Lloyd Schwartz

Arts Critic

10 classical music festivals to attend this summer

An audience on the lawn of the Koussevitsky Music Shed at Tanglewood in 2018. (Courtesy Fred Collins)

Arts & Culture

Summer Classical Music Guide

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Performing Arts

WBUR's arts and culture team highlights the art exhibitions, film festivals, theater productions and more to check out this summer.

Summer Arts Guides

Arts

Music

Jacquinn Sinclair

Performing Arts Writer

16 theater productions to see in Boston and beyond this summer

An audience watches the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 2021 performance of "The Tempest." (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Summer Theater Guide

Boston

Christian Burno

Contributor

6 beach reads that provide a summer escape

Christian Burno recommends six books to read that offer escape. (Courtesy the publishers)

Summer Books Guide

Books/Poetry

Books

Charley Ruddell

Music Writer

7 albums to listen to this summer

From top left to bottom right: Pet Fox (Courtesy Anna Stromer); Yaya Bey (Courtesy Lawrence Agyei); Kal Marks (Courtesy Stephanie Andreana); Zenizen (Courtesy Opal Hoyt); Sleepyhead (Courtesy); Horse Jumper of Love (Courtesy Maria Gelsomini); and Medicine Singers (Courtesy Slavko Pusavec).

Summer Music Guide

Erin Trahan

Film Writer

10 film festivals and events to check out this summer

Conrad Ricamora and Joel Kim Booster in the film "Fire Island," which screens at the 2022 Provincetown International Film Festival. (Courtesy Jeong Park/Searchlight Pictures)

Summer Film Festival Guide

Film/TV

Pamela Reynolds

Visual Arts Writer

11 art exhibits to heat up your summer

Left: Kehinde Wiley, "Barack Obama," 2018. Right: Amy Sherald, "Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama," 2018. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Sofía Córdova, "dawn_chorusi: LAPREKUELA, 2016-2021." Video, color, original sound composition. (Courtesy of the artist/Tufts University Art Galleries)