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June 25, 2026 - Ensemble Altera's "Declarations," Children's Art Carnival in Harlem, and a home for Les Bleus in Boston
June 24, 2026 - Reynaliz Herrera & Ideas, Not Theories' with BIKEncerto, Parade: A Folktale, and the Boston Art Review
June 23, 2026 - We Are Pat, Mahesh Daas on data centers, and A Night at the Disco
June 22, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries on the Embrace's new center, Imagined Nation at the Athenaeum, and the Tao of Lloyd
June 19, 2026 - Annette Gordon-Reed onJuneteenth, Regie Gibson on Shakespeare, and Summer Solstice
June 18, 2026 - Dr. Noelle Trent of the Museum of African American History, Mary Grant, and the MOMENTUM festival
June 17, 2026 - The Salem Rainbow Stroll, The Clyde Best Story, and Salad Days at the Carpenter Center
June 16, 2026 - Regie Gibson on "Song of Massachusetts," Josef Palermo on the Kennedy Center, and Nashoba Valley Winery
June 15, 2026 - Antonia Bennett, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., and Igor Golyak on DELIRIUM
June 12, 2026 - Week in Review: Sagrada Família, the Kennedy Center, and David Hockney
June 11, 2026 - Dorie Greenspan on Kate Hepburn's brownies, Celtic Art at the HAM, and Jackson Cannon's summer spritzes
June 10, 2026 - Veronica Robles on Vive Latinoamérica, RoxFilm 2026, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
June 9, 2026 - RISE! by the Boston Gay Men's Chorus, Matthew Connors, and Firebird Part 2
June 8, 2026 - The 2026 Tony Awards, La CASA in the South End, and Jane Eaglen
June 5, 2026 - Week in Review: Horror films, Taylor Swift's Toy Story tune, and Euphoria
June 4, 2026 - "Fairyland," John Carter Cash, and Baking from Poland and Beyond.
June 3, 2026 - Bob Odenkirk 's "Normal, Geoff Bennett's "Black Out Loud," and Lebanese Baking
June 2, 2026 - Patti Smith, a new translation of "The Odyssey," and three-time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
June 1, 2026 - Ethan Hawke, Anthony Amore, and "Dorie's Anytime Cakes"
May 29, 2026 - Bobbi Brown, Donnie Wahlberg, and Chef Aidan McGee
May 28, 2026 - Live from New York City: Derrick Adams and Melissa Errico's Back to Barbara
May 27, 2026 - Live from New York City: Marc Shaiman and Steve Locke
May 26, 2026 - Danielle Allen, Eve Plumb, and Matthew Shifrin on blind athletics
May 25, 2026 - Keith Lockhart, Revolutionary Artists, and Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl
May 22, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: All The President's Men
May 21, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Geoffrey Kelly on Thirteen Perfect Fugitives, and Edmonia Lewis at the PEM
May 20, 2026 - Eco-Rhythms on the Tobin Bridge, Boston's Soundscape Tours, and MassArt president Mary Grant
May 19, 2026 - Peter Wolf, Megan Hilty, and John Ravenal on the US at the Biennale
May 18, 2026 - Stephen Moyer and Jack Davenport, Jill Medvedow on "Things that Disappear," and Pedro Alonzo
May 15, 2026 - Week in Review: Eurovision, the World Cup halftime show, and Don Colossus
May 14, 2026 - Club Passim's Matt Smith, Bill Lichtenstein on WBCN, and 150 years of the Harvard Lampoon
May 13, 2026 - Sam Smallidge, and NEC's Andrea Kalyn and Juliano Aniceto on "Concert for the City"
May 12, 2026 - Tracy K.Smith, "The Battle for Boston," and Dorie McCullough Lawson
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May 8, 2026 - Week in Review: Ted Turner, Tony nominations, and the Met Gala
May 7, 2026 - "Swept Away" by The Avett Brothers, and Elizabeth Strout's "The Things We Never Say"
May 6, 2026 - Stephen Greenblatt, Jill Lepore and Nicholas Boggs
May 5, 2026 - Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, Masquerade, and the National Baseball Poetry Festival
May 4, 2026 - George Saunders, Claire Foy, and Steve Sweeney
May 1, 2026 - Week in Review: The Venice Biennale, nude art, and Jimmy Kimmel vs. Trump
April 30, 2026 - Patrick Radden Keefe on "London Falling," BLO's Daughter of the Regiment, and Washington at the MFA
April 29, 2026 - Michael Patrick MacDonald, Chef Jamie Bissonnette, and Colby College's art initiatives
April 28, 2026 - "1972," A Rock Opera, Uli Lorimer on spring sprouts, and Tony V
April 27, 2026 - Adele Bertei on "No New York," Persona + Picturing Isabella at the ISGM, and Evan Wang
April 24, 2026 - Week in Review: "Michael," toxic fandoms, and a new Drag Race champion
April 23, 2026 - Tom Perrotta on "Ghost Town," Julia Swanson, and the Bard's Birthday with Regie Gibson
April 22, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: When Harry Met Sally
April 21, 2026 - Geoff Bennett on "Black Out Loud," Alison Hoagland, and 40 years of MIT List Visual Arts Center
April 20, 2026 - Keith Lockhart, Revolutionary Artists, and Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl
April 17, 2026 - Week in Review: Hampshire College closing, AI storefronts, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
April 16, 2026 - Keefer Glenshaw, Mary Grant, and a Secret Boston Patriot's Day special
April 15, 2026 - Sharks Come Cruisin', Worcester to the Stars at Museum of Worcester, and the Boston Theater Marathon
April 14, 2026 - Bob Odenkirk and Derek Kolstad on "Nobody," Thanks for Typing, and Say It Loud at the ICA
April 13, 2026 - Timothy Snyder, Boston Youth Poet Laureate Ailin Sha, and Bill Barclay
April 10, 2026 - Week in Review: The Drama, Rocky Horror on Broadway, and Kanye's comeback
April 9, 2026 - Cady Coleman on Artemis II, Pedro Alonzo's London Dispatch, and Igor Golyak on "Our Class"
April 8, 2026 - Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, Jade Wheeler on "Who is Eartha Mae?" and Mahesh Daas on "The Drama"
April 7, 2026 - Béla Fleck, the High Line in New York, and Virginia Pye on "Marriage and Other Monuments"
April 6, 2026 - Elaine Sciolino, Matt Doyle, and Adam Rapp
April 3, 2026 - Week-in-Review: An Art Heist, A Kit-Kat Caper, and Celine Dion's Comeback
April 2, 2026 - David Duchovny, Edward Gorey, and Simon Curtis
April 1, 2026 - Robert Pinsky, Chef Jason Santos, and Joyce's Choices
March 31, 2026 - Ibram X. Kendi, Fmr. US Poet Laureate Billy Collins, and "Living in Pryde"
March 30, 2026 - Geoffrey Kelly on "Thirteen Perfect Fugitives," an Eddie Palmieri tribute, and a PAX East recap
March 27, 2026 - Week in Review: Hannah Montana at 20, SNL's UK debut, and remembering Tracy Kidder
March 26, 2026 - Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson on "Nixon in China," “André Is an Idiot,” and presidential pets
March 25, 2026 - Mahesh Daas, Reeves Gabrels + My'Kal Stromlie, and the MFA at 250
