2024: Year in review
Reflecting on WBUR's news and pop culture stories from 2024.
The photos that helped us tell the stories of 2024
WBUR's photographers captured what happened in Boston and beyond — from protests on college campus against the war in Gaza and a worsening shelter crisis to a total solar eclipse...
The best local albums of 2024, according to our critics
From a klezmer clarinetist to one of the most popular singers in the nation, the year’s best local albums are a charmingly eclectic group as indicative of our critics’ varying...
The bestselling books of the year, according to 4 local bookstores
From a spike in popularity for a fantasy series to the latest hot romance, here are the year's bestselling books from Hummingbird Books, Brookline Booksmith, Papercuts Bookshop and All She...
The 5 best films of 2024, according to critic Erin Trahan
WBUR film critic Erin Trahan selects five films that "felt more expansive and inclusive about what lies ahead, not just for those of us living in the U.S. but for...
The 5 best films of 2024, according to critic Sean Burns
Sean Burns went to the movies 185 times during the first 11 months of this year. Here are five of his favorites.
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