Best Of 2016The ARTery's year in review of arts and culture.How 2016 Became The Year Of The Black Woman ArtistBlack music pushed boundaries socially and politically while providing enormous emotional reprieve, writes Candace McDuffie.Local CoverageDec 30, 2016What Struck A Chord On The Classical Scene In Boston This YearClassical music critic Lloyd Schwartz takes a comprehensive look back at the year from the losses of Phyllis Curtin and Jules Eskin to a new artistic partner at the Boston...Local CoverageDec 28, 201615 Public Art Projects Around Boston 2016 Brought UsStuck to walls, through parks, on storefronts, inside subway stations -- some of the most exciting art happened in public this year.Local CoverageDec 28, 2016Our Favorite Productions On Local Stages This YearOur team of theater critics -- Carolyn Clay, Ed Siegel, Jeremy D. Goodwin and Kilian Melloy -- roundup the best productions on local stages in 2016.Local CoverageDec 27, 201613 Best Classical Music Recordings Of The YearFrom Roomful of Teeth's "Partita for 8 Voices" to Chiara String Quartet's "Bartók, By Heart," critic Keith Powers looks back at the year in classical (in mostly chamber settings) recordings.Local CoverageDec 27, 2016AdvertisementOur Critics Rank Their 5 Favorite Films This YearWith a wide range of choices, "Manchester by the Sea," "Moonlight" and "Certain Women" show up on more than one list. Local CoverageDec 26, 2016Spending Time Listening To Old Friends In An Uncertain AgeAt a time in which the political landscape of the country, if not the world, is frightening, critic Ed Siegel lays out the 10 albums that have soothed his soul....Local CoverageDec 21, 2016Our 10 Favorite Pop-ish Albums Of 2016Each of these albums exist in a world all its own. All deal in the dark fundamentals of the human condition, but taken together, it's striking how much hope they...Local CoverageDec 19, 20165 Poetry Books With A Boston Connection You Should ReadFrom Robert Pinsky's "At the Foundling Hospital" to a newly edited version of William Wordsworth's "The Prelude," critic Lloyd Schwartz shares his favorites from 2016.Local CoverageDec 15, 2016The Best Books Of 2016Our team of ARTery book critics share the 20 best reads they had this year. Local CoverageDec 14, 2016
How 2016 Became The Year Of The Black Woman ArtistBlack music pushed boundaries socially and politically while providing enormous emotional reprieve, writes Candace McDuffie.Local CoverageDec 30, 2016
What Struck A Chord On The Classical Scene In Boston This YearClassical music critic Lloyd Schwartz takes a comprehensive look back at the year from the losses of Phyllis Curtin and Jules Eskin to a new artistic partner at the Boston...Local CoverageDec 28, 2016
15 Public Art Projects Around Boston 2016 Brought UsStuck to walls, through parks, on storefronts, inside subway stations -- some of the most exciting art happened in public this year.Local CoverageDec 28, 2016
Our Favorite Productions On Local Stages This YearOur team of theater critics -- Carolyn Clay, Ed Siegel, Jeremy D. Goodwin and Kilian Melloy -- roundup the best productions on local stages in 2016.Local CoverageDec 27, 2016
13 Best Classical Music Recordings Of The YearFrom Roomful of Teeth's "Partita for 8 Voices" to Chiara String Quartet's "Bartók, By Heart," critic Keith Powers looks back at the year in classical (in mostly chamber settings) recordings.Local CoverageDec 27, 2016
Our Critics Rank Their 5 Favorite Films This YearWith a wide range of choices, "Manchester by the Sea," "Moonlight" and "Certain Women" show up on more than one list. Local CoverageDec 26, 2016
Spending Time Listening To Old Friends In An Uncertain AgeAt a time in which the political landscape of the country, if not the world, is frightening, critic Ed Siegel lays out the 10 albums that have soothed his soul....Local CoverageDec 21, 2016
Our 10 Favorite Pop-ish Albums Of 2016Each of these albums exist in a world all its own. All deal in the dark fundamentals of the human condition, but taken together, it's striking how much hope they...Local CoverageDec 19, 2016
5 Poetry Books With A Boston Connection You Should ReadFrom Robert Pinsky's "At the Foundling Hospital" to a newly edited version of William Wordsworth's "The Prelude," critic Lloyd Schwartz shares his favorites from 2016.Local CoverageDec 15, 2016
The Best Books Of 2016Our team of ARTery book critics share the 20 best reads they had this year. Local CoverageDec 14, 2016
