Berklee student’s search for home leads to the top of NPR’s Tiny Desk contestMae Valerio's song “Home” was recently included in NPR’s Top Shelf, a kind of finalist list of Tiny Desk contestants. They started writing the song in their first semester at...ResumeArts & Culture04:24May 6, 2024'A Strange Loop' is a portrait made of many reflections“A Strange Loop” is about a Black, queer man who is writing a musical about a Black queer man, writing a musical about a Black queer man. At its core,...Arts & CultureMay 6, 2024Worcester takes on all of Bach's worksMusic Worcester plans to play each of Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions over the next 11 years, starting this weekend and culminating with the 350th anniversary of Bach’s birth in 2035.Arts & CultureMay 3, 2024Boston's Rockwood Music Hall abruptly shuts downLess than a year after opening, the concert venue is now closed, citing poor bar sales as a cause.Arts & CultureMay 2, 2024Broadway in Boston's 'Clue' is a superbly acted whodunitIn the play, through May 5 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre, six well-heeled individuals with a lot to lose show up for a fancy dinner party on a stormy night...Arts & CultureMay 2, 2024AdvertisementTips for good writing: Follow your obsessions and press 'where it hurts'Author Steve Almond talks about what he's learned about good writing from 30 years of teaching writers. ResumeArts & Culture17:31May 2, 20245 things to do this weekend, including Star Wars Roller Derby and Somerville Open StudiosPlus, artist Elisa Hamilton's "Sightlines" exhibit and Rhythm N’ Spice Hot Sauce Fest.Arts & CultureMay 2, 2024Boston will host its first 'Public Art Triennial' in 2025Over the past 10 years, public art nonprofit Now + There has commissioned 52 participatory, site-specific sculptures and murals to enrich Boston’s landscape. The vision of the organization is expanding...Arts & CultureMay 1, 2024Local musician discovered by Fortnite after posting on RedditAt the beginning of 2023, alternative hip-hop artist WhyTri started posting videos of his music on Reddit. He didn't think much of it — for him, it was a way...ResumeArts & Culture04:48May 1, 2024Boston jazz saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr. comes into his own on 'Loveabye'His first album of all original compositions, the record is "likely to introduce one of Boston’s busiest jazz heroes to a much wider audience," writes WBUR contributor Noah Schaffer.Arts & CultureApr 30, 2024Independent Film Festival Boston serves up community and eclectic cinemaNow in its 21st year, the city’s coolest cinematic happening returns this week with another eight days of screenings, May 1-8, at Greater Boston’s finest independent theaters, showcasing 39 features...Arts & CultureApr 29, 2024Remembering jazz singer John Minnock with final album 'A Different Riff'Instead of introducing the Boston singer to new audiences, the record is coming out as a memorial. Minnock died unexpectedly on Feb. 26 at the age of 64 after a...Arts & CultureApr 26, 2024Sleuthing leads the MFA to return an Egyptian coffin to SwedenThe MFA and the Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum In Sweden worked together to correct the record on an ancient object's origins.Arts & CultureApr 26, 2024'Challengers' is a sexy soap opera about a tennis love triangleDirected by Luca Guadagnino, the time-jumping film skips around over 15 years or so, following our three main characters — played by Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor — from...Arts & CultureApr 25, 20245 things to do this weekend, including play 'A Strange Loop' and 'Ancestors and Place' at the MFAPlus, The Glitter Boys’ trip to Vegas and "Growing Through Covid-19."Arts & CultureApr 25, 2024An eco-art installation that's for the birds — literallyAt Appleton Farms in Ipswich, migratory bobolinks return each May to use the grasslands for breeding. Artist Jean Shin has installed a pastoral art installation called "Perch" highlighting the critical...ResumeArts & Culture04:55Apr 24, 2024Singer Cara Brindisi wants to talkThe singer-songwriter is seeking deeper conversation in new concert series called "Life & Lyrics."Arts & CultureApr 24, 2024Revisiting seminal Gen X film 'Reality Bites' 30 years laterDirected by Ben Stiller and starring Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke, the film "occupies an oversized spot in the cultural memory of a certain era," writes critic Sean Burns. It's...Arts & CultureApr 23, 2024Rehoboth artist adds extra dimension to Mass. emblemsRehoboth artist Hollis Machala's 26 piece "HEART of MA" series documents the state emblems of Massachusetts. The unique collection of mix-media art pieces, featuring fragments of Massachusetts' official state rock,...Arts & CultureApr 19, 2024Abolitionist Harriet Hayden's photo albums show 19th-century Black livesThe exhibit "Framing Freedom" at the Boston Athenaeum provides a nuanced look into Hayden's life and the larger anti-slavery movement in the city.Arts & CultureApr 19, 2024Next Page
