Shira Laucharoen is a freelance arts and culture writer for WBUR. She works as an assistant director for the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Her pieces have also appeared in Dig Boston, Boston Magazine, Sampan newspaper, and more. She is a musician and composer.
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5 things to do this weekend, including music from a Puerto Rican luminary and a festival celebrating musicians of color
Plus, Somer Fest in Somerville and the Woods Hole Film Festival.
5 things to do this weekend, including Shakespeare on the Common and sand sculpting in Revere
Plus, The Boston French Film Festival at the MFA and the Lowell Folk Festival.
5 things to do this weekend, including tap dancing in the park and a Somerville arts festival
Plus, a block party at the ICA Watershed and the world premiere of a new play produced by Company One.
9 dance events to experience this summer
From Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires to Asian American Ballet Project's Cambridge performance, there are many beautiful productions to catch this season.
Actors' Shakespeare Project offers levity with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Director Maurice Emmanuel Parent was drawn to the Bard's fantasy-driven comedy as a solution to the ongoing troubles in the world. “Sometimes, when life gets too challenging or times get...
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10 dance performances to experience in Greater Boston this spring
This season, many of the dance performances that will illuminate venues in Greater Boston relate to temporality as well as what it means to be human and mortal.
'A Man of No Importance' brings a message of hope at SpeakEasy Stage
For his last production as artistic director, Paul Daigneault selected a musical that centers the queer community. "It's a play about honoring your true, authentic self and the fear that...
Testing the limits of 'Impossible Music' at Tufts
What makes music possible? What makes it impossible? These questions inspired curators Candice Hopkins and Raven Chacon to create the exhibit exploring what defines and shapes our very concept of...
15 dance performances to enjoy in Greater Boston this winter
The season brings many productions that will inspire audiences to look into their own internal processes, touching on topics such as mental health, cycles of rebirth and the psychological experience...
11 holiday arts events to attend in Greater Boston
From nutcrackers to snow queens, there is plenty of ballet, theater, classical music and crafting to enjoy this holiday season. WBUR contributor Shira Laucharoen rounds up the events to check...