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During a recent rehearsal at the New England Conservatory, Yeesun Kim listens to students who will be part of a 56 cello orchestra playing the Bach Cello Suites for a tribute to Pablo Casals. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Pablo Casals Made Bach's Cello Suites Famous. Now, Boston Cellists Are Convening To Celebrate Their Hero

Luana Morales, a birth, death, and ancestral healing arts practitioner, honors those who died during and in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. (Courtesy Emilio Guillermo)

With This Evening Of Rituals, Members Of The Puerto Rican Diaspora Grapple With The Trauma Of Hurricane Maria

Oct 18, 2019

Chadwick Stokes & the Pintos. (Courtesy)

Chadwick Stokes' New Song Addresses The Immigration Crisis — From Space

Oct 18, 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)

Bong Joon Ho's Thriller 'Parasite' Rails Against Systemic Inequality Between Rich And Poor

Oct 18, 2019

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Berklee College of Music. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Berklee President Roger H. Brown To Step Down In 2021

Oct 17, 2019

Ben Swimmer and David Picariello in "Trayf." (Courtesy Andrew Brilliant/Brilliant Pictures)

In 'Trayf' At New Rep, Faith And Friendship Is Tested When The World Comes Crashing In

Oct 17, 2019

Lovely Hoffman as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Pier Lamia Porter as Marie Knight in rehearsal for "Marie and Rosetta." (Courtesy Kelly Gaudet)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, From The Boston Book Festival To 'Marie And Rosetta'

Oct 17, 2019

Reena Saini Kallat's "Woven Chronicle," as seen installed at the Museum of Modern Art, will be included in the ICA's exhibition. (Courtesy Jonathan Muzikar/The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY)

At The ICA, 'When Home Won’t Let You Stay' Explores The Migration Experience

Oct 17, 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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In 'Pain And Glory,' Pedro Almodóvar Tells A Tale Of An Aging Filmmaker Who Has Run Out Of Stories

Oct 16, 2019

“The eyes were the ‘ah ha’ moment for us,” says curator Dan Finamore, “because we knew that Rush always carved his pupils and then did a little deeply radiated line around for the iris. But with all that paint we could just stare down into the blank pit of the eyes.”

How CSI-Style Science Helped The Peabody Essex Museum Tell A Rare Female Form's Story

04:59Oct 15, 2019

Alicja Kwade, "Trans-For-Men 11 (Fibonacci)," 2019. (Courtesy Winsing Arts Foundation, Taiwan)

At MIT List, Alicja Kwade's 'In Between Glances' Asks Whether We Can Believe Our Eyes

Oct 15, 2019

Author Daphne Kalotay. (Courtesy Eric Antoniou)

In Life And Work, War Is Personal For Author Daphne Kalotay

Oct 15, 2019

Mapmaker James Ives created this mechanical map to help people, especially students, visualize the changes that happened during the 19th century. The top map labels the tribes that occupied different regions, while the lower layers represents the territorial growth of the United States. (Courtesy Aram Boghosian)

This Map Exhibit Draws A Darker U.S. History — Of Expansion Into Native Lands

Oct 14, 2019

The Courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from the windows of the Dutch Room. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Carrying On Isabella's Legacy, Gardner Museum Celebrates Its Artists-In-Residence

Oct 11, 2019

Lovely Hoffman as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Pier Lamia Porter as Marie Knight in rehearsal for "Marie and Rosetta." (Courtesy Kelly Gaudet)

Front Porch And GBSC Tell The Untold Story Of The Mother Of Rock 'N' Roll Rosetta Tharpe

Oct 11, 2019

Sophy Tuttle's "Monarch Butterfly & Milkweed" on Governors Avenue in Medford. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Medford's Electrical Boxes Are Now Covered With Plants And Animals Of The Mystic River Watershed

Oct 9, 2019

Editor's Picks

Daniela Rivera's "Tilted Heritage," created in 2015 with ash on canvas and stretcher bars. (Courtesy of the artist)

In ‘Labored Landscapes,’ Artist Daniela Rivera Reveals Her New Reality

Detail of "The Cross," created with woven Winston packaging made at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola in the 1950s. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

This Exhibit Showcases The Ingenuity Of Artists Behind Bars

Carolina Eyck plays the theremin. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Beyond Sci-Fi: The Theremin Gets A 100th Birthday Concert 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

ArtsEmerson Artistic Director David Dower Introduces ArtsEmerson's production of "Passengers" with Executive Director David Howse (Alberto Montalvo for WBUR)

How ArtsEmerson Serves As A Model For Equity In The Arts

A glimpse inside Yayoi Kusama's "Love Is Calling" at the ICA. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The ICA's New Infinity Mirror Room Satiates Our Era's Desire To See And Be Seen

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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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