March 24, 2026 - Ken Burns, Francisco Noya and Amanda Shea, and Alan Ricks on "Seeking Abundance"
March 23, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Mahler's "Song of the Earth" at the BLO, and "Busing the Buffer Zone"
March 20, 2026 - Week in Review: BTS, the Bachelorette, and Trump's gold coin
March 19, 2026 - Jordan Harrison's The Antiquities, Stephen Moyer + Jack Davenport on The Forsytes and beer cocktails
March 18, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: Taxi Driver
March 17, 2026 - We Black Folk Showcase, Jill Medvedow on "The English Understand Wool," and Matthew Shifrin
March 16, 2026 - An Oscar Night recap, Lynette D'Amico on "Men I Hate," and Masako Miki
Boston Lyric Opera Reimagines Mahler's "Song of the Earth"
March 13, 2026 - Week in Review: Andris Nelsons, an Oscars preview, and a Chalamet faux pas
March 12, 2026 - Dhruv Khullar on "The Pitt," conductor Cristian Măcelaru, and Maureen Abood's "Lebanese Baking"
March 11, 2026 - Chef Paul Wahlberg, the Vinfen Film Festival, and Chef Tiffani Faison
March 10, 2026 - Shaina Taub on "Suffs," a Secret Boston St. Patrick's Day, and Fabiola Méndez
March 9, 2026 - Mark Malkoff on "Love Johnny Carson," Stereophonic, and Pedro Alonzo
March 6, 2026 - Week in Review: Philip Glass' "Lincoln" at Tanglewood, Iranian cultural landmarks, and RFK Jr vs Dunkin
"Stereophonic" Heads to Boston
March 5, 2026 - Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart, To Kill a Mockingbird at Umbrella Arts Center, and Julia Swanson
March 4, 2026 - Namwali Serpell's "On Morrison," Mary Grant, and the Fitchburg Art Museum at 100
March 3, 2026 - Astronaut Cady Coleman, BSO x NEC Alliance, and Battlemode's Boston Bitdown
March 2, 2026 - Susan Wilson on Susan Dimock M.D., Creative Sector Day, and "Resistance" at the New Bedford Art Museum
February 27, 2026 - Dennis Lehane, Joy Behar and Hank Phillippi Ryan
February 26, 2026 - Sally Mann, Jeremy Sewall and being Henry David Thoreau
February 25, 2026 - James Sullivan, Aisha Muharrar and Richard Russo
February 24, 2026 - Gish Jen, Sam Kissajukian and Gesine Bullock-Prado
February 23, 2026 - Stephen Greenblatt, Jill Lepore, and Nicholas Boggs
February 20, 2026 - Robert Reich, Marianne Leone, and Sam Waterston
February 19, 2026 - Christopher Castellani on "Last Seen," and Free to Be: Skate, Paint, Imaginate
February 18, 2026- Wednesday Watch Party, does "Fargo" still hold up?
February 17, 2026 - On Frederick Wiseman, Dell Hamilton, Uli Lorimer on the snowpack, and Matthew Shifrin
February 16, 2026 - Katherine Tallman on the Coolidge Corner Theater, Roberto Lugo, and Chompon "Boong" Boonnak
February 13, 2026 - Week in Review: Olympic cheaters, Wuthering Heights, and a sad horse plush
February 12, 2026 - Alan Cumming, Billy Bragg, and Penelope at Lyric Stage Company
February 11, 2026 - The Louvre heist with Elaine Sciolino, Vince Petryk of JP Licks, and Mahesh Daas
February 10, 2026 - MFA president Pierre Terjanian, John Sayles on "Crucible," and Ken Urban on "The Moderate"
February 9, 2026 - "PILLION," Fran Lebowitz, and Super Bowl Postgame
February 6, 2026 - Week in Review: National Film Registry, an AI social network, and Iron Lung
February 5, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, the Overture to Spring Black History Month Concert, and Worcester's Valentines
February 4, 2026 - Jeff Taylor, Mary Grant, and Blind Date with a Book at the BPL
February 3, 2026 - "We Had a World" with Joshua Harmon, Ball in the House, and Philip Kennicott on the Kennedy Center
February 2, 2026 - T: An MBTA Musical, Peggy Fogelman on 10 years at the ISGM, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at THT REP
January 30, 2026 - Week in Review: Catherine O'Hara, music protests, and the Melania documentary
January 29, 2026 - Donald Nally from The Crossing, the Moby Dick Marathon, and public art in Boston
January 28, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: Groundhog Day
January 27, 2026 - Noelle Trent, Davóne Tines, and Bruno Carvalho
January 26, 2026 - Preserving the Smithsonian, Max Wolf Friedlich on JOB, and Boston's most beautiful buildings
January 23, 2026 - Week in Review: Oscar nominations, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Green Day at the Super Bowl
January 22, 2026 - Claire Foy, We Are Made from the Land: Protecting the Seal River Watershed, and Mary Grant
January 21, 2026 - Joyce Kulhawik, Chef Tracy Chang of PAGU, and the 2026 Hundred Year Book Debate
January 20, 2026 - Paul Salopek, Pete Wells, and WINTERACTIVE 2026
January 19, 2026 - Tracy K.Smith, "The Battle for Boston," and Dorie McCullough Lawson
January 16, 2026 - Week in Review: Time Out Market, the National Portrait Gallery, and MTV Rewind
January 15, 2026 - Congressman Jim Clyburn, Scottish Fish, and To Be Read Conference
January 14, 2026 - Chef Karen Akunowicz, Ali Noorani of the Barr Foundation, and hostile architecture w/ Mahesh Daas
January 13, 2026 - Breaking the Deadlock, Masquerade, and Pedro Alonzo
January 12, 2026 - Damien Hoar de Galvan, "The Great Privation," and Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl
January 9, 2026 - Week in Review: Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things, and BTS' return
January 8, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Amani Willett, and Jackson Cannon's martini masterclass
January 7, 2026 - Joyce Kulhawik, Salem Poet Laureate J.D. Scrimgeour, and Alison Croney Moses
January 6, 2026 - George Saunders, "Fight for America!" and Matthew Shifrin
January 5, 2026 - Samuel Barber's "Vanessa," Steve Sweeney's "Townie," and Jane Eaglen on Pavarotti
January 2, 2026 - Stephen Greenblatt, Jill Lepore and Nicholas Boggs
January 1, 2026 - Dennis Lehane, Joy Behar and Hank Phillippi Ryan
December 31, 2025 - Gish Jen, Sam Kissajukian and Gesine Bullock-Prado
December 30, 2025 - James Sullivan, Aisha Muharrar and Richard Russo
December 29, 2025 - Sally Mann, Jeremy Sewall and being Henry David Thoreau
December 26, 2025 - Robert Reich, Marianne Leone, and Sam Waterston
December 24, 2025 - Two Scoops of Scrooge, Blue Heron, Dickens' home away from home
December 23, 2025 - Ron Chernow, Tara Roberts, and a Victorian Gothic Thriller
December 23, 2025 - BONUS EPISODE: Keith Lockhart Waxes Rhapsodic on "Bohemian Rhapsody"
December 22, 2025 - Gerald Charles Dickens, The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Mrs. Claus
December 19, 2025 - Week in Review: The Oscars on YouTube, Rob Reiner, and Santa's beard
December 18, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Mary Grant, and Cocktail Guru Jonathan Pogash
December 17, 2025 - Wednesday Watch Party: A Christmas Carol!