Berklee student’s search for home leads to the top of NPR’s Tiny Desk contestMae Valerio's song “Home” was recently included in NPR’s Top Shelf, a kind of finalist list of Tiny Desk contestants. They started writing the song in their first semester at...ResumeArts & Culture04:24May 6, 2024
'A Strange Loop' is a portrait made of many reflections“A Strange Loop” is about a Black, queer man who is writing a musical about a Black queer man, writing a musical about a Black queer man. At its core,...Arts & CultureMay 6, 2024
Worcester takes on all of Bach's worksMusic Worcester plans to play each of Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions over the next 11 years, starting this weekend and culminating with the 350th anniversary of Bach’s birth in 2035.Arts & CultureMay 3, 2024
Boston's Rockwood Music Hall abruptly shuts downLess than a year after opening, the concert venue is now closed, citing poor bar sales as a cause.Arts & CultureMay 2, 2024
Broadway in Boston's 'Clue' is a superbly acted whodunitIn the play, through May 5 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre, six well-heeled individuals with a lot to lose show up for a fancy dinner party on a stormy night...Arts & CultureMay 2, 2024
Tips for good writing: Follow your obsessions and press 'where it hurts'Author Steve Almond talks about what he's learned about good writing from 30 years of teaching writers. ResumeArts & Culture17:31May 2, 2024
5 things to do this weekend, including Star Wars Roller Derby and Somerville Open StudiosPlus, artist Elisa Hamilton's "Sightlines" exhibit and Rhythm N’ Spice Hot Sauce Fest.Arts & CultureMay 2, 2024
Boston will host its first 'Public Art Triennial' in 2025Over the past 10 years, public art nonprofit Now + There has commissioned 52 participatory, site-specific sculptures and murals to enrich Boston’s landscape. The vision of the organization is expanding...Arts & CultureMay 1, 2024
Local musician discovered by Fortnite after posting on RedditAt the beginning of 2023, alternative hip-hop artist WhyTri started posting videos of his music on Reddit. He didn't think much of it — for him, it was a way...ResumeArts & Culture04:48May 1, 2024
Boston jazz saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr. comes into his own on 'Loveabye'His first album of all original compositions, the record is "likely to introduce one of Boston’s busiest jazz heroes to a much wider audience," writes WBUR contributor Noah Schaffer.Arts & CultureApr 30, 2024
Independent Film Festival Boston serves up community and eclectic cinemaNow in its 21st year, the city’s coolest cinematic happening returns this week with another eight days of screenings, May 1-8, at Greater Boston’s finest independent theaters, showcasing 39 features...Arts & CultureApr 29, 2024
Remembering jazz singer John Minnock with final album 'A Different Riff'Instead of introducing the Boston singer to new audiences, the record is coming out as a memorial. Minnock died unexpectedly on Feb. 26 at the age of 64 after a...Arts & CultureApr 26, 2024
Sleuthing leads the MFA to return an Egyptian coffin to SwedenThe MFA and the Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum In Sweden worked together to correct the record on an ancient object's origins.Arts & CultureApr 26, 2024
'Challengers' is a sexy soap opera about a tennis love triangleDirected by Luca Guadagnino, the time-jumping film skips around over 15 years or so, following our three main characters — played by Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor — from...Arts & CultureApr 25, 2024
5 things to do this weekend, including play 'A Strange Loop' and 'Ancestors and Place' at the MFAPlus, The Glitter Boys’ trip to Vegas and "Growing Through Covid-19."Arts & CultureApr 25, 2024
An eco-art installation that's for the birds — literallyAt Appleton Farms in Ipswich, migratory bobolinks return each May to use the grasslands for breeding. Artist Jean Shin has installed a pastoral art installation called "Perch" highlighting the critical...ResumeArts & Culture04:55Apr 24, 2024
Singer Cara Brindisi wants to talkThe singer-songwriter is seeking deeper conversation in new concert series called "Life & Lyrics."Arts & CultureApr 24, 2024
Revisiting seminal Gen X film 'Reality Bites' 30 years laterDirected by Ben Stiller and starring Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke, the film "occupies an oversized spot in the cultural memory of a certain era," writes critic Sean Burns. It's...Arts & CultureApr 23, 2024
Rehoboth artist adds extra dimension to Mass. emblemsRehoboth artist Hollis Machala's 26 piece "HEART of MA" series documents the state emblems of Massachusetts. The unique collection of mix-media art pieces, featuring fragments of Massachusetts' official state rock,...Arts & CultureApr 19, 2024
Abolitionist Harriet Hayden's photo albums show 19th-century Black livesThe exhibit "Framing Freedom" at the Boston Athenaeum provides a nuanced look into Hayden's life and the larger anti-slavery movement in the city.Arts & CultureApr 19, 2024