Dianna Bell

Senior Editor, Arts & Culture

Dianna Bell is senior editor of arts and culture for WBUR. She graduated from High Point University with a bachelor's degree in media and pop culture studies, and with a master's in arts journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Recently published

Duane Slick, "Crafting a Consequential Narrative," 2020. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

These artists shared what inspired them in 2023

As we reflect on the year, and all of the moments that brought us joy, we checked in with a group of folks that have inspired us at WBUR: members...

Arts & Culture

Dec 14, 2023

The 2023 Makers (left to right): Gabriel Sosa, Dzidzor, Szu-Chieh Yun, Arson Fahim, Rixy, Alex Diaz, Kimaya Diggs, Alison Croney Moses, Alison Qu. Not pictured: Danny Rivera. (OJ Slaughter for WBUR)

WBUR Presents: The 2023 Makers

These 10 artists of color are interrogating the past, reframing the present day and imagining a better future.

Arts & Culture

Oct 16, 2023

Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924, United States), "Travel Album: India, Pakistan, Yemen, and Egypt, Volume VI, page 38, 1884." Bound album including collected photographs, found papers, pressed botanicals, and pen and ink annotations. (Courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston)

5 things to do this weekend, including an improv show and a travel-inspired exhibit at the Gardner Museum

Plus, SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of “Fairview” and the Somerville Writers & Readers Winter Market.

Arts & Culture

Mar 9, 2023

Artist Robert Greene's "mixer" on display in The Umbrella Arts Center's 2022 Art Ramble in Concord's Hapgood Wright Town Forest. (Courtesy Ron Mann)

5 things to do this weekend, including an artsy ramble in the woods and a Brooke Adams double feature

Plus, the return of the musical “SIX” and the world premiere of Boston Opera Collaborative’s “Love in the Time Of…”

Arts & Culture

Nov 10, 2022

The cast of Boston Lyric Opera's "La bohème." (Courtesy Olivia Moon)

5 things to do this weekend, including a reverse staging of 'La bohème' and a screening of 'Nosferatu'

Plus, Latinx Heritage Night at the MFA and the annual open studios in Roxbury.

Arts & Culture

Sep 29, 2022

WBUR Presents: The Makers

These artists of color are leaving their imprint on Massachusetts and elevating their artforms.

Arts & Culture

Sep 19, 2022

Lia Cirio in Mikko Nissinen's "Swan Lake." (Courtesy Rosalie O'Connor/Boston Ballet)

5 things to do this weekend, including Boston Ballet's 'Swan Lake' and the Coolidge Corner Arts Festival

Plus, a chamber orchestra performance celebrating Pride Month and a world premier from Guerilla Opera.

Arts & Culture

Jun 2, 2022

The Boston Pops perform at the Hatch Memorial Shell during a previous July 4 performance. (Courtesy of Michael Blanchard/BSO)

Pops' Fourth of July spectacular returns to Boston for first time since pandemic began

For the first time since 2019, the Boston Pops will return to the Charles River Esplanade for the Fireworks Spectacular.

Arts & Culture

May 26, 2022

Aerial view of Boston Calling in 2017. (Courtesy Boston Calling)

5 things to do this weekend, including the return of Boston Calling and the ICA's Watershed

Plus, a massive display of American flags for Memorial Day and New Rep's New Voices Theatre Festival.

Arts & Culture

May 26, 2022

Borromeo Quartet. (Courtesy Borromeo Quartet/Richard Bowditch)

5 things to do this weekend, including a Borromeo String Quartet performance and the Boston Comics in Color Festival

Plus, a first listen to Guerilla Opera's upcoming production and a day of climate action at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Arts & Culture

Apr 21, 2022