December 16, 2025 - Nadya Tolokonnikova, Stefan Jackiw, and Julia Swanson
December 18, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Mary Grant, and holiday cocktails with Jonathan Pogash
December 15, 2025 - Is This A Room, Marina Abramović, and remembering Rob Reiner
December 12, 2025 - Week in Review: Golden Globe nominations, Australia's social media ban, and Charlie Brown
December 11, 2025 - "Annie" at the Wheelock Family Theatre, 10 million seeds at the Native Plant Trust, and Pedro Alonzo
December 10, 2025 - Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll and BSO's Chad Smith, remembering Frank Gehry, and Martin Puryear: Nexus
December 9, 2025 - Patti Smith, Charles Dickens at the Parker House, and Elisa Smith
December 8, 2025 - Wonder: The Musical, Arms and Armor at the Worcester Art Museum, and Unsent
December 5, 2025 - Tom Stoppard, Spotify Wrapped, and the words of the year
December 4, 2025 - Matt Doyle, Levain Bakery, and Cirque du Soleil's 'Twas The Night Before
December 3, 2025 - Will and Georgia Lyman, REVOLUTION! at the BPL, and Gregory Maguire on Midwinter Revels
December 2, 2025 - Jerry O'Connell on Stand By Me at 40, Joyce Kulhawik, and Illuminate Bach: A Holiday Celebration!
December 1, 2025 - Ethan Hawke, Peter Drummey, and Matthew Shifrin
November 28, 2025 - Kwame Alexander, Elizabeth Strout and Oliver de la Paz
November 26, 2025 - The AAPI Holiday Market, The Funny Uncle Cabaret, and public art in Providence
November 25, 2025 - Natan Last, "Life on the Other Planet" with Vincent Straggas, and S---faced Shakespeare
November 24, 2025 - Chef Pyet DeSpain, Merriam-Webster's new dictionary, and Devra First on the Michelin Guide in Boston
November 21, 2025 - Week in Review: The Michelin Guide in Boston, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and Thanksgiving
November 20, 2025 - 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Evan Dando of The Lemonheads, and Improv Asylum's Norm Laviolette
November 19, 2025 - Mary Grant, the Florida Highwaymen, and Chef Daniel Kenney's Thanksgiving tips
November 18, 2025 - Ins Choi on "Kim's Convenience," Dread Scott, and Pedro Alonzo
November 17, 2025 - Serj Tankian, Nora Burnett Abrams, and Jane Eaglen
November 14, 2025 - Week in Review: Pope Leo XIV's favorite films, AI-generated music , and RIP the penny
November 13, 2025 - Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory and Griot of Boston, John Lam on "Act II," and Jackson Cannon
November 12, 2025 - Lucía Abramovich Sánchez, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Mahesh Daas
November 11, 2025 - A Revolutionary Concert for Paul Revere, A Revelation of Character, and Tania León
November 10, 2025 - David Drake's pottery, Patrick Wolf, and Dorie Greenspan
November 7, 2025 - The 2026 Grammy nominations, Jonathan Bailey, and Tom Brady's cloned dog
November 6, 2025 - Anthony Amore on "The Rembrandt Heist," Benjamin Fortier, and Lizard Boy
November 5, 2025 - Wednesday Watch Party: Back to the Future
November 4, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Balanchine's Jewels at the Boston Ballet, and Uli Lorimer
November 3, 2025 - Chris Grace, Crispin Glover, and Matthew Shifrin
October 31, 2025: Week in Review - David Drake's pottery, Halloween, and the Louvre
October 30, 2025 - The Wang Theatre at 100, the Louvre heist, and Manual Cinema's The 4th Witch
October 29, 2025 - Alysia Abbott, Anthony Barboza's "I Return With a Feeling of Us," and Allison Miller
October 28, 2025 - The Massachusetts Veterans Legacy Trail, Lesley Ann Warren on Clue at 40, and Kiernan Schmitt
October 27, 2025 - Bruins 365, Terri Lyne Carrington on Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Erica Vanstone
October 24, 2025 - Week in Review: The Louvre heist, the East Wing of the White House, and Dunkin's Spidey D
October 23, 2025 - Dorie McCullough Lawson, Mary Grant, and Laurel Kratochvila
October 22, 2025 - The 24th Halloween Horror Marathon at the Coolidge Corner Theatre and Gish Jen
October 21, 2025 - Hocus Pocus at the Ropes Mansion in Salem and Gesine Bullock-Prado
October 20, 2025 - John Carter Cash and Zahili Zamora
October 17, 2025 - Week-in-Review - Diane Keaton, D'Angelo, and the Arch de Trump
October 16, 2025 - Donnie Wahlberg on his new series "Boston Blue" and Comedian Hari Kondabolu
October 15, 2025 - Josh Simpson on making glass on the moon, Pedro Alonzo and Patrick Martinez on "Cost of Living"
October 14, 2025 - Bobbi Brown, Joyce Kulhawik, and Tracy K. Smith
October 13, 2025 - Peter Wolf and Regie Gibson
October 10, 2025 - Week in Review: James Bond disarmed, Bob Ross paintings for sale, and eating pudding with a fork
October 9, 2025 - Jake Tapper, Bricks for the Blind with Matthew Shifrin, and Gustazo Cuban Kitchen
October 8, 2025 - Chris Grace on Sardines, Phantoms by Firelight at Old Sturbridge Village, and Brassica Kitchen + Cafe
October 7, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, 300 Paintings with Sam Kissajukian, and Boston Baroque's Baroque Masterworks
October 6, 2025 - Fritz Scholder's "Bicentennial Indian," Jill Lepore, and Projecting Protest
October 3, 2025 - Week in Review: Life of a Showgirl, Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, and Jane Goodall
October 2, 2025 - Walter Mosley, Viola's Room at The Shed, and Oliver Jeffers
October 1, 2025 - Watch Party: Coming to America and Mahesh Daas
September 30, 2025 - Art at the Clark and the Norman Rockwell Museum, K-Pop Demon Hunters, and Matisse at War
September 29, 2025 - Author Stephen Greenblatt, Our Town at the Lyric Stage Boston, and Enchanted Analytics
September 26, 2025 - Jimmy Kimmel, the Olive Garden review that went viral, and Bad Bunny
September 25, 2025 - Simon Curtis on Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Rock Bottom: The Musical, and McGonagle's Pub
September 24, 2025 - Joyce Kulhawik, Reimagining Lilith Fair at Passim, and public art around Nubian Square
September 23, 2025 - Barry Bostwick, Susanne Simpson from Masterpiece, and Jeremy Sewall
September 22, 2025 - La Padrona, CineFest Latino Boston, and Primary Trust
September 19, 2025 - Robert Redford, Ben & Jerry's, and Somerville's new cat mayor
September 18, 2025 - Richard Smith as Henry David Thoreau, MIT's Great Glass Pumpkin Patch, and a fall TV guide
September 17, 2025 - Portrait of Doña Feliciana Belendes y Ramirez, Will Dailey, and the Fluff Festival
September 16, 2025 - Mary Gauthier, the American Comedy Archives with Eddie Brill, and Mary Grant
September 15, 2025 - Recapping the Emmy Awards, Unbound at King's Chapel, and Jane Eaglen
September 12, 2025 - Week-in-Review: Japanese egg salad sandwiches and actress Polly Holliday
September 11, 2025 - David Duchovny, a Boston Film Festival preview, and The Kittie Knox Plays
September 10, 2025 - Joyce Kulhawik, The Mountaintop, and Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez
September 9, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Edward Gorey: The Gloomy Gallery, and Baldwin: A Love Story
September 8, 2025 - Ben Shattuck, David Baron, and Mariachi musician Veronica Robles
September 5, 2025 - Week in Review: Massachusetts' new flag proposals, South Park, and Giorgio Armani
September 4, 2025 - Sally Mann, Joy Behar, and Voices and Votes: Democracy in America
September 3, 2025 - Adela Goldbard and Pedro Alonzo, Jyoti and Auyon Mukharji, and Mahesh Daas
September 2, 2025 - Marianne Leone, Rachel Ruysch at the MFA, and Passengers at the ART
September 1, 2025 - Shark Week: Wendy Benchley, "Jaws at 50," and the life of Robert Shaw
August 29, 2025 - "EEPHUS," Chef Andy Husbands, and John Flansburgh
August 28, 2025 - Peter Wolf and Regie Gibson
August 27, 2025 - Ben Shattuck, Cakeswagg, Andre Dubus III
August 26, 2025 - J. Courtney Sullivan, Colm Tóibín, and Dart Adams on De La Soul’s “3 Feet High and Rising”
August 25, 2025- Dread Scott, André Aciman and Janie Barnett on "She's So Unusual."
