22 local finalists. Cast your...

Apr 16, 2026

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