2021 In Arts & Culture

Reflecting on our favorite arts and culture moments of 2021
WBUR's arts and culture team reflects on moments from the year that provided reprieve, whether it was through a trip to the ICA or watching a movie at the cinema.

The 10 best theater productions of 2021
Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair and critic-at-large Ed Siegel share their favorite productions from a year which saw the return of live productions onstage and audiences back in seats.

The best films of 2021, according to our critics
Despite a lot of doomsaying about the death of cinema from people who should know better, 2021 offered another rich and bountiful batch of films. Film critics Sean Burns and...

11 musicians that made an impact in 2021
A number of our critics’ favorite local albums were written and recorded during the deepest part of the pandemic; these musicians found plenty of material to mine from that time,...