August 22, 2025 - Week in Review: The return of Victorian fashion, performative males, and the Laufey library card
August 21, 2025 - Melissa Rivers, public art in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and a fall planting guide
August 20, 2025 - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Miss Conception, and Joyce Kulhawik
August 19, 2025 - Twice-a-Day Ray, Jane Eaglen, and Mary Grant
August 18, 2025 - Cady Coleman and Josh Simpson, Imani Perry and Sci-Art in Central Square
August 15, 2025 - Week in Review: War of the Worlds, Taylor Swift, and Trump's Smithsonian review
August 14, 2025 - Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Aisha Muharrar, and Henry Diltz
August 13, 2025 - Josh Ritter, "We're Doing The Wiz," and Erica Hirshler, Curator of American Paintings at the MFA
August 12, 2025 - Astronaut Cady Coleman on Jim Lovell, Pedro Alonzo, and the North End Fisherman's Feast
August 11, 2025 - Amber Ruffin on "The Wiz," Nina Festekjian, and The Cape Playhouse
August 8, 2025 - Week in Review: Versailles AI, South Park, and Hamilton at 10
August 7, 2025 - Michael Ansara, Christine Baranski, and Van Gogh's Roulin Family Portraits
August 6, 2025 - Dennis Lehane on "Smoke," a Boston Mayoral Forum on Arts and Culture recap, and Mahesh Daas
August 5, 2025 - Robert Reich, The Ciota Brothers on "Cassino in Ischia," and Phoebe Potts on "Too Fat for China"
August 4, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Chan's Home of Egg Rolls and Blues, and Elijah Wald
August 1, 2025 - Week in Review: AI chatbot girlfriends, a White House ballroom, and Sydney Sweeney's jeans
July 31, 2025 - The legacy of Jonathan Demme, Neuroscientist Emily Falk, and public art in Zone 3
July 30, 2025 - James Sullivan, Presidential Pets at the JFK Library, and Mary Grant
July 29, 2025 - Paula Plum, Tiffany Jenkins, and New Bedford's revolutionary history
July 28, 2025 - The Moonwalkers, Jane Eaglen, and Unearthing Childhood: 300 Years of North End Kids
July 25, 2025 - Week in Review: Coldplaygate, Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan, and Malcolm Jamal-Warner
July 24, 2025 - Elisa New on Walt Whitman, Robin Givhan on Virgil Abloh, and the legacy of Steve Ross
July 23, 2025 - Jaws at 50: A Deeper Dive, Joyce Kulhawik, and Zara Anishanslin
July 22, 2025 - Worcester's industrial history, As You Like It in Boston Common, and Pedro Alonzo
July 21, 2025 - William Jackson Harper, Richard Russo, and Ming Fay: Edge of the Garden
July 18, 2025 - Week in Review: Public Broadcasting defunded, Emmy nominations, and Stephen Colbert's cancellation
July 17, 2025 - Chris Berdik, Janie Barnett on "She's So Unusual," and Emi Ferguson
July 16, 2025 - Adam Aleksic, "Back to The Future - The Musical," and Steve Locke
July 15, 2025 - Gregory Maguire, Margaret Cho, and Jane Eaglen
July 14, 2025 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, David Grann, and Chelsea Handler
July 11, 2025 - Devo at 50, Alison Bechdel, and James Parker
July 10, 2025 - Baseball: The Movie, Dart Adams on 3 Feet High and Rising, and Max Heinegg
July 9, 2025 - Mfoniso Udofia, Rob "ProBlak" Gibbs, and Black Voices of the Revolution
July 8, 2025 - Peter Wolf and Imari Paris Jeffries
July 7, 2025 - Wendy Benchley, Mandy Barnett, and Christopher Shaw Myers
July 4, 2025 - "EEPHUS," Chef Andy Husbands, and John Flansburgh
July 3, 2025 - James Parker, Fabiola Méndez, and Secret Boston: An Unusual Guide
July 2, 2025 - Danielle Allen, the Family Heritage Experience, and Mahesh Daas
July 1, 2025 - Robert Ellis Orrall, Sam Waterston, and mixologist Marsha Lindsey
June 30, 2025 - Heidi Wastweet and Lucía Abramovich Sánchez, public art in New Bedford, and André Aciman
June 27, 2025 - Week in Review: Anna Wintour, Trump's F-bomb, tourists damaging art, and Boston Calling's hiatus
June 26, 2025 - Boston Poet Laureate Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah, Alfredo Jaar, and Victor Oliveira
June 25, 2025 - As You Like It in Boston Common, Frederick Douglass' July 4 speech, and the Queer (Re)Public Festival
June 24, 2025 - "The Dream of a Common Movement" and the legacy of Urvashi Vaid, Subject:Matter, and Mary Grant
June 23, 2025 - Pedro Alonzo and Nicholas Galanin, Vincent Petryk of JP Licks, and Moonbox's New Works Festival
June 20, 2025 - Week in Review: Jaws at 50, the Louvre, and the Karen Read ceiling fan
June 19, 2025 - Mass. Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, Club Passim, and Nina MacLaughlin on the Summer Solstice
June 18, 2025 - Annette Gordon-Reed, J. Courtney Sullivan, and the Boston Pizza Festival
June 17, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Dread Scott, and the 50th anniversary of Jaws
June 16, 2025 - Frederick Douglass in opera, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and the Battle of Bunker Hill at 250
June 13, 2025 - Week in Review: Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, and the return of smoking
June 12, 2025 - The work of David Drake, Hello Dolly, and the Roxbury International Film Festival
June 11, 2025 - Adam Met, Ian Shaw and Mike Glier
June 10, 2025 - Dr. Robert Waldinger, Penguin Retirement Home and Lauren Stowell
June 9, 2025 - Kwame Alexander, Elizabeth Strout and Oliver de la Paz
June 6, 2025 - Week in Review: A Tony Awards preview, Edmund White, and the Nintendo Switch 2
June 5, 2025 - Greg Skomal, Our Class, and Beyond Walls
June 4, 2025 - Nemr, revolutionary history in Somerville, and the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright
June 3, 2025 - Mayor Ray Flynn and Don Gillis, Tinder Live! with Lane Moore, and the Cape Ann Museum
June 2, 2025 - Andy Husbands, Massiel Grullón, and Uli Lorimer from the Native Plant Trust
May 30, 2025 - Week in Review: The Labubu craze, Harry Potter, and Audra McDonald vs Patti LuPone
May 29, 2025 - Vincent Valdez, Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York), and public art around Bost
May 28, 2025 - Ron Chernow, Tara Roberts, and the Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
