MIT's Great Dome becomes a giant eyeball in this new installation
As part of Artfinity, MIT’s Festival for the arts, the MIT Dome will be transformed into an eye. Using video projections of close ups of human eyes looking skyward, the dome will be animated in an exhibition titled “Gaze to the Stars.”
Music & Culture Events
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The Ulysses Quartet at The Boston Public Library (May 2025)
Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library! -
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GBH Music Presents JazzNOW: Gabrielle Goodman in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
GBH Music and JazzBoston close the 2025 JazzNOW series with a tribute to jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald, featuring acclaimed Boston-based vocalist Gabrielle Goodman. Ella Fitzgerald, celebrated for her groundbreaking scat improvisation, impeccable vocal technique, and definitive interpretations of the Great American Songbook, redefined jazz over her 60-year career, earning 13 Grammys and breaking barriers for women and Black artists. Gabrielle Goodman and her band honor Fitzgerald’s legacy with fresh interpretations of the works that made her "The First Lady of Song." A professor at Berklee College of Music, Goodman is a versatile artist whose career spans jazz, R&B, classical, and gospel. She has performed with legends like Chaka Khan, Nancy Wilson, and Roberta Flack, who calls her "one of the finest singers today." Goodman has released six acclaimed albums, including Travelin' Light and Until We Love on the Verve label, and was paired with Ella Fitzgerald recordings on a compilation album from Verve. She has also performed internationally at major jazz festivals.
Concerts to Watch
GBH Music Holiday Spectacular 2024
Celebrate the season with the GBH Music Holiday Spectacular, a family-friendly concert and an opportunity for music lovers to be part of a live television production at GBH’s headquarters in Brighton.
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Culture in the News
Pianist Michael Weiss on the art of accompanying
Michael Weiss has been a leading pianist and composer in jazz spaces for over 30 years. He’s returning to Sculler’s Jazz Club with his trio on March 15th. Before the show, he sat down with the hosts of Jazz on 89.7, Al Davis and Va Lynda Robinson.
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Latinx News Roundtable: Boston Schools' English learners advisors resign in protest of 'harmful' plan
Eight members of the schools' task force stepped down after BPS' new "Inclusive Education Plan" announced that English language learners will receive English as a Second Language support as needed and not be taught separately in their native language. -
Author and scholar Julia Lee discusses growing up neither Black nor white in America
What does it mean to be Asian in a country where everything is Black and white? Author and associate professor Julia Lee explores the state of being caught in a racially stratified America in her new memoir, "Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America." -
Director Alexander Payne talks about 'The Holdovers,' Paul Giamatti and shooting in New England
Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne talks to GBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen about his new film, “The Holdovers,” which opens in Boston on Friday, November 3rd. The film, a 70s period piece set over a winter break at a New England area prep school, focuses on the relationship among a cantankerous history teacher, Paul, his rebellious student, Angus, and the school’s head cook, Mary, who lost her son — a soldier recently killed in Vietnam.
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