GBH offers a wide variety of in-person and virtual events. From live music recordings, lectures and screenings to our virtual Book Club, tasting events and more, stay connected to our community. Whatever you’re interested in—news, history, the arts or music, we’ve got you covered. Fill your calendar with this rich diversity of events and be inspired, informed and entertained.
If you have questions about any of our events please reach out to Audience Member Services by phone 617-300-3300 or email info@wgbh.org
Featured Events
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VirtualPeace of Mind for Modern Families: Estate Planning That Fits Your Life
Join us for an engaging and informative seminar with BNY Wealth Planning Strategist Jere Doyle designed to help today’s families navigate the complexities of estate planning with confidence. Whether you're planning for children, aging parents, blended families, or charitable giving, Jere will provide practical tools and expert insights to help you protect what matters most. Discover how to create a plan that reflects your values, supports your loved ones, and brings you lasting peace of mind. -
In Person
Stories from the Stage: No Place Like Home
Stories from the Stage warmly invites you to our home (studio) for a night of storytelling related to the concept of “home.” It can be a safe haven — or something you had to escape; a person, a location, or a dream; a place you swore you'd never return to; or a sanctuary you created. Come listen to true stories of home in all its beauty, heartbreak, complexity, and contradiction as you sit on set at Stories from the Stage.
At Stories from the Stage, produced by GBH WORLD, ordinary people share extraordinary experiences that you will not soon forget. In each taping, we get up-close and personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling. Join us!
6:30pm Doors open to GBH's Atrium
7:00pm Doors open to GBH's Calderwood Studio for seating
More GBH Events
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In PersonOpen Streets Boston - Hyde Park
Join GBH at the 2025 Open Streets event series, where neighborhood streets are closed to vehicular traffic to create room for community and play. The events allow local businesses to expand into the street and safely makes space for music, games, bicycling, community tabling, and more. On August 10, come to River St. from Hyde Park Ave. and River St. to Fairmount St. and Davison St. -
Virtual
Peace of Mind for Modern Families: Estate Planning That Fits Your Life
Join us for an engaging and informative seminar with BNY Wealth Planning Strategist Jere Doyle designed to help today’s families navigate the complexities of estate planning with confidence. Whether you're planning for children, aging parents, blended families, or charitable giving, Jere will provide practical tools and expert insights to help you protect what matters most. Discover how to create a plan that reflects your values, supports your loved ones, and brings you lasting peace of mind. -
In Person
Outspoken Saturdays (September 2025)
The GBH BPL studio will host Outspoken Saturdays, a spoken word poetry event for emerging artists. Every first Saturday of the month, the series will be created in collaboration with spoken word artist Amanda Shea. Join us!
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Diplomacy Now | The U.S., China, and the Great Powers
Join WorldBoston for their signature Diplomacy Now program, an opportunity to consider American diplomacy within the context of U.S. national interests. This year’s program will focus on “The U.S., China, and the Great Powers.”
For this discussion, we are honored to host Nicholas Burns (ret.) Ambassador to China, and the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.Partner:WorldBoston -
In Person
Open Streets Boston - Dorchester
Join GBH at the 2025 Open Streets event series, where neighborhood streets are closed to vehicular traffic to create room for community and play. The events allow local businesses to expand into the street and to safely make space for music, games, bicycling, community tabling, and more. On September 14, join us on Dorchester Ave. from Ashmont St. to Adams St. -
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American Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
Analysts of American policy in 2025 have the unusual advantage of being able to assess the new president’s likely policies regarding the Middle East against the backdrop of what he did in his first term, four years earlier.
Join WorldBoston for a timely Great Decisions discussion of this topic with Mona Yacoubian, senior adviser and director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
This program will feature an expert presentation, live audience Q&A, and time for networking and discussion with other globally-oriented participants.Partner:WorldBoston -
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Lost and Legendary Riders
With J.L. Bell, Historian.
Beyond Paul Revere and his companions, Americans have passed along stories of other notable riders on April 19, 1775. Historian J. L. Bell investigates the facts and fiction behind such figures as Hezekiah Wyman, the dreaded “White Horseman”; Abel Benson and Abigail Smith, children said to have helped raise the alarm in Middlesex County; and Israel Bissell, the post rider credited with carrying news of the fight all the way to Philadelphia.Partner:Paul Revere Memorial Association -
In Person
Stories from the Stage: No Place Like Home
Stories from the Stage warmly invites you to our home (studio) for a night of storytelling related to the concept of “home.” It can be a safe haven — or something you had to escape; a person, a location, or a dream; a place you swore you'd never return to; or a sanctuary you created. Come listen to true stories of home in all its beauty, heartbreak, complexity, and contradiction as you sit on set at Stories from the Stage.
At Stories from the Stage, produced by GBH WORLD, ordinary people share extraordinary experiences that you will not soon forget. In each taping, we get up-close and personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling. Join us!
6:30pm Doors open to GBH's Atrium
7:00pm Doors open to GBH's Calderwood Studio for seating -
In PersonVirtual
William Dawes’s Midnight Ride
With William Dawes Schultz, journalist
While Longfellow cast Paul Revere as a lone hero in his 1860 poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” history lovers have stood up for the other rider who carried news from Boston that night, William Dawes, since at least the 1890s. This talk will explore the life and the Midnight Ride of William Dawes.Partner:Paul Revere Memorial Association -
In Person
Open Streets Boston - Mattapan
Join GBH at the 2025 Open Streets event series, where neighborhood streets are closed to vehicular traffic to create room for community and play. The events allow local businesses to expand into the street and to safely make space for music, games, bicycling, community tabling, and more. On October 18, come say hi to us in Mattapan on Blue Hill Avenue from River Street to Babson Street. -
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Who Cares About the Midnight Ride? Perspectives on an American Legend
What does the Midnight Ride mean today, and who does it matter to? In this panel a university professor, a high school teacher and administrator, and a public history content creator will discuss how the Midnight Ride resonates (or doesn’t) with the groups they talk about history with. They will compare perspectives on societal trends that influence whether a historical event like this feels relevant today.
Moderated by Dr. Noelle Trent, Museum of African American History, Boston, with Ahsante Bean, Creator and Storytelling Strategist, Dr. Eileen Ka-May Cheng, History Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College, Kerry Dunne, History & Social Studies department head, Lexington High School,Partner:Paul Revere Memorial Association -
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Who was Paul Revere, Really?
Two of Revere’s biographers will speak with the Executive Director of the Paul Revere House on Paul Revere, the man and the myth. While today he is most famous for his Midnight Ride, this talk will cover his life before and after the Revolution as well.
With:
Dr. Robert Martello, Professor of the History of Science & Technology, Olin College of Engineering
Dr. Jayne Triber, Independent Scholar
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director, Paul Revere Memorial AssociationPartner:Paul Revere Memorial Association
