2023 Spring Arts Guides

WBUR's arts and culture team highlights the theater productions, music, film festivals, books and more to check out this spring.

DeLanna Studi in "And So We Walked." (Courtesy the artist)

13 fresh theater productions to see this spring

Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair recommends productions that take viewers along the winding road to change and approach old tales with new language and insight.

Arts & Culture

Mar 24, 2023

A still from the documentary "The Lady Bird Diaries." (Courtesy ABC News)

13 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this spring

For Boston area film lovers, there is no shortage of cinematic delights throughout the entire season. Film critic Erin Trahan rounds up the festivals to explore in the coming months.

Arts & Culture

Mar 23, 2023

Book critic Christian Burno recommends five books to read this spring. (Courtesy the publishers)

7 books to add to your reading list this spring

Book critic Christian Burno curated a list of fresh reads to hold you over until summer.

Arts & Culture

Mar 22, 2023

Ji Young Chae, Soobin Lee and Sage Humphries in Nanine Linning's "La Mer." (Courtesy Brooke Trisolini/Boston Ballet)

10 dance events to attend this spring

The calendar includes many of the local companies, along with visiting troupes from New York, bringing new works expanding the repertory for viewers eager to see dance that reflects modern...

Arts & Culture

Mar 22, 2023

Simone Leigh, "Martinique," 2022. Glazed stoneware. (Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery; photo by Timothy Schenck)

10 art exhibits to check out this spring

The art stars are aligning in Greater Boston with a spring full of fresh work. Head to the MFA for a recently-opened exhibition featuring the work of 19th-century enslaved Black...

Arts & Culture

Mar 21, 2023

Clockwise from top left: Forest Bees (Courtesy Colleen Eversman); waveform* (Courtesy Juliette Boulay); Asher Gamedze (Courtesy Dylan Valley); Mediocre (Courtesy Ginger Port), Ethan Setiawan (Courtesy Louise Bichan); Devon Gilfillian (Courtesy Emmanuel Afolabi); Caroline Rose (Courtesy Cristina Fisher)

7 albums to listen to this spring

From queer indie pop to spiritual jazz to bluegrass phenoms, our spring music guide highlights a tone of unrest that requests an audience.

Arts & Culture

Mar 20, 2023

Boston Baroque in GBH’s Calderwood Studio. (Courtesy Alice Romanov)

Spring forward into a season of classical music delights

This season's offerings are so rich, arts critic Lloyd Schwartz had to be particularly selective, rounding up the events that really stuck out for him, from the opera to the...

Arts & Culture

Mar 20, 2023

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2023 Spring Arts Guides

13 fresh theater productions to see this spring

Arts & Culture

13 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this spring

Arts & Culture

7 books to add to your reading list this spring

Arts & Culture

10 dance events to attend this spring

Arts & Culture

10 art exhibits to check out this spring

Arts & Culture

7 albums to listen to this spring

Arts & Culture

Spring forward into a season of classical music delights

Arts & Culture

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2023 Spring Arts Guides

13 fresh theater productions to see this spring

Arts & Culture

13 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this spring

Arts & Culture

7 books to add to your reading list this spring

Arts & Culture

10 dance events to attend this spring

Arts & Culture

10 art exhibits to check out this spring

Arts & Culture

7 albums to listen to this spring

Arts & Culture

Spring forward into a season of classical music delights

Arts & Culture