WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsIn Boston, a tale of two arts districtsIs "development without displacement" truly possible? In SoWa and Nubian Square, the promise and perils of using art and culture to transform a neighborhood. PlayArts & Culture06:38Jun 22, 2022To fight displacement, artists are buying up Boston real estateBooming development is pushing artists out of the Boston neighborhoods they helped make hip. For some, there’s only one solution: buy the building.PlayArts & Culture05:42Jun 21, 2022Advertisement New effort will preserve Teen Voices, a Boston magazine that embraced girls' complexitiesWritten by and for teen girls, especially girls of color, Teen Voices started publishing in 1990. Over its 20-plus years, it evolved from a newsprint ‘zine, circulated within Boston, to...PlayArts & Culture04:26Jun 13, 2022Local band The Chelsea Curve represents retro mod pop at Boston Calling"We sort of have our own piece of Boston sound, so we're happy to represent in that way and to keep it going," said Linda Pardee, the band's bassist and...PlayArts & Culture04:54May 27, 2022No need to forage: Somerville welcomes new specialty mushroom shopTyler Akabane, who for the past decade has hunted local mushrooms and supplied high-end Boston restaurants, is opening his own shop selling mushrooms. PlayArts & Culture05:45May 18, 2022At the Venice Biennale, artist Simone Leigh centers experience of Black womenLeigh is the first Black woman to be awarded the Biennale commission for the U.S. pavilion, and she made over the pavilion to reflect just that.PlayArts & Culture04:37May 13, 2022'Girl Talk' challenges perceptions of girls’ voices in Massachusetts high school debateAfter making three insightful first-person documentaries, Lucia Small says that a long-held curiosity about why some young women start to speak up, just as others shut down, prompted her to...PlayArts & Culture04:13Apr 29, 2022From back door gigs to Duke Ellington's Orchestra, Boston's Harry Carney made the saxophone singCarney is revered by many, if not most, baritone saxophone players as the “godfather” of the instrument. He could blow and hold notes on his saxophone like few other players...PlayArts & Culture09:06Apr 29, 2022The Huntington's 'Our Daughters, Like Pillars' has family at heart Written by Kirsten Greenidge and directed by Kimberly Senior, the play is a comedy that grapples with some serious topics about family and identity.PlayArts & Culture05:00Apr 8, 2022Chris Rock tells Boston fans he's still 'processing' the slap in first performance since OscarsTickets prices for Rock's three-night engagement, part of his Ego Death World Tour, in Boston soared after Sunday night's incident at the Oscars.PlayArts & Culture02:29Mar 31, 2022A Roslindale food stylist crafted every dish we see in HBO's new Julia Child series“Julia” was filmed in Massachusetts, and a local food stylist orchestrated every one of the dishes we see on screen. For Christine Tobin the job was a lifelong dream come...PlayArts & Culture05:27Mar 31, 2022Take a peek inside Roadrunner, Boston's newest music venueRoadrunner is being billed as the largest indoor general admission venue in New England with space for 3,500 concertgoers. We took a tour to find out how and why the...PlayArts & Culture05:30Mar 15, 2022The war in Ukraine is personal for Needham’s Arlekin Players TheatreArlekin Players Theatre, which was founded by actors from the former Soviet Union, launched a fundraiser for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.PlayArts & Culture05:00Mar 14, 2022Critic Hilton Als invites us to see the Gardner Museum through his eyesAs visiting curator of performing arts, the Pulizer Prize-winning theater critic is tasked with bringing to life a museum famously stuck in time. PlayArts & Culture04:04Mar 3, 2022For Valentine's Day: a taste of hot chocolate, sex and sin in colonial New EnglandHot chocolate was an exotic and trendy import beginning in the 1600s, but what made this beverage an aphrodisiac wasn't the cacao. PlayArts & Culture05:35Feb 14, 2022Hope blooms at a beloved Harvard Square florist that almost shut downThe century-old shop that sells fresh cut irises, roses and daffodils was set to shut its doors for good at the end of January. But starting Feb. 1, the flower...PlayArts & Culture03:24Feb 1, 2022Harriet Powers' quilts leave a complicated legacy for her descendentThe 19th century quilter is considered the mother of African American story quilt tradition. Her great-great-great granddaughter wants to reclaim her whitewashed story.PlayArts & Culture05:22Jan 24, 2022Nonalcoholic beer's bad reputation shifts as craft brewers join a booming trendUntil recently it's been particularly challenging for avid beer geeks to find nonalcoholic alternatives that satisfy their quest for interesting flavors. But more craft brewers — many who've been skeptics...PlayArts & Culture04:11Jan 21, 2022OBERON, a theater haven for the local and the fringe, closes its doorsAt OBERON, a theater with nightclub vibes, the American Repertory Theater provided an accessible venue to local performers. But the pandemic and a planned move to Allston prompted the A.R.T....PlayArts & Culture08:16Dec 23, 2021Baking for the holidays? Here's why you should thank culinary pioneer Fannie FarmerWe all can thank a 19th century Boston-born cookbook author and domestic science pioneer for revolutionizing the way recipes are replicated at home.PlayArts & Culture06:32Dec 22, 2021 Previous PageNext Page
