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Lizzo is nominated for eight Grammy prizes, including best new artist. (Matthew Baker/Getty Images)

Lizzo, Billie Eilish Lead 2020 Grammy Nominations

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Cyrille Conan and Kenji Nakayama, "Sukret" (left) and "Hanv" (right). (Courtesy of the artists)

At The Distillery Gallery, 'Dear So-And-So' Explores Artistic Collaboration And Surprise

Nov 20, 2019

Tom Hanks stars as Mister Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." (Courtesy Lacey Terrell/Sony Pictures)

It Really Isn't 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood' For Mister Rogers

Nov 20, 2019

Detail of the iconic brutalist concrete of the Charles F. Hurley Building in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Landmark Or Eyesore? The Future Of Boston’s Hurley Building Is Uncertain

Nov 19, 2019

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The Baltimore Museum of Art will only buy works by women next year, as part of a yearlong series exhibiting art by women. Amy Sherald's<em> Planes, rockets, and the spaces in between </em>(2018) is among the 3,800 works by women in the museum's collection. (The Baltimore Museum of Art)

Baltimore Museum Of Art Will Only Buy Works By Women Next Year

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Nov 19, 2019

The Kim family (Woo-sik Choi, Kang-ho Song, Hye-jin Jang, So-dam Park) in Bong Joon Ho’s "Parasite." (Courtesy NEON/CJ Entertainment)

Boston Theater Needs To Start Offering Something No Screen Could Match

Nov 19, 2019

Leonard Cohen performs during Coachella in 2009. (Chris Pizzello/AP)

On 'Thanks For The Dance,' Leonard Cohen Gets A Little Help From His Friends

Nov 18, 2019

Poet Porsha Olayiwola. (Courtesy Button Poetry)

Porsha Olayiwola Releases First Poetry Collection, 'I Shimmer Sometimes, Too'

Nov 18, 2019

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Our Fall Arts Guides

A still from "The Last Trap Family." (Courtesy)

10 Films About Climate Change To See This Fall In New England

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11 Books To Read From New England Authors This Fall

Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017. (Ronald Zak/AP)

The Classical Music Events Not To Miss This Fall In Boston

The ensemble of "Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)." (Courtesy Maria Baranova)

Here Are 12 Reasons To Put Theater On Your Fall Calendar

Lizzo performs "Juice" at the MTV Movie and TV Awards on June 15, 2019. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

10 Concerts To Buy Tickets For This Fall In The Boston Area

A still from Richard Mosse’s “Incoming,” 2014-2017. His video installation will be shown as part of the ICA’s exhibition “When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art.” (Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York)

10 Art Exhibits Worth Catching This Fall

Up Next: Local Musicians On The Rise

Frances Garrett, who performs as Frances Forever. (Courtesy of the artist)

In Sad Songs With Happy Melodies, Frances Forever Captures The Uncertainty Of Young Adulthood

The bedroom pop act has attracted tens of thousands of streams on Spotify with her odd, yet accessible, songs.

07:06Aug 19, 2019

Rapper Latrell James. (Courtesy Niklas Weikert)

Latrell James Was Ready To Drop An Album. Then He Decided To Start Over From Scratch

Vocalist Aubrey Haddard. (Courtesy Darius Hale)

Aubrey Haddard Finds Power In The Subtleties Of Her Voice

Cambridge-based band Billy Wylder. (Courtesy Nate Wieselquist)

Cambridge Rock Outfit Billy Wylder Finds Its Roots In Resistance And Sound In Reverence

Photocomfort and Anjimile perform in Anjimile's apartment. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Singer-Songwriter Anjimile Mines Blissful Melodies From Melancholy Thoughts

Rapper and music producer Billy Dean Thomas at Pink Noise in Somerville. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The Radical Ambition Of Billy Dean Thomas, The ‘Queer B.I.G.’

