Katherine Ouellette

Literature Writer

9 books by New England authors to read this spring

Literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends nine books to read this spring. (Courtesy the publishers)

Arts & Culture

Spring Books Guide

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

2024 Spring Arts Guides

Books/Poetry

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Jacquinn Sinclair

Performing Arts Writer

12 theater productions to see this spring

A production image from "Mrs. Krishnan's Party." (Courtesy Nimmy Santhosh)

A production image from "Book of Mountains and Seas." (Courtesy Teddy Wolff)

Spring Theater Guide

Performing Arts

Shira Laucharoen

Arts Writer

10 dance performances to attend this spring

The Boston Conservatory at Berklee presents the spring dance concert “Limitless." (Courtesy Jim Coleman)

Artists of Boston Ballet in "Kingdom of the Shades." (Courtesy Gene Schiavone/Boston Ballet)

Spring Dance Guide

Solon Kelleher

Arts Reporting Fellow

14 art exhibits to explore this spring

In-process work by Osman Khan for "Road to Hybridabad" at MASS MoCA. (Courtesy MASS MoCA; photo by PD Rearick)

Firelei Báez, "A Drexcyen chronocommons (To win the war you fought it sideways)" (detail), 2019. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York; photo by Phoebe d’Heurle)

Spring Art Guide

Visual Arts

Erin Trahan

Film Writer

9 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this spring

A still from the film "The Queen of My Dreams." (Courtesy Belmont World Film)

Spring Film Festival Guide

Film/TV

Lloyd Schwartz

Arts Critic

A comprehensive guide to spring's classical music performances

Andris Nelsons conducting the BSO in January 2023. (Courtesy Aram Boghosian)

Spring Classical Music Guide

Music

Noah Schaffer

Contributor

10 albums to listen to this spring

Top left to right: Black Kat Boppers (Courtesy James Newell); Lisa Bastoni (Courtesy Thomas Lingner); Jennifer Tefft & The Strange (Courtesy John Parrillo); DJ WhySham (OJ Slaughter for WBUR). Center, from left: The Amplifier Heads (Courtesy); Alisa Amador (Courtesy Sasha Pedro). Bottom left to right: Nate Sabat (Courtesy Jules Miranda); Canyons and Locusts (Courtesy); Lauren Henderson (Courtesy Elisabetta Fernanda Cartiere); Sunburned Hand of the Man (Courtesy Arkan Zakharov).