In Boston, a tale of two arts districtsIs "development without displacement" truly possible? In SoWa and Nubian Square, the promise and perils of using art and culture to transform a neighborhood. PlayArts & Culture06:38Jun 22, 2022
To fight displacement, artists are buying up Boston real estateBooming development is pushing artists out of the Boston neighborhoods they helped make hip. For some, there’s only one solution: buy the building.PlayArts & Culture05:42Jun 21, 2022
New effort will preserve Teen Voices, a Boston magazine that embraced girls' complexitiesWritten by and for teen girls, especially girls of color, Teen Voices started publishing in 1990. Over its 20-plus years, it evolved from a newsprint ‘zine, circulated within Boston, to...PlayArts & Culture04:26Jun 13, 2022
Local band The Chelsea Curve represents retro mod pop at Boston Calling"We sort of have our own piece of Boston sound, so we're happy to represent in that way and to keep it going," said Linda Pardee, the band's bassist and...PlayArts & Culture04:54May 27, 2022
No need to forage: Somerville welcomes new specialty mushroom shopTyler Akabane, who for the past decade has hunted local mushrooms and supplied high-end Boston restaurants, is opening his own shop selling mushrooms. PlayArts & Culture05:45May 18, 2022
At the Venice Biennale, artist Simone Leigh centers experience of Black womenLeigh is the first Black woman to be awarded the Biennale commission for the U.S. pavilion, and she made over the pavilion to reflect just that.PlayArts & Culture04:37May 13, 2022
'Girl Talk' challenges perceptions of girls’ voices in Massachusetts high school debateAfter making three insightful first-person documentaries, Lucia Small says that a long-held curiosity about why some young women start to speak up, just as others shut down, prompted her to...PlayArts & Culture04:13Apr 29, 2022
From back door gigs to Duke Ellington's Orchestra, Boston's Harry Carney made the saxophone singCarney is revered by many, if not most, baritone saxophone players as the “godfather” of the instrument. He could blow and hold notes on his saxophone like few other players...PlayArts & Culture09:06Apr 29, 2022
The Huntington's 'Our Daughters, Like Pillars' has family at heart Written by Kirsten Greenidge and directed by Kimberly Senior, the play is a comedy that grapples with some serious topics about family and identity.PlayArts & Culture05:00Apr 8, 2022
Chris Rock tells Boston fans he's still 'processing' the slap in first performance since OscarsTickets prices for Rock's three-night engagement, part of his Ego Death World Tour, in Boston soared after Sunday night's incident at the Oscars.PlayArts & Culture02:29Mar 31, 2022
A Roslindale food stylist crafted every dish we see in HBO's new Julia Child series“Julia” was filmed in Massachusetts, and a local food stylist orchestrated every one of the dishes we see on screen. For Christine Tobin the job was a lifelong dream come...PlayArts & Culture05:27Mar 31, 2022
Take a peek inside Roadrunner, Boston's newest music venueRoadrunner is being billed as the largest indoor general admission venue in New England with space for 3,500 concertgoers. We took a tour to find out how and why the...PlayArts & Culture05:30Mar 15, 2022
The war in Ukraine is personal for Needham’s Arlekin Players TheatreArlekin Players Theatre, which was founded by actors from the former Soviet Union, launched a fundraiser for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.PlayArts & Culture05:00Mar 14, 2022
Critic Hilton Als invites us to see the Gardner Museum through his eyesAs visiting curator of performing arts, the Pulizer Prize-winning theater critic is tasked with bringing to life a museum famously stuck in time. PlayArts & Culture04:04Mar 3, 2022
For Valentine's Day: a taste of hot chocolate, sex and sin in colonial New EnglandHot chocolate was an exotic and trendy import beginning in the 1600s, but what made this beverage an aphrodisiac wasn't the cacao. PlayArts & Culture05:35Feb 14, 2022
Hope blooms at a beloved Harvard Square florist that almost shut downThe century-old shop that sells fresh cut irises, roses and daffodils was set to shut its doors for good at the end of January. But starting Feb. 1, the flower...PlayArts & Culture03:24Feb 1, 2022
Harriet Powers' quilts leave a complicated legacy for her descendentThe 19th century quilter is considered the mother of African American story quilt tradition. Her great-great-great granddaughter wants to reclaim her whitewashed story.PlayArts & Culture05:22Jan 24, 2022
Nonalcoholic beer's bad reputation shifts as craft brewers join a booming trendUntil recently it's been particularly challenging for avid beer geeks to find nonalcoholic alternatives that satisfy their quest for interesting flavors. But more craft brewers — many who've been skeptics...PlayArts & Culture04:11Jan 21, 2022
OBERON, a theater haven for the local and the fringe, closes its doorsAt OBERON, a theater with nightclub vibes, the American Repertory Theater provided an accessible venue to local performers. But the pandemic and a planned move to Allston prompted the A.R.T....PlayArts & Culture08:16Dec 23, 2021
Baking for the holidays? Here's why you should thank culinary pioneer Fannie FarmerWe all can thank a 19th century Boston-born cookbook author and domestic science pioneer for revolutionizing the way recipes are replicated at home.PlayArts & Culture06:32Dec 22, 2021