May 27, 2025 - The Arrival Art Fair, Tituss Burgess, and Jane Eaglen
May 26, 2025 - Marianne Leone, Erik Andrade, and Eric and Will
May 23, 2025 - Week in Review: Caitlin Clark vs Angel Reese, Springsteen vs Trump, and remembering George Wendt
May 22, 2025 - George Takei, B. Dylan Hollis, and a preview of Boston Calling
May 21, 2025 - Sebastian Smee, Dr. Greg Skomal on Jaws at 50, and the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Chelsea Creek
May 20, 2025 - The Michelin Guide in Boston, JaJa's African Hair Braiding, and Mahesh Daas
May 19, 2025 - Josh Simpson and Cady Coleman, the Boston Public Art Triennial, and Shakespeare in ASL
May 16, 2025 - Week in Review: The Michelin Guide in Boston, Pete Rose, and the Giacometti bust
May 15, 2025 - Alison Bechdel, A Radical Welcome: Source Code, and Kayla Tabb, the BPL's new Chef-in-Residence
May 14, 2025 - Snowy owls at Logan Airport and Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
May 13, 2025 - David Leonard of the Boston Public Library and Jay Hajj of Mike's City Diner
May 12, 2025 - Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel of Guster, "The Revenge of the Humanities," and Tracy K. Smith
May 9, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV, the Met Gala, and Hollywood tariffs
May 8, 2025 - Alex Alvear and Michael Feldman, and Mary Grant
May 7, 2025 - James Parker, Fabiola Méndez, and Secret Boston: An Unusual Guide
May 6, 2025 - Keith Lockhart, Imari Paris Jeffries, and the Boston Art Review
May 5, 2025 - The Goddess of Liberty at the MFA, David Coffin, and Utopian Hotline
May 2, 2025 - Bill Belichick's interview fallout, 100 men versus one gorilla, and a Market Basket playlist
May 1, 2025 - David Lindsay-Abaire, the New England Film Orchestra's Star Wars concert, and the Native Plant Trust
April 30, 2025 - Kwame Alexander, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, and the Mean Girls musical
April 29, 2025 - Hannah Selinger, Eephus, and Rock to Baroque: Four Decades of Music Photography
April 28, 2025 - Robert Pinsky, arts funding and advocacy, and public art in Kendall Square
April 25, 2025 - Week in Review: Pope Francis' cultural impact, YouTube at 20, and Ryan Coogler's Sinners deal
April 24, 2025 - Dana Caspersen, Loudon Wainwright III, and Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now at Smith College
April 23, 2025 - Devo, Alan Michelson, and the Old North Church's angels
April 22, 2025 - Martín Espada, Radius Ensemble, and Lisa Genova
April 21, 2025 - Alton Brown, Candlepin Bowling and Orville Peck
April 18, 2025 - Week in Review: Blue Origin's all-female space flight, AI action figures, and a Phantom reboot
April 17, 2025 - Boston's Big Queer Food Fest, the Black Patriots of Lexington, and Mary Grant
April 16, 2025 - The 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, Flemish masterpieces at the Peabody Essex Museum, Pedro Alonzo, and a first hand account of Patriots' Day
April 15, 2025 - The 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally, what Boston can learn from Japanese transit, and Joyce Kulhawik
April 14, 2025 - David Grann, a David Lynch tribute at the Somerville Theatre, and Daniel Mendelsohn
April 11, 2025 - Week in Review: New MFA Director Pierre Terjanian, A Minecraft Movie, and Elton John vs. Madonna
April 10, 2025 - Sara Moulton, tariffs and Hollywood, and Felipe Torres Medina
April 9, 2025 - Amor Towles, the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Mahesh Daas
April 8, 2025 - De'Lon Grant, TV presidents, and Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits at the MFA
April 7, 2025 - Night Side Songs, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and GBH News Rooted
April 4, 2025 - Week in Review: Adolescence, the Beatles biopics, and Val Kilmer
April 3, 2025 - Cicely Carew, It's A Motherf**king Pleasure, and a retirement home for penguins at the New England Aquarium
April 2, 2025 - Carousel, Elizabeth Strout, and the Hanging Nasturtiums at the Gardner Museum
April 1, 2025 - American art at the MFA, Joyce Kulhawik, and Amanda Shea
March 31, 2025 - 1775: Rebels, Rights, & Revolution, Shucked, and springtime public art
March 28, 2025 - Week in Review: Trump's Smithsonian changes, Mayor Wu on The Daily Show, and Ed Sheeran's pop up bar in Ipswich, MA
March 27, 2025 - Jeff and Julie Kinney, Everyone250 with Imari Paris Jeffries, and Ricardo Pérez González
March 26, 2025 - Igor Golyak, Dr. Robert Waldinger, and Pedro Alonzo
March 25, 2025 - Gregory Maguire, Celtics president Rich Gotham, and candlepin bowling
March 24, 2025 - The Ballad of Wallis Island, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, and Mahesh Daas
March 21, 2025 - Week in Review: The Gardner heist, Celtics sold for $6.1 billion, and skyscraper high Broadway prices
March 20, 2025 - Fabiola Jean-Louis, Naveen Kumar, and the Alvin Ailey Revelations Celebration
March 19, 2025 - Love Your Labels' Threads Youth Fashion Showcase, Cakeswagg, and WINTERACTIVE
March 18, 2025 - The 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, Celtics City, and the Bach Birthday Bash
March 17, 2025 - Kim David Smith, Riverdance 30: The New Generation, Jane Eaglen
March 14, 2025 - Week in Review: The Pink House, the Pit in Harvard Square, and Boston's FIFA World Cup song
March 13, 2025 - Chris Wallace, the Newton Piano Summit, and Mary Grant
March 12, 2025 - Parade, Meow Meow, and James Carson
March 11, 2025 - The Seasons with Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, the Hundred-Year Book Debate 2025, and Melody Munitz of The Addams Family
March 10, 2025 - Craig Ferguson, Big Screen Classics at the Coolidge, and Gaze to the Stars at MIT
March 7, 2025 - Week in Review: Hamilton at the Kennedy Center, Meghan Markle, and stolen piglets
March 6, 2025 - Tiana Clark, PopUp Bagels, and Charles Atlas
March 5, 2025 - James Parker, Pixels + Petals at the New England Botanic Garden, and Paul Daigneault
March 4, 2025 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, Margaret Cho, and the Vinfen Film Festival
