Cloe Axelson

Senior Editor, Cognoscenti

Kathleen Burge

Editor

Frannie Carr Toth

Editor, Cognoscenti

Cognoscenti's Best Stories of 2021

Highlights from the year that was on Cognoscenti: the breach of the U.S. Capitol, author Nikole Hannah-Jones at Morehouse College, vials of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, gymnast Simone Biles performs at the Summer Olympics in Toyko and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is convicted of the murder of George Floyd. (AP and Getty Images)

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Year In Review

WBUR's reflections on the year 2021, including our guides on arts, culture and the holidays.

Closing out 2021

Boston

Crime & Justice

Health

News

Opinion

Politics

Science

Steven Davy

Senior Producer, WBUR CitySpace 

The best conversations and live journalism at WBUR’s CitySpace in 2021

The 152nd Street Black Ballet Legacy, from left: Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Gayle McKinney-Griffith, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca-Mitchell appeared at CitySpace with Misty Copeland in a historic conversation moderated by WBUR senior arts and culture reporter Cristela Guerra. (Liz Linder for WBUR)

Arts

Books

Food

Tania Ralli

Assistant Managing Editor, Arts & Culture

Dianna Bell

Senior Editor, Arts & Culture

Cristela Guerra

Reporter

Andrea Shea

Correspondent, Arts & Culture

Amelia Mason

Senior Arts & Culture Reporter

Arielle Gray

Magdiela Matta

Arts Fellow

Reflecting on our favorite arts and culture moments of 2021

Whitney White with Phoenix Best, Reggie D. White, and Kira Helper in "Macbeth In Stride" at American Repertory Theater. (Courtesy A.R.T./Lauren Miller.)

A mural by Firelei Báez featuring a Ciguapa, a mythological creature of Dominican folklore, opens the show at the doorway of the ICA Watershed. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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Arts & Culture

2021 In Arts & Culture

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Music

Performing Arts

Visual Arts

Life

Jacquinn Sinclair

Performing Arts Writer

Ed Siegel

Critic-At-Large

The 10 best theater productions of 2021

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

Love cookies and other sweet treats? Our guests offer up some simple recipes that will be fun for the whole family to bake together.

Satisfy the cookie monsters in your life with these holiday treats and essential baking tips

Tiziana Dearing

Host, Radio Boston

Chris Citorik

Senior Producer

Cynthia Betubiza

Associate Producer

"Millionaire's shortbread" made by Lan Lam. (Courtesy Lan Lam)

Radio Boston producers highlight the show's best stories and interviews.

Producer Picks

Jesse Costa

Photographer

Robin Lubbock

Videographer, Photographer

The photos that helped us tell the stories of 2021

The photos that helped us tell the stories of 2021. (Jesse Costa and Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

What we've featured on our Instagram page, in reverse chronological order.

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Business

Education

Environment

Sean Burns

Film Critic

Erin Trahan

Film Writer

The best films of 2021, according to our critics

Clockwise from top left: "Licorice Pizza" (Courtesy Melinda Sue Gordon/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.); "The Lost Daughter" (Courtesy Yannis Drakoulidis/Netflix); "Drive My Car" (Courtesy Janus Films); "Siberia" (Courtesy Lionsgate); "The Power of the Dog" (Courtesy Netflix).

Film/TV

Meagan McGinnes

Assistant Managing Editor, Newsletters

Bookmark this: WBUR fans share 90+ favorite reads of 2021

Woman reading a book while drinking a cup of coffee. Getty Images

Beautiful young Asian woman reading a book while drinking a cup of coffee. Enjoying a quiet time and relaxing environment at cozy home

Bookshelves inside Doris Kearns Goodwin's home. (Robin Young/Here & Now)

books

Amelia Mason, Charley Ruddell, Noble & Mano Sundaresan

11 musicians that made an impact in 2021

From Marissa Nadler to Oompa, WBUR music critics selected projects from 11 Massachusetts musicians that made a mark this year. (Courtesy)

Closing out 2021

Cognoscenti's Best Stories of 2021

Cognoscenti

The best conversations and live journalism at WBUR’s CitySpace in 2021

Events

Reflecting on our favorite arts and culture moments of 2021

Arts & Culture

The 10 best theater productions of 2021

Arts & Culture

Satisfy the cookie monsters in your life with these holiday treats and essential baking tips

Radio Boston

The photos that helped us tell the stories of 2021

Local Coverage

The best films of 2021, according to our critics

Arts & Culture

Bookmark this: WBUR fans share 90+ favorite reads of 2021

Arts & Culture

11 musicians that made an impact in 2021

Arts & Culture