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Harvard Crimson president Kristine Guillaume and director Greta Gerwig at The Wing in Boston (Courtesy Kayana Szymczak)

Greta Gerwig Wants 'Little Women' To Be Great Or Nothing

The music video for Alec Hutson's "Zebra" takes viewers on a reflective, transforming journey through seasons, moods and emotions. (Courtesy of Alec Hutson)

Watch The Music Video Premiere Of Alec Hutson's 'Zebra,' A Reflection On The Constant Of Change

Dec 6, 2019

Album art for "Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits." (Courtesy)

Women Take On The Music Of Tom Waits

Dec 6, 2019

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5 Things To Do This Weekend, From 'Black Nativity' To Illuminus

Dec 5, 2019

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Becca Albee, "Untitled (Postcard Side A: Robert Blanchon Papers, Fales Archive, 2:15 pm EST, May 15, 2019)," 2019. (Courtesy the artist, The Estate of Robert Blanchon and NYU Special Collections)

At MIT's List, Artist Becca Albee Interweaves Friendship And Horseshoe Crabs

Dec 5, 2019

Ibrahima Traore and Mame Bineta Sane in “Atlantics.” (Courtesy Netflix)

Spellbinding 'Atlantics' Is An Ethnographic Study That Turns Mystic

Dec 5, 2019

Museum of Science in Boston. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)

Museum Of Science Announces New President

Dec 4, 2019

A poster with Gerri Santoro's portrait. (Courtesy)

25 Years Later, 'Leona’s Sister Gerri' Reminds Us Of The Complexity Storytelling Brings To The Abortion Debate

Dec 3, 2019

The Holiday Season

8 Boston Holiday Shows For New England Newcomers

These activities are great whether you're experiencing your first holiday season in Boston or have been a Bostonian your whole life.

Tuesday, December 3rd at 5 AM

Visit These 13 Artisan Markets For Holiday Gifts

Holiday shopping can be a nightmare. But you can ease the stress and guilt a little by ditching the mall and forgoing Black Friday for local markets instead.

Wednesday, November 27th at 5 AM

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Up Next: Local Musicians On The Rise

Rapper Latrell James. (Courtesy Niklas Weikert)

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

The Dorchester-born rapper adopted a different approach to crafting his songs. He stopped writing, started emoting.

04:39Jun 28, 2019

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

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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Jamila Woods at WBUR. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Jamila Woods Creates Self-Portraits Of Blackness Through Her Music

Dec 4, 2019

Kamayan feast at Tanám. (Courtesy Rita Tinega/VisualMag)

Tanám Wants To Tell The Stories Not Being Told — Through Food

Dec 4, 2019

Boston Children's Theatre Files For Bankruptcy And Cancels Productions

The organization has been in the midst of tremendous upheaval after the resignation of former executive artistic director, Burgess Clark, last month.

Nov 28, 2019

The artist studios at the Boston Center for the Arts. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

BCA Delays Launch Of Its New Residency Program By 1 Year

Dec 3, 2019

The album art for Brandie Blaze's upcoming album "Late Bloomer." (Courtesy)

Watch Feminist Rapper Brandie Blaze Strut The Catwalk In Her New Music Video

Dec 2, 2019

The cast of "Knives Out." (Courtesy Claire Folger/Lionsgate)

'Knives Out' Is A Murder Mystery Whodunit That Upends Expectations

Nov 26, 2019

Dean Lucker's "Swinger." (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

This Craft Exhibition Will Make You Feel Like A Kid Again

04:54Nov 22, 2019

Emilio Delgado and Hugo E. Carbajal in "Quixote Nuevo" at the Huntington Theatre Company. (Courtesy T Charles Erickson)

The Huntington Presents A Don Quixote For Our Times, Muchas Gracias

Nov 22, 2019

Editor's Picks

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

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

Poet Porsha Olayiwola. (Courtesy Button Poetry)

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

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

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

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

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The ARTery 25

(OJ Slaughter for WBUR)

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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