March 3, 2025 - Oscars roundup with Joyce Kulhawik, James Stavridis, and Danyson Tavares
February 28, 2025 - Week in Review: Fyre Festival 2, Roberta Flack, and Amazon's James Bond
February 27, 2025 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Michael John Gorman, and Mary Grant
February 26, 2025 - Nebulae: The Universe Unveiled, Adrienne Campbell-Holt, and Pedro Alonzo
February 25, 2025 - Luna Luna at The Shed, Jay Critchley, and Lisa Simmons
February 24, 2025 - Megan Marshall, Maine's lighthouses, and the South Asian Showdown
February 21, 2025 - Week in Review: The National Endowment for the Arts, the JFK Library, and the WNBA in Boston
February 20, 2025 - Chelsea Handler, Cory Doctorow, and the Red Bull Heavy Metal contest at Boston City Hall
February 19, 2025 - The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius, Bryan Stevenson, and the Phoenix of Gaza VR experience
February 18, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Swan Lake at Boston Ballet, and Julia Swanson
February 17, 2025 - Joseph Finder, CatalystCollaborative at MIT, and Danielle Legros Georges
February 14, 2025 - Week in Review: The Kennedy Center, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and SNL at 50
February 13, 2025 - Amor Towles, Will Gusakov, and Ayodele Casel
February 12, 2025 - Sebastian Smee, Dale Stephanos, and Christina Tosi
February 11, 2025 - Cillian Murphy, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Boston's Old North Church
February 10, 2025 - Marianne Leone, Erik Andrade, and Eric and Will
February 7, 2025 - Week in Review: Emilia Pérez controversy, a state poet laureate for Mass, and Uncle O'Grimacey
February 6, 2025 - Chelsea Spear and Joyce Kulhawik
February 5, 2025 - Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story and Mahesh Daas
February 4, 2025 - Alan Cumming, Alien Weaponry, and John Sayles
February 3, 2025 - Courtney Swain, Abelardo Morell, and The Life & Times of Michael K
January 31, 2025 - Week In Review: Mona Lisa on the Move, Emilia Pérez Parody and FireAid
January 30, 2025 - The music of Fabiola Mendéz, AI pioneer Oren Etzioni and movie maven Lisa Simmons
January 29, 2025 - "Funny Girl," artist Frank Costantino, and soprano Christine Goerke
January 28, 2025-Playwright Jordan E. Cooper, author Imani Perry and Something in the Way Festival at Roadrunner
January 27, 2025 - Alton Brown, Cary Grant at the Coolidge, and Kate Hamill's The Odyssey
January 24, 2025 - Week in Review: Oscar nominations, Netflix price hikes, and Prince Harry
January 23, 2025 - Resistance: They Fought Back, Cara Romero, and a look at the craft brewing industry
January 22, 2025 - Jenny Johnson and Billy Costa, Pedro Alonzo and Jackson Polys, and the BPL's Winter Reading Challenge
January 21, 2025 - Forbidden Broadway, Payal Kapadia, and Karen Valby
January 20, 2025 - The inauguration, the Embrace, and public art honoring MLK Jr.
January 17, 2025 - Week in Review: The TikTok ban, David Lynch, and Bad Bunny
January 16, 2025 - Michael Cassidy, a college course on food design, and the Boston Children's Chorus' MLK Jr. tribute concert
January 15, 2025 - Barron Ryan, Tara Sellios, and Winteractive in Downtown Boston
January 14, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Le Prestige, and David Malan
January 13, 2025 - Mark Morris, Kay WalkingStick, and Mary Grant
January 10, 2025 - Week in Review: the SoCal fires, Facebook's fact-checking fiasco, and Boston Calling
January 9, 2025 - Jane Eaglen, Julia Swanson, and James Parker
January 8, 2025 - Lynn's search for a poet laureate, Beau McCall, and Mahesh Daas on The Brutalist
January 7, 2025 - Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Michael Berthaud, and Erica Wall
January 6, 2025 - Arctic Voices, The New Garden Society, and upcoming screenings at The Brattle Theatre
January 3, 2025 - Week in Review: Art in the public domain, Jimmy Carter, and the Walmart Birkin Bag
January 2, 2025 - Curt DiCamillo, Moby-Dick Marathon, Tony V
January 1, 2025 - Robert Pinsky, Cakeswagg, and Keefer Glenshaw
December 31, 2024 - The Hebridean Baker, the perfect meatball, and A Taste of Boston
December 30, 2024 - Eurydice, Jane Eaglen, and Reginald Mobley
December 27, 2024 - Ben Shattuck, Alex Buchanan, and Jamie Wyeth
December 26, 2024 - Matt Farley, Adam Gardner from Guster, and celebrating Charles Ives
December 25, 2024 - A Christmas Carol, Blue Heron Vocal Ensemble, and the Wurlitzer pipe organ
December 24, 2024-It's A Wonderful Life, The Hallmark Channel and the best versions of A Christmas Carol
December 23, 2024-Dwight & Nicole, Model Trains, Lisa Simmons' Holiday Film Guide
December 20, 2024 - Week in Review: Boston City Hall, the National Film Registry, and commemorative popcorn buckets
December 19, 2024 - Ayodele Casel, Will Gusakov, and Nina MacLaughlin
December 18, 2024 - Mary Grant and the Cocktail Guru, Jonathan Pogash
December 17, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Les Sampou and Ed Grenga, and Abelardo Morrell
December 16, 2024 - Six, Merriam-Webster's word of the year, and Midwinter Revels
December 13, 2024 - Week in Review: Luigi Mangione's cultural impact, the MFA selling paintings, and Nikki Giovanni
December 12, 2024 - Engelbert Humperdinck, the Boston Tea Party's anniversary, and Mahesh Daas
December 11, 2024 - Musicians of the Old Post Road, John Derian, and Hanukkah at the MFA
December 10, 2024 - A Betty White forever stamp, They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh, and Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore at the MFA
December 9, 2024 - Christine Ebersole, the NEC Chamber Singers, and Katy Rodden Walker
December 6, 2024 - Week in Review: Boston's free Sunday museum program, Spotify Wrapped, and Notre Dame
December 5, 2024 - The Pipes of Christmas, a missing mural, and a Mariah Carey tribute
December 4, 2024 - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on the newly launched Boston Family Days, Front Porch Arts Collective, and J.D. Scrimgeour
