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

10 classical music festivals to attend this summer
From the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood to the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, arts critic Lloyd Schwartz rounds up the classical music festivals to explore around the region.

16 theater productions to see in Boston and beyond this summer
Many stories coming to the stage are about significant change, from life-altering diagnoses to secrets, gentrification and displacement. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair rounds up the productions to see this season....

6 beach reads that provide a summer escape
From two novels written by queen of romance Jasmine Guillory to a debut anthology from Maine writer Morgan Talty, WBUR contributor Christian Burno recommends six books set on the East...

7 albums to listen to this summer
From thorny alternative rock to jazz-tinged R&B and crunchy future soul, music writer Charley Ruddell recommends albums that will inspire action from the daily chaos.

10 film festivals and events to check out this summer
For outdoor moviegoing, drive-ins may have dominated the past two years, but 2022 is more of a blanket-and-chair summer. Film critic Erin Trahan recommends this season's film festivals to explore.
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11 art exhibits to heat up your summer
From an exhibit featuring the playful fashions of designer Patrick Kelly to the final stop of the national tour of the Obama presidential portraits, visual arts writer Pamela Reynolds recommends...