Musician Sidney Gish. (Courtesy Xinyuan Chen)

Sidney Gish, Boston’s Bandcamp Phenom

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Maestro Gustavo Dudamel of Venezuela, left, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the traditional New Year’s Concert at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Once More With Feeling: Dudamel Returns With The LA Phil For 'Rite Of Spring'

Nov 18, 2019

A hologram of Buddy Holly performing as part of the “Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream Tour.” (Courtesy BASE Hologram Productions)

In A Rock 'N' Roll Dream, Roy Orbison And Buddy Holly Take The Stage Again (As Holograms)

Nov 18, 2019

The Totenberg sisters — Amy (from left), Nina and Jill — see their father's stolen Stradivarius for the first time in 35 years at the U.S. attorney's office in New York City on Thursday. (Lydia Thompson/NPR)

Once Stolen, Roman Totenberg’s Stradivarius Returns To The Scene Of The Crime In Cambridge

07:41Nov 15, 2019

Adam Driver as Daniel Jones in "The Report." (Courtesy Atsushi Nishijima/Amazon Studios)

Docudrama 'The Report' Details The Investigation Into The CIA's Post 9/11 Detention And Interrogation Program

Nov 15, 2019

Boston Children's Theatre And Executive Director Part Ways Amid Investigation Into Artistic Director

A Friday afternoon email also said that the theater is suspending the planned production of “A Charlie Brown Christmas."

Nov 15, 2019

Joan Baez performing in 1963. (AP Photo)

60 Years Ago, A Folk Revival Began At Passim In Cambridge

Radio Boston

15:04Nov 14, 2019

The students working on "Under Pressure." (Courtesy Four Rivers Charter Public School)

High School Seniors Put Out 1st Documentary On Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions

Nov 14, 2019

Katarina Burin and Farhad Mirza’s “a low storey between two others.” (Courtesy Peter Smith Studio)

This Gallery Show Plays With Your Memory Using The Colors And Patterns Of Childhood

Nov 12, 2019

Editor's Picks

A still from Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.” (Courtesy Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' Is A Gangster Movie To End All Gangster Movies

Tom Wesselmann, Great American Nude #36, 1962 (Courtesy Tom Wesselmann / Artists Rights Society)

From Andy Warhol To Cindy Sherman, This Exhibit Shows How Photography Influences Other Art

Terri Lyne Carrington's latest album "Waiting Game" has an activist edge (Courtesy John Watson)

Terri Lyne Carrington Shores Up Her Legacy In New Album Centered On Social Justice

Shepard Fairey stands in front of his work at a pop-up gallery at 233 Westminster St. in Providence. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

30 Years Into His Career, Shepard Fairey Still Thinks Political Art Can Create Change

The cast of "Choir Boy" with the audience on #BlackOutBoston night. (Courtesy Todd McNeel)

For Once, I Experienced Theater With A Lot Of Other Black People In Boston

Pat Falco's latest public installation in the Seaport takes the form of a full-scale mock up and shifts it to a triple decker. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

This Artist Put A Mock-Up Of A Triple-Decker In The Seaport To Make Us Think About The Housing Crisis

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The ARTery 25

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Meet The ARTery 25 — Millennials Of Color Impacting Boston Arts And Culture

This cohort of creatives is shaping Boston's arts landscape in daring and refreshing ways.

Mar 25, 2019

Layla Bermeo, assistant curator of American paintings, at the "Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular" exhibition at the MFA. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Layla Bermeo Curates Overlooked Narratives At The MFA

Tory Bullock stands in front of a new apartment block on South Huntington Avenue in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Tory Bullock Wants To Make Boston Have Uncomfortable Conversations

Artist Sneha Shrestha, at her mural "For Cambridge With Love From Nepal" in Cambridge. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Sneha Shrestha Brings Her Native Alphabet To Boston's Burgeoning Street Art Scene

Ellice Patterson dances in her wheelchair at her home in Brookline. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Dancer Ellice Patterson And Her Company Combat Ableism With Beauty

Artist and documentary filmmaker Rashin Fahandej in her Boston Center for the Arts studio in the South End. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Rashin Fahandej Wants To Help All Connect With Home

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