December 3, 2024 - Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart, Christina Tosi, and New England Botanic Garden's Night Lights
December 2, 2024 - Jeff Hiller, the Concord Museum's Holiday House Tour, and Catherine Allgor
November 29, 2024 - Ethan Hawke and Sean Wang
November 28, 2024 - Raj Tawney, Joanne Chang, and Marsha Lindsey
November 27, 2024 - Handel's Messiah, the Mayor's Mural Crew, and The Thanksgiving Play
November 26, 2024 - Annette Gordon-Reed, Nantucket Looms, and Mary Grant
November 25, 2024 - Joyce Kulhawik and Pedro Alonzo
November 22, 2024 - Week in Review: Wicked, Gladiator II, and Cher
November 21, 2024 - Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Christmas Carol, John Waters, and the Martha Graham Dance Company
November 20, 2024 - Gregory Maguire, David Waters and Joanne Chang
November 19, 2024 - Renée Fleming and Patrick Radden Keefe
November 18, 2024 - Orville Peck and the Actors Shakespeare Project's "Emma"
November 15, 2024 - The Grammys, Roy Haynes, and The Onion buying InfoWars
November 14, 2024 - Cillian Murphy, the Old North Church's angels, and Scooter LaForge
November 13, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries and Carmen Fields on her father's musical legacy
November 12, 2024 - National Museum of Women in the Arts, justBook-ish, and Jim Donahue
November 11, 2024 - Charles Coe and Ken Field, Vinny Deponto's "Mindplay", and BoriCorridor
November 8, 2024 - Week-in-Review: Quincy Jones, celebrity endorsements and Hello Kitty at 50
November 7, 2024 - November 7, 2024 - Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, Graffiti artist Sobek, Manet at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
November 6, 2024 - Susan Glisson and Tracy K. Smith
November 5, 2024 - The BSO's Duke Ellington Tribute Concerts, Puppet Free Library, and "Countdown to 2026"
November 4, 2024 - The Ufot Family Cycle and Andre Dubus III
November 1, 2024 - Week in Review: Martha Stewart, Teri Garr, and Mariah Carey's early return
October 31, 2024 - Secret Byrd, Night of the Living Books, and Mary Grant
October 30, 2024 - Subject:Matter, Keith Mascoll, Pedro Alonzo and Sam Durant
October 29, 2024 - American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, the best books of 1925, and Erik Andrade
October 28, 2024 - Titus Kaphar, the Old North Church's crypt tours, and Unfinished Democracy: Artistic Reflections
October 25, 2024 - Week in Review: Idris Elba, Hallmark ageism, and a BBQ museum
October 24, 2024 - Raj Tawney, bus shelters as public art, and Cirque of the Dead
October 23, 2024 - Swoon, Keefer Glenshaw, and Mahesh Daas
October 22, 2024 - Catherine Allgor, Project STEP, and Jenny Johnson
October 21, 2024 - Hugh Hayden, Harry Potter: The Exhibition, and the Post-Meridian Radio Players
October 18, 2024: Week in Review - BOS Nation, Liam Payne, and boba backlash
October 17, 2024 - Nicholas Ma and upcoming film festivals
October 16, 2024 - Casey Soward and Imari Paris Jeffries
October 15, 2024 - Nassim Soleimanpour on his play "Nassim"
October 14, 2024 - Billy Bragg, Jeffrey Gibson, and Indigenous public art
October 11, 2024 - Week in Review: TikTok lawsuits, The Apprentice biopic, and Bond girls
October 10, 2024 - Michael Patrick MacDonald and Every Body Belongs
October 9, 2024 - Davóne Tines and the American Repertory Theater's new complex
October 8, 2024 - Steve Locke, Lynn's haunted pirate cave, and Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera
October 7, 2024 - BACHtoberfest, Van Leeuwen, and Be the Change
October 4, 2024 - Week in Review: Gen-Z slang, Kris Kristofferson, and John Amos
October 3, 2024 - Barron Ryan, Guillaume Lethiere exhibition, and Boston's Blessing of the Animals
October 2, 2024 - Reynaliz Herrera, Urinetown: The Musical, and The Importance of Being Furnished
October 1, 2024 - HONK! Festival with The Good Trouble Brass Band, the Provincetown Town Crier Competition, and Laughs in Spanish
September 30, 2024 - Sarah Ganz Blythe, the Donna Summer mural, and Shlock and Awe: The William Castle Experience
September 27, 2024 - Week in Review: Maggie Smith, a New England treasure hunt, and SNL at 50
September 26, 2024 - Liz Cheney, Poetry Downtown Festival, and Joyce Kulhawik on Boston theatre
September 25, 2024 - Uzo Aduba, Fall Into Dance, and Pedro Alonzo
September 24, 2024 - Mamma Mia!, The Chinese Way cookbook, and Paul Revere's copper legacy
September 23, 2024 - Amor Towles, CineFest Latino Boston, and the Countdown to 2026
September 20, 2024 - Week in Review: Tito Jackson, Jane's Addiction, and Sean Combs
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September 19, 2024 - The Hebridean Baker, Talk Like a Pirate Day, and James Carter
September 18, 2024 - Kneecap, Shrek: The Musical, and Carlos Simon
September 17, 2024 - Hannah Gadsby, Library Lion, and Secret Boston
September 16, 2024 - Zadie Smith, the Boston Film Festival, and the Gun Violence Memorial Project
September 13, 2024 - Week in Review: A Taylor Swift endorsement, the Emmys, and James Earl Jones
September 12, 2024 - The Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!”, Silver Scream Con with Ice Nine Kills, and Mary Grant
September 11, 2024 - Romeo and Juliet at the A.R.T., Veronica Robles, and Alex Buchanan
September 10, 2024 - Eugene Mirman, the Wurlitzer pipe organ, and JM Varese
September 9, 2024 - The Kodály method, Boston Rum Week, and The Black Gold Tapestry
September 6, 2024 - Week in Review: A boozier Boston, West Newton Cinema, and Adele
September 5, 2024 - Eric Vloeimans and Will Holshouser, "...and I approve this message," and Dali at the MFA
September 4, 2024 - Marianne Leone, The Hip Hop Transformation, and the JFK library
September 3, 2024 - Sebastian Smee, The Hombres, and art on the MBTA's Red Line
September 2, 2024 - Toni Stone, baseball in the movies, and foul balls
August 30, 2024 - Raj Tawney, Joanne Chang, and Marsha Lindsey
August 29, 2024 - Girl From the North Country, Janie Barnett, and Already Dead
August 28, 2024 - Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr.
