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Abolitionist Harriet Hayden's photo albums show 19th-century Black livesThe exhibit "Framing Freedom" at the Boston Athenaeum provides a nuanced look into Hayden's life and the larger anti-slavery movement in the city.Arts & Culture3 hours ago
5 things to do this weekend, including a tribute to Major Taylor and a graphic novel festivalPlus, "Book of Mountains and Seas" at ArtsEmerson and the Massachusetts Craft Brewers Festival.Arts & CultureApr 18, 2024
Elijah Wald uncovers the censored world of early jazz in 'Jelly Roll Blues'The author and musician examines how ribald rhymes heard in fields, jails and queer-friendly underground parties in the early 20th century were buried for decades by folklorists and record companies...Arts & CultureApr 18, 2024
Inaugural New Bedford Film Festival begins with a love letterRunning April 18-21, the international program includes 101 titles — from shorts to features, animation to music videos. “We're a unique city. We're full of characters," says New Bedford filmmaker...Arts & CultureApr 17, 2024
Get a peek inside Cambridge’s new community theater spaceAmid construction delays, Arrow Street Arts launches with big hopes for the future.Arts & CultureApr 12, 2024
'Civil War' is a hackneyed portrait of war correspondents in the thick of itDirected by Alex Garland, the film is about an ideological conflict in which ideologies are never discussed. "The movie manages to be exploitative while lacking the nerve of an exploitation...Arts & CultureApr 11, 2024
5 things to do this weekend, including Boston Marathon activities and 'Dress Up' at the MFAPlus, Wicked Queer’s 40th anniversary and Taiko drumming in the Arnold Arboretum.Arts & CultureApr 11, 2024
Boston's Ethiopian groove master delves into electronic soundscapesD.A. Mekonnen, who led the long-running Ethiopian funk outfit Debo Band, has a new project called dragonchild. His debut album of the same name will be celebrated with a local...Arts & CultureApr 10, 2024
A tribute for Charles Daniels, a.k.a the Master Blaster, and the 90,000 photographs he left behindWhen he died on January 22, Charles Daniels left behind a trove of 90,000 images. For decades they sat undeveloped, inside canisters that were stored in zip lock bags at...Arts & CultureApr 6, 2024
'Company' is about the connections we keepCritic Jacquinn Sinclair writes “Company” boasts a lot of great music and stresses that it’s the true connections—where one can laugh on the stoop with a friend, spill the relationship...Arts & CultureApr 5, 2024
Edgar Allan Poe's final woes revived in a forgotten opera The horror writer was born in Boston in 1809, then died 40 years later — destitute and delirious — in Baltimore. Poe’s final days are being conjured by the Boston...ResumeArts & Culture04:59Apr 5, 2024
Artist Firelei Báez returns to the ICA with sweeping mid-career surveyMuch of her work deals with the troubled historical narratives of the Caribbean. Often, it takes the form of an imagined or mythological intervention with received knowledge from the region’s...Arts & CultureApr 4, 2024
5 things to do this weekend, including Firelei Báez at the ICA and nasturtiums at the GardnerPlus, a film series all about keeping "score" and one of the actors of "Rent" tells his story.Arts & CultureApr 4, 2024
'Wicked Little Letters' is a quirky British comedy about small-town scandalStarring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, the film is based on a true story about a series of obscene missives that scandalized a small Sussex town in the early 1920s,...Arts & CultureApr 4, 2024
At the BCA, #HellaBlack returns and is bigger than everThe annual event centering Black artistry is now at the Cyclorama, doubling its capacity since last year. Arts & CultureApr 4, 2024
Singer-songwriter Ava Della Pietra says "new experiences" key to overcoming writer's blockSinger-songwriter Ava Della Pietra is making waves in the pop music world. She talks about her writing process and says overcoming writer's block requires having new experiences. ResumeArts & Culture13:12Mar 29, 2024
Book highlights stories of mothers caught up in the criminal legal systemNew book tells stories of women whose children were charged with murder. We talk about the experiences of women in the Massachusetts criminal legal system. ResumeArts & Culture19:14Mar 29, 2024
For one night only, a $100 million orchestra takes the stageIn a special concert, A Far Cry chamber orchestra teams up with Reuning & Son Violins to perform an entire program on rare instruments by legendary luthiers like Stradavarius, Amati...ResumeArts & Culture04:25Mar 29, 2024
At ArtsEmerson, 'Mrs. Krishnan's Party' is hard to resistNew Zealand's Indian Ink Theatre Company puts on a revelry-centered show that begs audiences to forget their troubles at the door and uses storytelling and cooking to entice. Theater critic...Arts & CultureMar 29, 2024
5 things to do this weekend, including 'Framing Freedom' at Boston Athenaeum and an ICA play datePlus, "Buttons On!" at Fuller Craft Museum and "WomAnimation!" at MassArt.Arts & CultureMar 28, 2024