August 27, 2024 - P. Carl, Miranda July, and Lorraine O'Grady
August 26, 2024 - Matt Farley, Adam Gardner, and Charles Ives
August 23, 2024 - Week in Review: Bennifer, Phil Donahue, and The Onion
August 22, 2024 - Judy Collins, Jamie Wyeth, and arts at the DNC
August 21, 2024 - Jack Lueders-Booth, Artists for Humanity, and King Richard's Faire
August 20, 2024 - ODB: A Tale of Two Dirtys, the Nantucket Looms, and Perry T. Rathbone
August 19, 2024 - Cakeswagg, Richard III, and the Bellforge Arts Center
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August 15, 2024 - Kate Pierson, the Gifford House, and the 2024 summer blockbusters
August 14, 2024 - A Light Under the Dome, the Fisherman's Feast Meatball Competition, and summer cocktails
August 13, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, the Art Gym in Somerville, and MAGIA
August 12, 2024 - Ken Leung, the BPL's writer-in-residence, and the Cape Ann Museum
August 9, 2024 - Week in Review: Aerosmith, Pitbull Stadium, and Good Will Hunting
August 8, 2024 - Mission Hill Arts Festival, the 1904 Olympic Marathon, and the Hood Milk Bottle
August 7, 2024 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, Dungeons and Dragons, and Olympics art
August 6, 2024 - Rooted, the Pentathlon, and J. Courtney Sullivan
August 5, 2024 - Morton the Sea Monster, The Indigo Girls, and HOOPS
August 2, 2024 - Week in Review: The Olympics, Great Scott, and UNESCO
August 1, 2024 - Sean Wang, the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, and the Nantucket sea monster
July 31, 2024 - An American in Paris, Lindsay Deutsch, and Synchronicity
July 30, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Adam Gardner, and Keefer Glenshaw
July 29, 2024 - Kristin Chenoweth, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Future Fest
July 26, 2024 - Week in Review: The Olympics, Veep, and Celine Dion
July 25, 2024 - 46 Plays for America's First Ladies, Keith Haring, and Yoni Battat
July 24, 2024 - Michael C. Thorpe, swimming in the Charles, and Mary Grant
July 23, 2024 - British Consul General Peter Abbott, the New Bedford rooster, and Revolution's Edge
July 22, 2024 - NALEDI, Morgan Peterson, and Flora in Flight
July 19, 2024 - Week in Review: Bob Newhart, Richard Simmons, and Andre 3000
July 18, 2024 - LaToya Hobbs, Raqib Shaw, and bonsais
July 17, 2024 - Vijay Iyer, Baseball: The Movie, and Zola Simone
July 16, 2024 - The Million Year Picnic at 50, the Lowell Folk Festival, and Sea Monsters
July 15, 2024 - Kneecap, BosTix, and Jane Eaglen
July 12, 2024 - Week in Review: Orchestral report cards, Shelley Duvall, and songs of the summer
July 11, 2024 - Muppets in Moscow and Jeremy Eichler
July 10, 2024 - Quilling, the Boston Ballet, and Joyce Kulhawik
July 9, 2024 - Art prescriptions, Shark Week, and Pedro Alonzo
July 8, 2024 - Ben Shattuck, jumping the shark, and Shakespeare on the Common
July 5, 2024 - Fat Ham and The Shark Is Broken
July 4, 2024 - The Boston Tea Party, AJ Jacobs, and LexSeeHer
July 3, 2024 - Jazz at the Omni, the Boomin' Beaver, and the Cricket World Cup
July 2, 2024 - Poetry in America, Denée Benton, and Jaws at the Brattle
July 1, 2024 - Frederick Douglass, rare books at the BPL, and Boston's Harborfest
June 28, 2024 - Week in Review: Boston theatre, international art, and Will Smith
June 27, 2024 - Danza Organica, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and Shaker design
June 26, 2024 - Sheila E, sports and art, and Queer AF
June 25, 2024 - Boston theatre, Black history in the Gilded Age, and Sebastian Junger
June 24, 2024 - The Museum of Bad Art, Dirty Old Boston, and BAMSFest
June 21, 2024 - Week in Review: Willie Mays, Donald Sutherland, and the Tonys
June 20, 2024 - Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr.
June 19, 2024 - Tracy K. Smith and Phyllis Wheatley
June 18, 2024 - Juneteenth and the Mars Symphony
June 17, 2024 - More Than Our Skin and Alan Cumming
June 14, 2024 - Week in Review: Jay-Z, Jerry West, and the Kendrick craze
June 13, 2024 - Salvatore Del Deo and Rebecca Bradshaw
June 12, 2024 - Jo Clifford and Django in June
June 11, 2024 - Ken Field and the Roxbury Int'l Film Festival
June 10, 2024 - Movies in Massachusetts
June 7, 2024 - Week in Review: University of the Arts closing, Hollywood, and concert cancellations
June 6, 2024 - AI in music, Bonsai trees, and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
June 5, 2024 - The Dybbuk, baseball, and the housing crisis
June 4, 2024 - Juneteenth in Boston, Hew Locke, and summer on the Boston waterfront
June 3, 2024 - Robert Pinsky, Already Dead, and a diva discussion
May 31, 2024 - Week in Review: Josh Gibson, Richard Dreyfuss, and endangered art
May 30, 2024 - Denis and Ann Leary, Thorgy Thor, and the Lot Lab 2024
May 29, 2024 - Mary Grant, Louise Nevelson, and Claudio Ragazzi
May 28, 2024 - Percival Everett, art in Seaport, and the Bachfest Leipzig
May 27, 2024 - Anthony Roth Costanzo and Diana Dizoglio
May 24, 2024 - Week in Review: Apple's Top 100 Albums, the NCAA settlement, and the NYC-Dublin Portal
May 23, 2024 - The Boston Lyric Opera, Lorraine O'Grady, and Toni Stone
May 22, 2024 - Aaron Lansky, James Bennett II, and the Boston Triennial
May 21, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, theo tyson, and a Boston Calling preview
May 20, 2024 - Ethan Hawke, Young Black Woman | Old White Man, and parenting
May 17, 2024 - Week in Review: King Charles' portrait, Black Twitter, and the Dublin-NYC portal
May 16, 2024 - Martyna Majok, the Nakba in photographs, and film
May 15, 2024 - Miranda July, Ekua Holmes, and the Elliot Norton Awards
May 14, 2024 - "Touching the Void", Colm Tóibín, and The Plastic Bag Store
May 13, 2024 - Kerri Greenidge, the BSO, and LexSeeHer
May 10, 2024 - Week in Review: Eurovision protests, Frank Stella, and zombies in Worcester
May 9, 2024 - Jane Schoenbrun, William Forsythe, and the West Newton Cinema
May 8, 2024 - Spiritus/Virgil's Dance, lilacs, and Isabella Stewart Gardner
May 7, 2024: AJ Jacobs, Amanda Shea, and Porchfest
May 6, 2024 - Reginald Dwayne Betts and Porsha Olayiwola
May 3, 2024 - Week in Review: Public art, the Mona Lisa, and Kendrick v. Drake
May 2, 2024 - ArtLords, City Hall, and the Worcester Symphony Orchestra
May 1, 2024 - Back to the Future, Joywalk Fenway, and Mahesh Daas
April 30, 2024 - Robert Jan van Pelt, Boston Design Week, and Ngoc-Tran Vu
April 29, 2024: Oliver da la Paz, Pope Francis, and Adam Gardner
April 26, 2024: Museums, Halls of Fame, and Johnny Cash
April 25, 2024- Keith Lockhart, Earth art, and hot sauce
April 24, 2024 - Pencils, dance, and Chihuly
April 23, 2024 - 25 Years of Mission Hill, Michael Threets, and Florence Price
April 22, 2024 - John Lam, Octavio González, and Pedro Alonzo
April 19, 2024 - Week in Review: the Biennale, Faith Ringgold, and Billy Joel
April 18, 2024 - Leslie Odom Jr, Chad Smith, and the legacy of the Drop Nineteens
April 17, 2024 - Gordon Clapp, Alison Bechdel, and Janie Barnett
April 16, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, the Boston Public Quartet, and Children of Ukraine
April 15, 2024 - Ruth Carter and Michael Cunningham
April 12, 2024 - Week in Review: OJ Simpson, Curb your Enthusiasm, and Museum Mischief
April 11, 2024 - Tracy K. Smith and Kevin Young
April 10, 2024 - Hallyu!, Michael Jackson tribute concert, and Brockton High's drama club
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April 5, 2024 - Week in Review: Lizzo, Women's March Madness, and AI
April 4, 2024 - AI Art, the Eclipse in Vermont, and Lizzy Shapiro
April 3, 2024 - Jeff Beal, James Brown in Boston, and American infrastructure
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March 21, 2024 - Message in a Bottle, living with vitiligo, and the BSO's Wayne Shorter gift card
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March 13, 2024 - Traveling while blind, Ronan Noone, and Nicholas Payton
March 12, 2024 - Girl from the North Country, Celtic Woman, and Springsteen
March 11, 2024 - Oscars recap, Woodstock and The Minutes
March 8, 2024 - Week in Review: Hollywood, RuPaul, and TV/film merch
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March 6, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, 70mm film, and AI
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